Community Health Plan Of Washington

For 25 years and counting, we’ve provided access to quality Medicaid coverage to Washington’s residents in their own communities. We expanded to cover Medicare patients in 2007. All of our coverage is geared toward a model of care that treats the whole person and fosters trust, compassion, respect, and equality.

We were founded in 1992 by Washington’s community health centers. The CHCs wanted to form an insurance plan that would help coordinate care and advocate for people who were not being served by traditional insurance companies. We became the first not-for-profit managed care plan founded by Community Health Centers in the state, and today we are still the only not-for-profit to provide managed care to Apple Health members.

Our mission is to deliver accessible managed care services that meet the needs and improve the health of our communities, and make managed care participation beneficial for community-responsive providers. We work for patients, and we work to help providers better serve those patients.

Community Health Plan of Washington is committed to Washington’s health. We have a network of 20 Community Health Centers that operate more than 130 clinics across the state, more than 2,500 primary care providers and 14,000 specialists, and more than 100 hospitals. We are leading the field in mental health care access through Integrated Managed Care. Our public policy branch, Community Health Network of Washington, regularly lobbies both the state and federal legislature to protect the health care safety net and expand coverage for Washington. Community Health Plan of Washington invests 100% of its profits back into the Health Centers, helping them provide better care to everyone who walks in the door.

Making Washington a better place is why each of us gets up and comes to work every day. We’re mission-driven. We’re dedicated.

We’re Community Health Plan of Washington. Taking care of your health, for life.