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Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced early findings from its 2025 Workforce Mental Health Trends Forecast. The fifth annual study revealed that 81% of benefits leaders are increasingly concerned about the rising levels of serious mental health care needs in their company. This growing concern is part of a broader trend in which employers are grappling with escalating health care claims, largely driven by a small portion of employees and dependents with complex, high-cost conditions.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, is pleased to announce that Jennifer Schulz is joining the company as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective January 13, 2025. Schulz succeeds Lyra’s co-founder David Ebersman, who will transition to the role of Chairman of the Board.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, announced today its inclusion in the Alight Partner Network. This collaboration with Alight, Inc. (NYSEALIT), a leading cloud-based human capital technology and services provider, enables employers to deliver a broader array of benefits to employees and their families.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, today announced it has been named to BenefitsPRO Luminaries Class of 2024 in the category of Humanizing Benefits.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, today announced comprehensive support for members struggling with cannabis, stimulants, opioids, and nicotine. Building on the success of Lyra Renew for alcohol use disorder, the program’s expansion increases access to evidence-based treatments for a broad spectrum of substance use disorders and is available to all members across the U.S.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation's leading nonprofit provider of comprehensive addiction and mental health care today announced their collaboration to deliver the highest quality, specialized care for individuals and families battling with substance use disorder.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, today announced the nationwide expansion of the Complex Care outpatient programs delivered through Lyra Clinical Associates. Lyra Renew for alcohol and substance use disorders and Lyra Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for severe emotional dysregulation and suicidality are now available to all members across the U.S.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, today announced the detailed results of a mental health economics study by global professional services firm Aon. The comprehensive findings reveal that in year one of implementing Lyra’s workforce mental health benefit, a leading Fortune 500 employer saved $4,138 per member on their health plan for those who used Lyra, driven by significant net savings in medical and prescription health plan claims costs. Additionally, the employer had substantially lower spending across the most prevalent conditions impacting health plan expenses, including a 60% cost reduction in spend for members with alcohol and substance use disorders.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers and health plans, today announced the results of a mental health study by global professional services firm Aon, which found that a leading Fortune 500 employer saved $4,138 per member on their health plan in year one.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced an innovative way to proactively identify and mitigate social determinants of health that may affect a member's overall well-being, and to connect members to individualized resources.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced it was accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in Credentialing. The Accreditation recognizes Lyra’s aptitude in the credentialing of its network of more than 12,000 providers and underscores Lyra’s long-standing commitment to providing access to high-quality mental health care.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced a new mental health care offering to address the growing teen mental health crisis. Lyra already offers the most comprehensive support for children of all ages, parents, and whole families, and the launch of Lyra Care for Teens builds on that leadership position. Lyra Care for Teens enables Lyra’s network of more than 6,500 evidence-based teen-specialized providers to support teens with valuable skill building in-between live sessions with mobile-optimized digital exercises and video lessons created specifically for and in collaboration with teens.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced the results of a mental health study from global professional services firm Aon, which found that employers offering Lyra's workforce mental health solutions saw an average annual health care cost reduction of 26%, sustained consistently over four years.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced the opening of Breakthrough 2024, the company’s fourth annual mental health care conference. Hundreds of human resources and business leaders representing industry-leading organizations join mental health experts to share and learn best practices in promoting workforce mental well-being worldwide.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced the findings of its 2024 State of Workforce Mental Health report. The fourth annual study revealed that two-thirds of the U.S. workforce experienced mental health stressors that negatively impacted their work performance in 2023, while 87 percent of U.S. employees faced at least one mental health challenge in the past year.

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), the national voice for more than 200 children’s hospitals, today announced they have a new vendor relationship to offer life-changing mental health solutions to all CHA member hospitals. As part of this relationship, CHA member hospitals will now have preferred access to Lyra’s evidenced-based mental health offerings for their employees and dependents.