PacificSource Health Plans history

By 1940, PHA focused on providing health coverage to mostly wood-product companies and government employers, such as Giustina Brothers Lumber Company, Westfir Lumber Company, Lane County, and the City of Eugene.

By 1945, PHA was insuring 4,500 people with a $2 per month premium.

The company celebrated its 20th anniversary in 1953 with 10,500 members, 123 business contracts, and 67 physicians.

By 1975, PHA had become a major health insurer for the people of Lane County, Oregon.

By 1986, PHA had expanded its western Oregon service area to include Douglas, Linn, Coos, and Benton counties.

To better reflect its mission as a health insurer, the organization adopted the name PacificSource Health Plans in October 1994.

In 2003, PacificSource acquired two third-party administrators: Manley Services, an administrator of flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, and COBRA benefits; and Select Benefit Administrators, an administrator of self-funded employee benefit plans.

In 2007, PacificSource achieved a key goal of its expansion strategy by adding Idaho to its service area and opening a regional office in downtown Boise.

The company celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2008, ending the year with 150,000 members and a new licensure in Washington.

In 2009, PacificSource enhanced its Idaho market presence and dental membership through two acquisitions: Primary Health, Inc. of Idaho, including Primary Health Plan, Riverside Benefit Administrators, and Idaho Physicians Network; and Advantage Dental’s commercial dental business.

In keeping with its vision of becoming the leading community health plan in the region, PacificSource entered the Medicare and Medicaid markets in 2010 through the acquisition of Clear One Health Plans, Inc.

In 2011 PacificSource opened an office in Helena, achieved licensure in Montana, and signed an agreement to purchase a portion of New West Health Services’ commercial health insurance business.

In 2016, PacificSource and Legacy Health established a partnership, where PacificSource began serving as the health insurance provider for Legacy's benefit-eligible employees and their families.