Community Care & Rehab Center history

In 1983, in an effort to maintain market share and become a player in the managed care arena, St John Medical Center developed CompMed Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). St John and Bartlett Memorial Hospital in Sapulpa were the only two hospitals in the network.

In 1984, St John created two additional managed care products, ExcelCare and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). ExcelCare offers utilization management and quality assurance services.

In January 1985, the managed healthcare industry began to grow rapidly.

In 1986, the network expanded and additional opportunities increased in the Oklahoma City area.

In 1990, Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City became interested in ownership of the CompMed Oklahoma City network and negotiated a contract.

To reflect the new, expanded role of the practice, it was renamed East Hudson Community Care Physicians in 1993.

As the policies and procedures for CommunityCare HMO were developed, it began to make good business sense to merge Saint Francis' HealthFirst PPO with St John's CompMed. As a result of the merger, Preferred CommunityChoice PPO became operational in April 1994.

Dick Bushaw, a long time Tulsa resident and our first member, signed up on July 1, 1996, his 65th birthday.

In 1997 CommunityCare introduced a series of ads using a "tree and roots" theme.

Senior Health Plan celebrated the 20,000th member in July 2002.

The Family Medical Care group and Hillcrest HealthCare System joined the network of providers in the Tulsa area in 2003.

Central Health (formerly the Travis County Healthcare District) was founded in 2004 as a limited-purpose taxing district.

CommunityCare began offering a PPO plan for small employer groups in 2006.

In 2009, the Community Health Center system became a private, non-profit corporation named CommUnityCare.

In 2010, CommUnityCare was accredited by The Joint Commission, which recognizes quality healthcare institutions around the world.

In 2013, CommunityCare began offering individual plans through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace and small group plans through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace.

In the fall of 2017, CommunityCare worked with a creative firm to develop a new logo for the organization.

In January 2018, Community Care Physicians, P.C. and CapitalCare Medical Group, the second largest multispecialty medical group in the area, merged to form one, consolidated group practice.