ZoomCare

ZoomCare
Founded2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Founders
  • Dave Sanders
  • Albert DiPiero
Headquarters
Tigard, Oregon
,
United States
Number of locations
47[1] (2020)
Key people
Jeff Fee (CEO)
Websitezoomcare.com

ZoomCare is a Portland, Oregon-based chain of health care clinics. The company has 37 clinics in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, as of December 2018.[2]

Zoom was co-founded by Dave Sanders and Albert DiPiero in 2006.[3] Bill Frerichs began serving as chief executive officer in December 2018.[4] In May 2019, Torben Nielsen was named CEO, replacing interim CEO Bill Frerichs.[5][6] PeaceHealth acquired Zoom in 2019 and appointed Torben Nielsen as CEO.[5][6] On July 14th, 2021 Jeff Fee was appointed as the new CEO, replacing Torben Nielsen.[7]

History

Clinic in Portland, Oregon's Woodstock neighborhood, 2013

ZoomCare's first clinic was opened in Tigard, Oregon, in 2006.[8] The company opened its eighth clinic in 2011.[9] In 2012, ZoomCare began offering medical care at no cost at one location for one evening each month.[10]

The company made a minority equity deal with Endeavour Capital in mid 2014.[11] ZoomCare operated 23 clinics in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho at the time.[12] The company also started offering insurance in 2014,[13] but left the market by December 31, 2017.[14][15] Zoom Health had approximately 2,700 customers.[16]

In March 2015, ZoomCare announced a nine-location expansion.[17] The company announced a name change to as well as business model changes in May,[18] becoming known as Zoom+ Performance Health Insurance.[19] By mid 2015, there were 21 clinics in the Portland metropolitan area and Salem, plus six in Seattle.[13]

As of December 1, 2024, ZoomCare began accepting Medicare insurance. However, the company does not accept Medicaid or Oregon Health Plan insurance.[20][21][22] In July 2016, ZoomCare settled a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 2015.[23][24][25]

ZoomCare was subpoenaed for medical records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in mid 2017.[26] The company also settled with Oregon insurance officials over a financial statement discrepancy in 2017.[27] In October, Endeavour decided to invest $24 million in ZoomCare, after settling a dispute out of court.[28][29] ZoomCare was profitable in 2017.[30] The company and Aetna partnered on Aetna Whole Health in 2018.[31]

PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Washington, acquired Zoom in December 2018.[2][32]

Recognition

ZoomCare won in the "Best Primary Doctor" category in Willamette Week's 2017 readers' poll.[33]

See also

References

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