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Meritain Health Ranked Among Top Ten Largest CDHC Providers

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Meritain Health Ranked Eighth by Business Insurance Magazine Based on Number of Total Covered Lives at Employer Clients in 2006

BUFFALO, N.Y. (August 28, 2007) - Meritain Health has been ranked eighth among the top ten largest consumer-driven health care providers by Business Insurance magazine. Business Insurance magazine serves a targeted audience of business executives responsible for the purchase and administration of corporate insurance and self-insurance programs.

Meritain Health has grown to a client base of more than 1,400 through pioneering the move to consumerism in healthcare. In an environment of continually rising costs, consumerism helps employers control costs by moving more healthcare decision-making and accountability to individuals.

Meritain Health has established itself as the leading independent provider of consumer-driven health plans. Employers are increasingly turning to consumer-driven health plans, which are health benefits plans that engage employees in managing their own health care expenses. Serving as a solution to employer concerns of quality and perpetual cost increases, these flexible plans enable companies to develop informed consumers of healthcare.

Another successful way Meritain Health controls costs for its clients is by promoting wellness and creating behavior change. Healthy Merits^sm is a wellness program that Meritain Health launched earlier this year to help members become more aware of their health conditions and the importance of ongoing wellness education. Meritain Health provides educational tools to heighten consumer responsibility for health care decision-making, and members can visit Meritain's Web site to use tools and resources that teach them to become healthy, stay healthy and lower their healthcare costs.

About Meritain Health

Meritain Health is the nation's largest independent provider of services for self-funded health plans. Meritain Health serves over 1,400 self-funded clients and over a million members nationally. The company provides plan administration, innovative wellness, medical management, disease management, network management, and cost management services. Meritain Health is also a pioneer and now the leading independent provider of Consumer-Directed Health Plans. Meritain Health employs over 1,350 people, with headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y., and regional offices in 28 cities across the country.