Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Inc. (Meridian), a managed care organization in Michigan, announced its partnership with McLaren Health Care. This collaboration will expand access to high-quality medical services for over 500,000 Meridian members in plans across the state, the announcement stated. Effective August 15, 2025, Meridian members enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare, Dual, and Marketplace plans will have full in-network access to McLaren facilities, including 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, and an extensive network of primary and specialty care providers, the announcement stated. This is the first time in Meridian’s history that it has partnered with McLaren to expand its network, according to the announcement.
“This partnership reflects our commitment to ensuring that our members receive the best care, close to home,” Patty Graham, Plan President and CEO of Meridian, stated in the announcement. “By aligning with McLaren, we’re strengthening our network and bringing greater choice, convenience, and quality to the communities we serve.”
“One of our mandates as a health care provider is to develop access to our care and services for everyone in the communities we serve,” Chad Grant, McLaren Health Care Chief Operating Officer, stated in the announcement. “Entering into this agreement advances our goal of ensuring more families and individuals are able to receive their care close to home, and we are grateful to welcome them to McLaren.”
Members will begin receiving detailed information about how to take advantage of the expanded provider network in the coming weeks. McLaren will be serving Meridian members in 35 counties, according to the announcement.
Meridian provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, children, seniors, and individuals with complex medical needs primarily through Medicaid (Meridian), Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (WellCare), Medicare-Medicaid Plans (MeridianComplete), and the Health Insurance Marketplace (Ambetter from Meridian). Meridian is a Centene Corporation company.
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care, and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 28,000 full-time, part-time, and contracted employees. It has more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.
This was reported by Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Inc. on August 7, 2025 (accessed August 14, 2025).
Contact information: Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Inc., 777 Woodward Ave, Suite 700, Detroit, MI 48226 ; Website : https://www.mimeridian.com/
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