Meritain Health and KHIDI work together to achieve customized, international care for plan members

Meritain Health’s partnership with the medical tourism program, Patients Without Borders, provides employees of Korean businesses with reasonably priced, comprehensive healthcare coverage.

Buffalo, NY [June 5, 2010] - Plan members of Korean Health Industry Development Institute, or KHIDI, will now have access to an affordable healthcare option, spanning both the United States and Korea. Meritain Health announced today that it will be working with KHIDI for claims administration, as well as comprehensive provider access, that includes medical tourism. Through Meritain Health’s strong relationships with nationwide PPO networks, state-side members will receive healthcare services from U.S. providers; for members in need of more extensive medical care, Meritain Health’s new partnership with Patients Without Borders provides them with healthcare services in Korea.

As healthcare and health benefit costs continue to climb, Meritain Health clients require innovative cost control strategies. Meritain Health achieves this through comprehensive provider network strategies.

“Patients Without Borders helps us deliver near and long-term cost savings for our clients,” said Dave Parker, Senior Vice President of Sales for Meritain Health. “This program finds the highest quality of medical care where the cost of doing business is not so high, thereby lowering costs for employers and members.”

About Meritain Health
Meritain Health is the nation’s largest independent provider of services for self-funded health plans. Meritain Health serves over 1,700 self-funded clients and over 1.4 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 more than 1,400 people, with headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y., and regional offices in 30 cities across the country. For more information, visit http://www.meritain.com.

Stop Loss Brokerage
Stop-Loss Brokerage, Inc. is a full service brokerage agency specializing in ERISA-based Self-Funded plan designs for over 25 years. With access to, and direct underwriting experience with, a large diverse range of TPAs, Reinsurance Carriers, MCOs, MGUs and PBMs, ,Stop-Loss Brokerage has excelled at keeping its clientele in a cutting edge platform, assuring optimum plan performance and high level claims management. Stop-Loss Brokerage is very pleased to be partnering with PWB and Meritain Health in the development and promotion of the Korean Association Preferred Health Plan.

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About KHIDI
The Korean Health Industry Development Institute was established pursuant to the Korea Health Industry Development Institute Act. It is a government-funded agency, which aims to contribute to the improvement of the national healthcare system.

About Patients Without Borders
Patients Without Borders is a full-service medical travel or medical tourism facilitator. The organization connects clients with established, reputable medical facilities in countries outside the U.S., providing access to high quality care at more affordable costs. PWB establishes relationships with only the highest-quality physicians, specialists and facilities around the world, and then works with individuals, the companies they work for, or their insurers to facilitate the entire medical travel and medical tourism process from referral through post-operative care.