MAP Health Management and First Sun EAP Announce Partnership to Improve Access to Peer Support Services for Substance Abuse
AUSTIN, Texas, October 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MAP Health Management (“MAP”) today announced its partnership with First Sun EAP (“First Sun”). MAP is the nation’s leading provider of peer recovery support services and data insights for people with Substance Use Disorders. First Sun is a Columbia, South Carolina based workplace-focused national Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
This innovative partnership between provider, EAP and health plan enables employees and/or dependents struggling with substance use to have access to MAP’s peer recovery support services as a covered benefit under their employer’s health plan. MAP’s personalized peer support is conducted via telehealth by certified peer recovery specialists who leverage both lived experience in recovery and extensive training to engage and support individuals and their families through the difficult and lengthy transition from treatment to long-term recovery.
