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Working with the Community
Bronx YMCA Salutes Health Plus

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Bronx, NY - November 1, 2006 — Last Thursday, the Bronx YMCA held its 44th annual Recognition Dinner and Awards Ceremony.  Tom Early, Executive Director for managed care organization Health Plus, was given the award for Community Service.

Each year the Bronx YMCA holds this event to single out and honor individuals and organizations from throughout the community who have made a difference.  On behalf of all the wonderful work that Health Plus does in the Bronx and throughout the rest of the city, its Executive Director, Tom Early, was chosen to accept this magnificent award.  Aside from the award for Community Service, the YMCA gave awards in categories such as Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, etc.

“There are a lot of organizations that hold awards ceremonies,” said Tom Early, ”but being honored by the YMCA is representative of being recognized directly by the community we serve.
Here at Health Plus, we love to give back to people of this city, and recognition like this makes it all worth it.”


Tom Early, Executive Director of Health Plus stands next to Linda Allocco, VP of Operations for the YMCA, Jack Lund, President and CEO for the NYS YMCA, and Elizabeth Toledo, Executive Director for the Bronx YMCA.

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Health Plus, a not-for-profit, multi-cultural organization, is one of the fastest growing managed care organizations in New York City. It was established in 1984 with a commitment to provide coordinated quality health care and improving access to health care for uninsured and underserved families. In its annual review of managed care plans, the New York State Department of Health ranked Health Plus as the top plan for quality in its 2002 and 2003 "Consumer's Guide to Medicaid Managed Care in New York City." Health Plus is New York City's leading provider of Child Health Plus, a New York State Department of Health program that offers parents FREE or low-cost health insurance for children under the age of 19. "CRAIN'S New York Business" magazine ranked Health Plus fifth among the largest health maintenance organizations in the New York area.