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AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare and Connecticut Children's Medical Center announced an agreement that will allow participants in the Connecticut HUSKY health insurance programs with access to hospital inpatient and external facilities and its affiliated physicians.

Effective 30 January 2009, AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare members will be able to receive services to all children in parts of Connecticut State. Connecticut Children's is ranked among the best children's hospitals in 2008 by U.S. News and World Report.

"Children of Connecticut is one of the most comprehensive and prestigious medical systems in the United States," said Don Langer, president of AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare in Connecticut. "Our HUSKY members will have access to the full range of Connecticut Children's services provides. "

"We are pleased to work with AmeriChoice for Connecticut children receive the care they deserve," said Gavin Martin, president and CEO of Children in Connecticut.

Health plan participants will have access to more than 100 physicians and specialists affiliated with Connecticut Children's. The hospital joins a list of 23 Connecticut hospitals and other health facilities and over 4300 doctors who have recently signed with AmeriChoice.

AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare serves Connecticut's Charter Oak and HUSKY health care programs. The health plan is a unit of AmeriChoice, the public sector health care business of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH - News). UnitedHealth Group is a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being of society. AmeriChoice serves more than 2.3 million recipients, sponsored by the government health care programs in 22 states and the District of Columbia.

Connecticut Children's is the only region in the academic medical center dedicated exclusively to the care of children. Offering a full range of services for children from birth to age 18, Connecticut Children's provides quality care to children and families through 10 subsidiaries and 16 community hospitals practice locations.