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As many states and cities implement stay-at-home protocols and individuals are quarantined with symptoms or potential exposure, staying well, both mentally and physically is everyone’s key priority.  Whether you are a parent, caregiver or just trying to get through the day, here are some tips for dealing with your mental health, helping your child learn ways to manage stress, and helping support the older adults in your life during a quarantine.

The information included in this post is provided by Optum®, AllWays Health Partners’ behavioral health partner.

Thanks to the booming popularity of urgent care, retail health clinics, and telemedicine offerings, there are many options to choose from when it comes to deciding where to get care. Add in your primary care provider and the emergency room and the choices—and differences between them—can become even more confusing.

With today’s low unemployment rate and the resulting competition for talent, many employers are looking to their health benefits to retain employees and grow their teams. While 20% of employers increased their health care benefits from 2018 to 2019,  there's a less costly way to maximize this benefit: by taking full advantage of the resources your health plan already offers. Here are 5 tips to help employers and their employees make full use of their current health plan.

With each new year comes new goals and resolutions. Many of us resolve to eat healthier, exercise more, and break bad habits like smoking. But what people with employer-sponsored health plans might not know is that their plan most likely has resources that can help them meet these goals.

When you’re in the middle of the holiday rush and planning for the new year, it’s easy to lose track of other important year-end concerns. It’s never a good idea to let your health take a backseat to other obligations, so here are a few health tips to keep in mind as we enter the winter months and say goodbye to 2019.