Community Health Plan Fact Sheet

Mission:
The mission of Community Health Plan of Washington is to deliver accessible managed care services that meet the needs and improve the health of our communities, and to make managed care participation beneficial for community-responsive providers.

Founded:
Community Health Plan of Washington is a not-for-profit health plan founded in 1992 by a network of community and migrant health centers in Washington State.

Plan type: Health Care Services Corporation (HCSC)

Service delivery network:
Our health care system of dedicated community and private network providers comprises:

• 19 Community Health Centers operating 97 clinic sites
• 263 affiliate providers operating 499 sites
• 596 total primary care clinics and provider offices covering all 39 Washington State counties
• 2,725 primary care providers
• 14,350 contracted medical specialists
• 100+ hospitals

Health care programs:
Community Health Plan of Washington offers affordable health insurance coverage through numerous public programs under contract with the State of Washington. The health plan is the largest provider of the Basic Health and the sixth largest insurer (commercial or nonprofit) in Washington State.

Programs include:

• Basic Health
• Washington Health Program
• Managed Medicaid (Healthy Options, CHIP)
• Medical Care Services
• Medicare Advantage (MA, MAPD, SNP)

Total membership: 288,000+ Plan members (as of January 2012)

Executive management:

• Lance Hunsinger, Chief Executive Officer
• Wade Harman, Chief Legal Officer
• Stacy Kessel, Chief Financial Officer
• Alan Lederman, Senior Vice President of Business Intelligence and TPA Operations
• Marilee McGuire, Chief Operating Officer

Employees:
Community Health Plan of Washington employs more than 300 people.

For more information, contact:
Jan Sheeley, Sales & Communications Manager
206-613-5046