Health Plus - HMO Honored for Community Work

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HMO Honored for Community Work
Health Plus Receives Award From COJECO

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New York, New York - January 15, 2008 — This past Friday, managed care organization Health Plus was one of a select few honored by the Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations (COJECO), during the group’s Annual Legislative Breakfast, held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City.

Tom Early, Executive Director of Health Plus, accepted the award on behalf the company for Outstanding Community Service, bestowed upon Health Plus for its continuing and ever-expanding work within the Jewish Community. Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz, who presented Health Plus with the Award, recognized the company a second time that morning, when he gave a surprise citation to Health Plus Senior Community Relations Coordinator Jonathan Zalisky, acknowledging his hard work serving both the Jewish Community of greater New York and the Borough of Brooklyn.

“I am very proud to accept this award,” said Tom Early, Executive Director of Health Plus. “As our organization has worked more and more with the Jewish community over the years, I have felt a strong bond grow, which is evident on the faces of my staff here this morning, as they continue to find ways to serve the people of New York’s thriving Jewish neighborhoods.”

(from left) Roman Shmulenson, Tom Early, and Marty Markowitz, stand with the award presented to Health Plus for “Outstanding Community Service” on behalf of the Jewish community during COJECO’s Annual Legislative Breakfast.

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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.