Case Study: Liberty Behavioral Management achieves 76% WAN cost savings with Cisco Meraki SD‑WAN

How One Company Slashed It Costs With Sd-Wan

Liberty Behavioral Management, which runs inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and behavioral health facilities across New York (13 sites) with a two‑person IT team, was struggling with slow internet, insufficient bandwidth for hosted medical systems, and rising MPLS costs. Seeking ease of use, security, and improved site‑to‑site connectivity, they selected Cisco Meraki and its Meraki MX Security Appliances and SD‑WAN.

Cisco Meraki implemented MX appliances and SD‑WAN to dynamically route traffic and combine MPLS at main hospitals with internet links at branch sites. The deployment improved performance and connectivity and cut five‑year WAN costs from $1,489,320 to $362,150 — a $1,127,170 (76%) savings.

Liberty Behavioral Management

Chris Smith

CTO