Meridian Behavioral Health Expands Nationally While Partnering with Clairmont Financial for Employee Benefits Consultation

MINNEAPOLIS, May 11, 2017 -- An industry leader in drug and alcohol addiction treatment, Meridian Behavioral Health supports a comprehensive suite of programs addressing chemical and mental health. Over the last five years, they have quadrupled in size and completed eight acquisitions across three states, resulting in their current footprint, which supports fifteen locations across the country. During that time, their employee benefits needs have continued to evolve and grow to meet their changing demands as an organization. It was their continued explosive growth that led them to select Clairmont Financial Group, LLC, as their broker of record.

Of the partnership, Meridian President and CEO Francis Sauvageau has said, “I was looking for a company that would care for my employees like I do. I wanted a passionate, yet dynamic and nimble insurance advisor that could recognize what Meridian Behavioral Health's needs were as a small company (like we were in 2013 when I met James) and then grow with us as an organization as we became one of the fastest growing behavioral healthcare providers in the upper Midwest. I found all of those things in The Clairmont Group's team of insurance professionals. James has become a trusted advisor to me and my team and he lived up to and surpassed his promise to grow with me as my need for resources grew!"

Over the last five years, Clairmont Financial Group has continued to improve and refine Meridian’s benefits program. To support their broad national presence, Clairmont Group helped implement a scalable Employee Benefits Administration system, in addition to leveraging a nationwide provider network that would be available to all employees through United Health Group. Clairmont Group designed and implemented a self-funded health insurance program that resulted in significant savings to Meridian and greater flexibility in plan design. At the same time, they helped to design wellness incentives for their employees, which supports Meridian’s overarching mission to achieve wellness.

James Clairmont, President and CEO of Clairmont Financial Group, LLC, stated “we love having the opportunity to grow with our clients and support them in various facets of their business cycle. Meridian is a prime example of an organization who might have suffered some growing pains in bringing on so many new employees had their benefits program not been actively managed or run by a firm that was ill-equipped to support their additional needs.”

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