Company History
Company History
Clear Choice Health Plans Inc. is a local, innovative insurance company that offers health insurance, including individual plans, Medicare Advantage plans, group plans, and administrative services, to individuals and businesses throughout Oregon and Montana.
Your Life. Your Choice.
Company History
2008 - Clear Choice Health Plans expanded its health plan coverage to include Montana.
2007 - Clear Choice Health Plans expanded its individual and small group health plans for employers to include the Mid-Valley region in Oregon.
2006 - Clear Choice Health Plans introduced Individual and Family plans throughout Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon, and the Columbia Gorge.
2004 - Clear Choice Health Plans introduced commercial plans for small employer groups (2-50 employees).
2001 - Clear Choice Health Plans introduced commercial plans for large employer groups (50+ employees), as well as Third Party Administration (TPA) for self-insured businesses.
2000 - Clear Choice Health Plans expanded Medicare Advantage plans to the Columbia Gorge area.
1998 - Central Oregon Independent Health Services (COIHS) formed Clear Choice Health Plans to provide Medicare Advantage insurance products in Central and Eastern Oregon.

Clear Choice 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.
1993 - A group of physicians formed Central Oregon Independent Practice Association (COIPA), a non-profit organization of over 485 physicians, in order to provide leadership in the implementation of managed care insurance products in Oregon.