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Learn All About Children’s Immunizations and Pediatric Dental Hygiene at UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers

PITTSBURGH (April 7, 2014) –  A special event this month at five UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers will help parents learn more about the importance of childhood immunizations and also the role that parents play in promoting their child’s dental hygiene.

Visitors to the five UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers will be able to talk with UPMC pediatric nurse specialists to learn about vital disease-preventing immunizations and how often their children should have them. The nurses will also be able to provide information about the importance of pediatric dental hygiene and how often children should brush and floss their teeth.

The pediatric nurses will be at the UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers located in Monroeville Mall in Monroeville, Century III Mall in West Mifflin, South Hills Village in Bethel Park, Ross Park Mall in Ross Township, and Millcreek Mall in Erie, from noon to 5 p.m., on Saturday, April 12, 2014.  

“UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers are great places to obtain important health information that you and your children can use,” said Stephen E. Perkins, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs for UPMC Health Plan. “Doing what’s best for your children and keeping them safe includes making sure they have all their vaccinations and helping them maintain good dental hygiene.”    

All persons who visit the four UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers in Allegheny County on that day may also enter a sweepstakes to win four tickets to both the Carnegie Science Center and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Visitors to the center located in Millcreek Mall in Erie can enter a sweepstakes to win four tickets to Waldameer Park and Water World.

All visitors will also be given free toothbrushes and dental floss.

UPMC Health Plan Connect Service and Sales Centers offer a full complement of health insurance services including member services for current UPMC Health Plan members.  Persons may also purchase health insurance coverage at the centers.

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UPMC Health Plan, the second-largest health insurer in western Pennsylvania, is owned by UPMC, an integrated global health enterprise. The integrated partner companies of the UPMC Insurance Services Division – which includes UPMC Health Plan, UPMC WorkPartners, LifeSolutions (EAP), UPMC for You (Medical Assistance), and Community Care Behavioral Health – offer a full range of group health insurance, Medicare, Special Needs, CHIP, Medical Assistance, behavioral health, employee assistance, and workers' compensation products and services to nearly 2.3 million members. Our local provider network includes UPMC as well as community providers, totaling more than 125 hospitals and more than 11,500 physicians throughout Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland. For more information, visit www.upmchealthplan.com.