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Press Releases: 2009

Select Health Sponsors Daniel Burgess Tricycle Relay

Event helps to raise awareness of asthma

Select Health of South Carolina recently sponsored the Daniel Burgess Tricycle Relay, an event held to honor the memory of Daniel Burgess who recently passed away from asthma-related complications.  The event, which took place Saturday, November 21 in Columbia, was organized to help raise awareness about the seriousness and prevalence of asthma in our community and to decrease the number of lives claimed by this disease through information and education.

Members of the Select Health Community Liaison Department, as well as members of the Select Health Marketing Department, participated in the event.  In addition to the races, the event featured educational seminars, health screenings, physical fitness, local vendors and a special tribute to six-year old Daniel. The proceeds benefited the mission and initiatives of the South Carolina Asthma Alliance and Benedict College Athletics.

About Select Health
Incorporated in 1995, Select Health was licensed as a Health Maintenance Organization by the South Carolina Department of Insurance in 1996.  Later that year, the company contracted with the Department of Health and Human Services to offer First Choice, the state’s first Medicaid managed care plan.  Select Health is accredited by URAC and is a wholly owned subsidiary of AmeriHealth Mercy.  The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies touches the lives of more than 6.5 million members nationwide.