Meritain Health is a third party administrator of self-funded health insurance plans for companies nationwide. It is a subsidiary of Aetna Insurance and its parent company CVS. A self-funded plan refers to insurance that an employer fully pays for as a benefit to company employees. The employer doesn’t pay a premium to an insurance company, instead they cover the cost of employee medical care themselves.

A third-party administrator sets up and manages the healthcare benefits for the employees, processes insurance claims and manages billing and payments for services to providers. They can also connect a self funded plan with a provider network if they need one.

Meritain Health has been in business since 1983 and has more than 1.5 million members. Most company employers purchase the Aetna Choice POS 11 plan to offer their employees because it gives them access to Aetna’s national network of 1.6 million healthcare providers and more than 350,000 behavioral health providers.

Meritain Health is the only third party administrator that can offer access to this Aetna network.

While examining treatment pathways or confirming insurance coverage, you can learn more about rehab options to review centers that match your plan.