Select Health Recognizes PASOs for Improving Community Health
July 14, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – PASOs, an organization that helps the Latino community and service providers work together to build strong and healthy families, is the first agency to be recognized as part of Select Health of South Carolina’s “Got Health/Tengo Salud” initiative, which encourages and recognizes First Choice Medicaid health plan members for taking charge of their health, as well as providers for their ongoing commitment to maintaining a health community. Select Health, South Carolina’s oldest and largest Medicaid managed care organization, presented a certificate of excellence to the practice and all 21 of its employees received “Got Health/Tengo Salud” T-shirts at PASOs’ annual Promotores conference held June 6 at the Katheryn M. Bellfield Cultural Arts Center in Columbia.
(L-R) Julie Smithwick, founder and executive director, PASOs; Lillian Suarez, director of community education, Select Health; Norma Huesca, promotora, PASOs; Nathaly Huesca; Michelle Ehret, community relations team lead, Select Health.
