First Choice Member Scholarship Applications Due March 15
February 11, 2015
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is offering two scholarships to qualified applicants who are furthering their education or pursuing a second career in 2015. The annual First Choice member scholarship program is open to all First Choice members. Applications are due by Sunday, March 15. Select Health offers the First Choice Medicaid health plan to South Carolina residents and is part of the AmeriHealth Caritas family of companies.
The First Choice member scholarship program began in 2010, when Select Health pledged $200,000 over 10 years to members of the community through its Caring10 initiative. Applications and complete information about this scholarship program are available at http://www.selecthealthofsc.com/community/member-scholarship.aspx.
“We look forward to reviewing applications from across the state and helping two worthy members pursue an education,” said Cindy Helling, market president at Select Health. “We are proud to help First Choice members contribute to the health of their communities through learning.”
To date, six individual recipients have benefitted from this scholarship, attending schools such as Charleston Southern University, Claflin University, Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina-Aiken.
ABOUT SELECT HEALTH
Select Health of South Carolina is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015, which demonstrates our strength, stability and expertise in providing access to high quality health care for South Carolinians.
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 South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to offer First Choice, which is now the state’s oldest and largest health plan for Healthy Connections, South Carolina’s Medicaid program. First Choice serves members in all 46 counties statewide.
First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is the highest nationally ranked health plan for South Carolina Healthy Connections at #61 on the National Committee of Quality Assurance’s (NCQA’s) Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2013-2014. (Note: The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) uses other criteria for evaluating and ranking the performance of health plans serving Medicaid beneficiaries. To view these results, please visit www.scdhhs.gov/reports-statistics). Select Health also holds NCQA’s Multicultural Health Care Distinction.
Select Health is a wholly-owned member of the AmeriHealth Caritas family of companies.
