
Meritain Health® - In the Booth
With 40 years of excellence as a third party health care benefits administrator and a proud subsidiary of Aetna® and Fortune 6 company CVS Health®, Meritain Health® delivers customized, cost-effective and convenient solutions. We’re ready to meet all of your self-funding challenges.
Episodes
38 episodes
Exploring the Rise of Captives and Consortiums
Our newest episode of In the Booth is available now. This last episode in a four-part series exploring medical economics looks at captives and consortiums. Join Bridgette Cassety, as she sits down with Jeremy Hensel and Dan Day to get their tho...
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13:16

Primary Reasons to Consider Self-funding
Join us for the third episode in our four-part series exploring medical economics and its potential impact on plan sponsors. Join Bridgette Cassety, as she sits down with Dan Day, Chief Sales Officer at Meritain Health®.Together, they’ll...
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9:21

Collapsing Hospital Market and Its Impact
This is the second in a four-part series exploring medical economics and its potential impact on plan sponsors. Join Bridgette Cassety, as she sits down with Dan Day, Chief Sales Officer at Meritain Health® and Jenny Shanks, Head of Market Inte...
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12:57

Value-Based Care Solutions
This special episode of In the Booth covers one of the hottest topics in health care today. Tune in to discover how, at Meritain Health®, we’re planning a shift toward more value-based care solutions over the next three y...
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14:02

If a Dollar Were Still a Dollar
Join host Bridgette Cassety and guest Dan Day, Chief Sales Officer at Meritain Health®, as they discuss If a Dollar Were Still a Dollar.In this episode, you’ll hear how medical inflation has outpaced general consum...
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9:21

Oncology Cost Management Strategies
In our latest In the Booth podcast, we are pleased to have Bridgette Cassety from broker engagement, Tina Etzler, a senior strategic consultant from the product team, and Jenny Shanks from Market Intelligence discussing the...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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10:07

Making Wellness Work: Healthy Merits
In our latest In the Booth podcast, we are pleased to have Erica Manhardt, Marketing and Communications Director and Heather Horn, Manager, Population Health Management, from Meritain Health, discussing Healthy Merits and how it can be a benefi...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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9:10

Introducing Lionrock: Online substance abuse counseling
In our latest In the Booth podcast, we are pleased to have Kelly Mesi from Meritain Health market development strategy and delivery, Ashley Loeb Blassingame, Lionrock Founder and Chief People Officer and AJ Black, Lio...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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16:55

Hot Topics with Meritain Health: Winning Employer Strategies in the Face of Medical Inflation
In our latest In the Booth podcast, we are pleased to have Bridgette Cassety from Meritain Health broker engagement, Michael Ciarrocchi, Meritain Health Chief Market Development Officer and David Bauer, CVS Executive Director, Enterprise Strate...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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17:31

Hot Topics with Meritain Health: Pharmacy Bundling
In our latest In the Booth podcast, we are pleased to have Bridgette Cassety from broker engagement and Catherine Ratcliffe, Principal, Vice President of Operations at OneDigital, Tampa discussing bundling pharmacy with medical. &...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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13:28

Meritain Heath: Medical Management Programs
Meritain Health's approach to Medical Management is about finding balance. The balance between providing quality care and managing total cost of care, all while staying focused on the member experience at center of it all. We...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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13:53

Meritain Health: Navigation Partners
Join our host, Bridgette Cassety, as she speaks with Stacey Meade, Head of National Sales and Account Management, Dan Day, Head of Sales for Middle Market, and Shelly Wines, Navigation Partners Program Manager. to discuss the benefits leveragin...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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7:56

Meritain Health Pharmacy Solutions
Join our host, Bridgette Cassety, as she speaks with Jeremy Wisniewski, head of Meritain Health Pharmacy Solutions to discuss the benefits of Meritain Health Pharmacy Solutions.
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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16:26

Meritain Health Validates Payment Integrity Results
Join our host, Bridgette Cassety, as she speaks with Dan Day, head of Middle Market Sales and Stacey Meade, head of our National Sales and Account Management team as they discuss how this external study validates the savings created by partneri...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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8:06

Meritain Health Point Solution Optimization
Join our host, Bridgette Cassety, as she speaks with Jenny Shanks, head of Market Intelligence and Stacey Meade, head of our National Sales and Account Management team to discuss the value that point solutions offer, and the many purposes they ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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14:57

Meritain Connected Solutions
Join our host, Bridgette Cassety as she speaks with Michael Ciarrocchi, Chief Market Development Officer and Claudia Winsett, Head of Product Strategy and how Meritain Connected Solutions connects the value for our customers.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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11:44

Lowering Total Cost of Care with Meritain Health
Join our host, Bridgette Cassety as she interviews Michael Ciarrocchi, Chief Market Development Officer with Meritain Health. Hear his take on TCOC what to expect from Meritain Health in 2022 and beyond
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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15:12

Medical Management with Meritain Health
In our latest In the Booth podcast discussing Medical Management, we are pleased to have Bridgette Cassety from Broker Engagement, and Tina Etzler, a senior strategic consultant from the product team.
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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10:56

Financial Advantages to Alternate Solutions
In our second In the Booth podcast on Captive solutions, we are pleased to have Bridgette Cassety from Broker Engagement, Mark Morgan, Head of Underwriting and Business Analytics, and Dan Day, Head of Middle Market Sales discuss the financial a...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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10:44

Meritain Health: Captives solutions
In this In the Booth podcast, Bridgette Cassety from Broker Engagement, and Dan Day, Head of Middle Market Sales, discuss Captive solutions and how they can drive down total cost of care and create good outcomes for both brokers a...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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8:04

Navigating Pitfalls of Medical Cost-Cutting
Self-insuring is routine for large employers, and a growing trend for smaller plans. Listen in as Mark Schmidt and Michael Ciarrocchi of Meritain explain some fundamentals to smart change management, the value of interchangeable point solutions...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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27:00

Understanding Out-of-Network Solutions
•Meritain Health is always looking to bring industry-leading, OON solutions to the market. •Options give people flexibility to provide the best choices to help them meet plan goals. These are set together with consultants, and designed...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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16:54

Women in Insurance – Emotional and Physical Health
Featuring Emma Maurer, Vice President at Peerfit; Ashley Karpinski, Director of Behavioral Health Strategy and Innovation at Aetna; and Michelle Bledsoe, Head of Sales at Meritain Health. Hosted by Bridgette Cassety from the Broker E...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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11:08

Women in Insurance – The Importance of Mentorship
Featuring Veronica Medina, Regional President; Rashundra Gamble, Account Manager; and Malea Mitchell, Underwriting Manager from Meritain Health. Hosted by Bridgette Cassety from the Broker Engagement department at Meritain Health.&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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10:10

Women in Insurance – Women Supporting Women
Featuring Catherine Ratcliffe, Principal Vice President of Operations at Sullivan Benefits/One Digital; and Stacey Meade, Head of Sales from Meritain Health. Hosted by Bridgette Cassety from the Broker Engagement department at Meritain Heal...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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10:26
