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CareSource

CareSource
Formerly called
Dayton Area Health Plan
Non-Profit
Industry health care
Founded 1989
Founder Pamela Morris
Headquarters Dayton, Ohio, United States
Area served
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Georgia
Products Medicaid Managed Care plans, Health Insurance Marketplace plans, MyCare Ohio plan, Medicare Advantage plans
Revenue $6.9 Billion USD (2015)
Number of employees
3,100
Website www.caresource.com

CareSource is a nonprofit that began as a managed health care plan serving Medicaid members in Ohio. Today, it provides public health care programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace. The company is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. It is the largest Medicaid plan in Ohio and second largest in the United States. In 2016, the company had more than 1.5 million members in four states.

CareSource was founded in Dayton, Ohio by a group of concerned community leaders with the goal of expanding health care for underserved populations. The plan was originally called the Dayton Area Health Plan (DAHP) which was incorporated by three hospital CEOs and located its first headquarters in the offices of the Dayton Hospital Association. Pamela Morris became the company's first CEO, and has led the company since the beginning. DAHP began with a $500,000 grant from the state of Ohio to address a growing issue with the health care problems of low income citizens.

Led by Pamela Morris, the company dealt with several regulatory hurdles from 1987 to 1989 from the Ohio Department of Insurance. The DAHP had to raise funds, secure an HMO license and obtain a federal waiver allowing the company to operate solely as a mandatory enrollment plan. The DAHP would become the first mandatory Medicaid managed care program in 1989 In 1993 the federal waiver would expire and in order to allow the organization to continue (rather than maintain a mandatory 75/25 ratio of mandatory and voluntary enrollees) Congressional action would be required. This meant that at that time, 25% of the plan's members could not be on Medicaid or Medicare. It overcame these hurdles when U.S. Congressman Dave Hobson intervened on its behalf to gain an exception for the DAHP.

In 1996, the DAHP expanded into the Columbus market with their Medicaid plan by buying the plan United Healthcare was administering. With this expansion, the Dayton Area Health Plan became the largest Medicaid HMO in Ohio. The plan in Columbus kept its previous name, MedPlan. In 1997, the plan acquired Butler Health Plan and gained 6,000 more members in Butler County. During this time, all plans operated by the Dayton Area Health plan kept their regional names.


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