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UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan today announced plans to hire more than 60 new employees to support its recent expansion in New York, including additional counties in Central New York.

UHC is seeking people with health care, marketing, or care-provider service experience for positions in consumer outreach and care-provider services, the company said in a news release.

More information about the open positions is available online at http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com.

“We are excited about the opportunity to offer more New Yorkers access to affordable, quality health care, particularly preventive care, and to increase our staff here in New York,” Pat Celli, president of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New York, said in the news release.

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan is currently available in 26 New York counties, including Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Jefferson, Tioga, Broome, and Chenango, the company said.

UHC announced the expansion into 13 additional counties back in May.

UHC’s government-sponsored health-insurance programs were already available in New York City and on Long Island and in some areas of Central New York, the health insurer said earlier this year.

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan offers plans for individuals and families who may qualify for Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus or New York Medicaid Advantage. These plans offer coverage that includes prevention, primary care, hospitalization, prescriptions, and other services, “often with little or no cost,” the company said.

UnitedHealthcare has more than 4,000 employees in 18 locations across New York, following “significant” expansion in its Kingston and Tonawanda locations during 2012. The health insurer hired more than 1,000 employees to support growth at these two locations alone, the company said.

UnitedHealthcare, a business of Minnetonka, Minn.–based UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH), serves nearly 4 million New York residents with a care-provider network of 232 hospitals and nearly 59,000 physicians and other health-care professionals statewide, the company said.

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