Benefits Think Overheard @: ‘These people are the sickest of your population’

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In a “Five Minutes With …” podcast, Maria Henderson, founder of HDM solutions and chair-elect of the Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission, spoke with EBN Managing Editor Leah Carlson Shepherd about the commission´s leadership awards for disability management and tips for employers in managing the benefit more effectively.

Henderson also reminds employers that employees on short-term disability, although just 10% of the active population, spend “over 50% of your health care for each year. These people are the sickest in your population. You need to be paying attention to them.” Download the podcast here.


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