Whether partnering with physicians to develop new surgical facilities, acquiring established facilities or joint venturing with leading healthcare delivery systems, our philosophy is simple. We invest in our facilities ― giving them the tools they need to create a highly efficient, quality-focused environment where patients and physicians come first.

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.

University of Colorado Hospital Authority won't pull you over for driving too fast, but it might pull you over for mistreating your body. The Denver-based organization includes the University of Colorado Hospital, which is a teaching institution for, you guessed it, the University of Colorado. Its Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion in Aurora is a 400-bed community hospital. The health care system also operates a number of specialty care facilities, including the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, which not only offers cancer treatment but also conducts research, and the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute. Half a dozen clinics in and around Denver offer primary care.

Atrion Corporation develops and manufactures ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and fluid delivery devices primarily for medical applications in the United States and internationally. Atrion Corporation manufactures soft contact lens storage and disinfection cases; and the LacriCATH line of balloon catheters used in the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children and adults. It develops the MPS2 Myocardial Protection System, a proprietary technology delivering fluids and medications to the heart during open-heart surgery; cardiac surgery vacuum relief valves; Retract-O-Tape silicone vessel loops; inflation devices for balloon catheter dilation, stent deployment, and fluid dispensing; and Clean-Cut rotating aortic punch and PerfectCut Aortotomy System, both of which are used in heart bypass surgery. Atrion manufactures various intravenous fluid delivery products comprising medical tubing clamps; swabbable luer valves; and luer syringe check valves and one-way valves. It produces inflation systems and valves used in marine and aviation safety products; one-way and two-way ‘Breather’ valves for use on electronics cases, munitions cases, pressure vessels, transportation container cases, escape slides, and other medical and non-medical applications; and a line of products designed for safe needle and scalpel blade containment, as well as the ACTester product line consisting of instrumentation and associated disposables used to measure the activated clotting time of blood. Atrion Corporation also provides contract manufacturing services for other original equipment manufacturers of medical devices; and owns and maintains a 22-mile high-pressure steel pipeline in north Alabama that is leased to an industrial gas producer that transports gaseous oxygen to its customers. It sells its products through a sales force. Atrion Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Allen, Texas.

Flow Management Technologies (FMT) provides administrative, communication, and information services to more than 60,000 physicians across the US. Its Interaction Center handles more than 85% of incoming calls to a physician's practice. Patients can reach physicians through communication options such as email, fax, Internet, and automated phone systems. The company was formed in 1996.

Boone Hospital Center is a 394-bed full service hospital located in Columbia, MO. It is a regional referral center located in the center of the state. The hospital provides progressive healthcare programs, services, and technology to people in 25 mid-Missouri counties. Although the hospital is full service, areas in which Boone Hospital Center excels are cardiology, neurology, oncology, surgical, obstetrical services, and numerous other specialties. The hospital maintains a 24-hour emergency center with hospital-based ambulance service and a helipad for incoming emergency air transportation. The hospital employs over 2000 on its staff and 350 physicians on the medical staff.Boone Hospital Center is a leader in providing the latest technology, including an innovative surgery center offering progressive endoscopic and laser surgery procedures. The hospital provides numerous community educational lectures and events, centering on disease prevention and wellness. To help community members make healthy lifestyle choices, Boone Hospital Center created WELLAWARE - a collection of resources and programs that encourage wellness and prevention. Working with mid-Missouri employers to promote good health on the job (such as becoming a tobacco-free workplace), WELLAWARE offers resources in occupational medicine, behavioral health, and BHC's various prevention and fitness programs to the community at large in Columbia, MO.

Unity Health Plans Insurance provides health insurance, wellness education, and disease management services to the residents of some 20 rural counties in southern Wisconsin. The insurer has some 90,000 members, primarily in Dane County. In addition to its HMO coverage, Unity Health Plans offers PPO and point-of-service (POS) plans, as well as health savings accounts. Members have access to Unity's network of area hospitals, clinics, and primary care physicians. Unity Health Plans Insurance company is a subsidiary of University Health Care, which also operates The University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Authority and is part of the larger UW Health organization.

Health Management Systems (HMS) specializes in squeezing pennies for Uncle Sam's health insurers. Health Management Systems company supplies information management services and software used by government health agencies and government-sponsored managed care firms to recover money from health care providers that were either overpaid or paid in error. The company's services include retroactive insurance claims reprocessing and third-party liability recovery, as well as pharmacy recovery services for the overpayment of pharmaceuticals. HMS operates nationwide out of more than two-dozen regional offices. Health Management Systems is a subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp.

Grand Strand Regional Medical Center (GSRMC) is an acute care hospital serving Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and surrounding Georgetown and Horry counties. The 220-bed hospital, a designated trauma center, is home to the only cardiac surgery program in those counties. GSRMC has a staff of more than 250 physicians representing a range of specializations including oncology, wound treatment and emergency care, women's health, pediatrics, rehabilitation, behavioral health, and treatment for sleeping disorders. Grand Strand Regional Medical Center includes the medical center and other satellite diagnostic, ambulatory care, and senior care facilities throughout the area.

Bovie Medical Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical products and devices, primarily electrosurgical generators and disposables in the United States and Canada. The company offers electrosurgery line of products, including desiccators, generators, electrodes, electrosurgical pencils, and various ancillary disposable products used during surgical procedures in gynecology, urology, plastic surgery, dermatology, veterinary, and other surgical markets for the cutting and coagulation of tissue. Its product line comprises Aaron 900 and Aaron 940, desiccators designed primarily for dermatology and family practice physicians; Aaron 950, a desiccator with cut capacity for outpatient surgical procedures; Aaron 1250U, a 120-watt multipurpose electrosurgery generator, as well as various digital electrosurgery generators; and the SEER line of products for liver, pancreatic, and kidney tumor therapies. The company also offers battery operated cauteries for sculpting woven grafts in bypass surgery and vasectomies; evacuation of subungual hematoma; and for arresting bleeding in various surgeries. In addition, it manufactures specialty lighting instruments for use in ophthalmology; and specialty lighting instruments for general surgery, hip replacement surgery, and for the placement of endotracheal tubes in emergency and surgical procedures, as well as offers physicians’ office use penlights. Further, the company provides a nerve locator stimulator primarily used for identifying motor nerves in hand and facial reconstructive surgery. Bovie Medical Corporation was founded in 1982 and is based in Melville, New York.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.