Cleveland Clinic, Oscar enroll 11k in joint health plan for 2018: 3 things to know

Cleveland Clinic and Oscar Health estimate their new health plan holds 15 percent of Cleveland's health insurance market after enrolling 11,000 members for 2018.

Here are three things to know about the plan, dubbed Cleveland Clinic + Oscar.

1. Cleveland Clinic teamed up with Oscar Health for the co-branded health plan in June 2017, marking the clinic's entrance into the health insurance market and Oscar's expansion into Ohio.

2. Cleveland Clinic and Oscar sold the plan both on and off the federal exchange for 2018.

3. Oscar said a third of members have already selected a Cleveland Clinic primary care physician through Oscar's online platform. Seventy percent of members have also created a health profile on Oscar's web app, helping Cleveland Clinic care teams manage members' health.

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