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Press Release: 2010

Dr. Hamilton is Columbia's Community Champion

Select Health's Medical Director receives national recognition for community service

Select Health’s Medical Director, Dr. Stuart Hamilton, has been named one of the ten 2010 Feeding Dreams champions by General Mills.  Feeding Dreams, is a national multicultural platform supported by General Mills that recognizes and celebrates local heroes who have devoted their lives to helping others, nurturing their communities and charting a better future.

Dr. Hamilton will now compete against the other nine Community Champions for up to $10,000 in grants.  Beginning August 1, supporters may vote for Dr. Hamilton at FeedingDreams.com.

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 health plan.  Select Health is South Carolina’s largest Medicaid health plan 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.

About Feeding Dreams
Feeding Dreams, General Mills multicultural platform to support African-American consumers, recognizes and celebrates local heroes who have devoted their lives to: helping others; nurturing their communities; and charting a better future. In its third year, Feeding Dreams taps top minority-owned businesses to help create and implement the campaign. Visit www.FeedingDreams.com for complete details.