LifeLink Purchases Ocean EAP

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News LifeLink has purchased OCEAN, a California-based employee assistance organization. “It was a strategic acquisition for LifeLink, said Eric E. Anderson, Ph.D., LifeLink’s Chief Operating Officer. "From the start LifeLink had deliberately avoided being in the EAP business. We wanted to provide managed behavioral health services in conjunction with internal EAPs. But, we discovered that many of our clients wanted both managed behavioral health and employee assistance services.” OCEAN, which stands for Orange County Employee Assistance Network was started in 1974 by NCAA. “They found that . . .