Anne Arundel Medical Center is a full-service, acute-care hospital with 300 beds that serves the residents of Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's, Queen Anne, and Talbot counties in Maryland. Specialty services include women's health, oncology, pediatrics, neurology, orthopedics, and pain management. The medical center also has cancer, sleep disorder, and vascular centers. The hospital, which opened its doors in 1902 and is part of the Anne Arundel Health System, has affiliated regional specialty and primary care clinics. Anne Arundel has a partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine through which the hospitals share some services, faculty, and patients.

Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets products for people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. It operates in three segments: BioScience, Medication Delivery, and Renal. The BioScience segment processes recombinant and plasma-based proteins to treat hemophilia and other bleeding disorders; plasma-based therapies to treat immune deficiencies, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, burns and shock, and other chronic and acute blood-related conditions; products for regenerative medicine, such as biosurgery products; and vaccines. The Medication Delivery segment manufactures intravenous solutions and administration sets; premixed drugs and drug-reconstitution systems; pre-filled vials and syringes for injectable drugs; intravenous nutrition products; infusion pumps; and inhalation anesthetics. It also offers products and services related to pharmacy compounding, drug formulation, and packaging technologies. The Renal segment provides products to treat end-stage renal disease or irreversible kidney failure. It manufactures solutions and other products for peritoneal dialysis, a home-based therapy; and distributes product for hemodialysis, which is conducted in a hospital or clinic. It markets its products to hospitals, kidney dialysis centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, doctors’ offices, clinical and medical research laboratories, and patients at home under physician supervision. Baxter International Inc. was founded in 1931 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.

AtriCure, Inc., a medical device company, develops, manufactures, and sells cardiac surgical ablation systems designed to create precise lesions, or scars, in cardiac tissue. Its primary product line includes Isolator Synergy Bipolar Radio-Frequency Ablation Clamps for open-heart procedures and minimally invasive procedures; ablation and sensing unit, a compact power generator that delivers bipolar radio-frequency energy; AtriCure switch box, a compact switch box providing the technology needed for the dual pulsing electrodes, and the ability to connect and toggle between multiple RF devices; Isolator multifunctional pen, a disposable RF device enabling surgeons to toggle back and forth between temporary pacing, sensing, stimulation, and ablation; and Coolrail linear ablation device, a disposable linear RF ablation device, which allows physicians to create an expanded cardiac ablation lesion set during minimally invasive procedures. AtriCure also offers cryoablation system, which consists of various reusable and disposable devices, including the Frigitronics CCS-200 product line for cardiac ablation; and Cryo1, a disposable cryothermy ablation probe, as well as AtriClip system, which is designed to exclude the left atrial appendage by implanting the device during open or minimally invasive surgical procedures from the outside of the heart. In addition, it sells enabling technologies, including Lumitip dissector to separate tissues to provide access to key anatomical structures targeted for ablation during general, thoracic, and other surgical procedures; and MicroPace ORLab system, a stimulating, mapping, and recording system enabling physicians to confirm the ablation lines being created are forming electrical barriers or lines of block. AtriCure, Inc. sells its medical devices to hospitals and medical centers in the United States and internationally. AtriCure, Inc. is headquartered in West Chester, Ohio.

New Liberty Hospital Corporation, which operates as Liberty Hospital, hopes to liberate health care patients in northwestern Missouri. The facility is a 250-bed acute care hospital that serves communities located north of Kansas City. Founded in 1974, Liberty Hospital offers general and specialty health care services including trauma care, obstetrics, dialysis, surgical services, vascular and cardiac medicine (including open-heart surgery), rehabilitation, and pediatrics. The medical facility has about 300 physicians on staff and also operates a skilled nursing facility and offers home health and hospice services.

Garden City Hospital provides health care and osteopathic medical education services in western Wayne County, Michigan. With 323 licensed beds, the community hospital's specialties include cardiology, women's health, and sports rehabilitation. Some of its more unusual services include clinical hypnotherapy and a massage clinic. The hospital has more than 350 physicians on its medical staff. Its emergency department treats nearly 45,000 patients each year. Garden City Hospital partners with Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine as well as other osteopathic medical colleges around the country.

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center cares for patients in the central and south Bronx, no doubt while rooting for the Yankees a few blocks away. The health care provider has about 960 beds on its two campuses, as well as psychiatric and nursing home facilities. Hospital specialty units include chest pain, orthopedic, cancer, and women's health centers. In addition, Bronx-Lebanon manages a network of about 70 owned and affiliated medical practices; the network -- branded as BronxCare -- includes primary care doctors and specialty clinics, as well as rehabilitation facilities. The hospital is also a primary teaching hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Broadlane directs traffic between hospitals and medical equipment makers. Broadlane is a group purchasing organization (GPO) that negotiates contracts on behalf of its customers, using the combined purchasing power of its client base to get good deals on medical and surgical supplies, capital equipment, drugs, information technology systems, and even labor. It also provides supply chain, cost-control, consulting, and workforce optimization services. Broadlane serves thousands of hospitals, physician practices, and other health care facilities. Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners owns a majority interest in Broadlane, which has agreed to be acquired by medical software firm MedAssets.

UCare Minnesota is one of the largest health plan providers in Minnesota, with some 200,000 members scattered throughout the Land of 10,000 Lakes and in several counties in western Wisconsin. The not-for-profit specializes in health coverage for members of government-funded programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; it also has plans for participants in MinnesotaCare, a state-subsidized insurance program for residents unable to afford health coverage. Some 60,000 seniors subscribe to UCare's Medicare products, which include a Medicare Advantage plan under the name UCare for Seniors. UCare Minnesota also offers Medicaid plans designed for disabled Minnesotans.

Rush-Copley Medical center serves Illinois' Fox Valley area. The hospital has more than 180 beds and provides acute and tertiary medical services, including cardiac care, cancer treatment, women's services, and health education programs. Its Rush-Copley Surgery Center performs both day surgeries and inpatient procedures while its nearby Rush-Copley Healthcare Center houses doctors' offices, and offers outpatient diagnostic imaging services,. Other programs include a neuroscience center, home health care, and its Healthplex fitness center.

Porter Adventist is a general, acute-care facility that provides a full range of primary care and specialized services in areas such as cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, and cancer treatment. The hospital expanded to meet growing demand a few years ago when it completed a $110 million project that added an larger intensive care unit, surgical suites, new operating rooms, and a community education center. Porter Adventist was founded in 1930 by a Henry Porter, a businessman from California.

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