Clear One Health

Since 1995, Clear One Health Plans, Inc. has continuously developed affordable medical and dental insurance plans to meet the needs of customers, providers, brokers, and consumers.  As the first managed care plan nationwide to be owned and operated by physicians and hospitals, Clear One continues its dedication to the development of community-based health insurance plans by utilizing local providers and quality clinical evaluations as a basis for decision-making.

On May 21, 2010, we became a wholly owned subsidiary of PacificSource Health Plans, an independent, not-for-profit health plan based in Eugene, Oregon.  Clear One and PacificSource share similar values and a strong commitment to serving customers through community-based healthcare.  We believe that, as part of PacificSource, we will be able to leverage the best of both companies to offer commercial and government health plans that meet the needs of people in the communities we serve.

We now share in their mission of helping people get the healthcare they need, and their vision, to become the leading community health plan in our service areas.  Together, we serve more than 259,000 people and 6,400 employer clients throughout the Northwest.

Clear One Health Plans Inc. is a local, innovative insurance company that offers health insurance, including individual and self employed medical insurance plans, Medicare Advantage plans, group plans, and administrative services, to individuals and businesses throughout Oregon and Montana.

History

• 2008  Clear One Health Plans expanded its health plan coverage to include Montana.

• 2007  Clear One Health Plans expanded its individual and small group health plans for employers to include the Mid-Valley region in Oregon.

• 2006  Clear One Health Plans introduced Individual and Family plans throughout Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon, and the Columbia Gorge.

• 2004  Clear One Health Plans introduced commercial plans for small employer groups (2-50 employees).

• 2001  Clear One Health Plans introduced commercial plans for large employer groups (50+ employees), as well as Third Party Administration (TPA) for self-insured businesses.

• 2000  Clear One Health Plans expanded Medicare Advantage plans to the Columbia Gorge area.

• 1998  Central Oregon Independent Health Services (COIHS) formed Clear One Health Plans to provide Medicare Advantage insurance products in Central and Eastern Oregon. Clear One Health Plans was approved by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) as the first Provider Sponsored Organization in the nation designed as a Medicare Advantage Coordinated Care Plan.

• 1997  COIHS expanded Oregon Health Plan (OHP) coverage to include the Columbia Gorge area, at the request of the Columbia Gorge Independent Practice Association (CGIPA).

• 1995  Central Oregon Independent Practice Association (COIPA) joined Central Oregon Hospital Network (CONet) to form Central Oregon Independent Health Services, Inc. (COIHS). COIHS began administering the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) throughout Central and Eastern Oregon.

(Information updated as of 2011 from Clear One Health Plan’s website)