Operating more than 15 senior communities in seven western US states, BPM Senior Living provides housing and support services for elderly residents. Its facilities offer varying levels of care, including independent living, assisted living, and special care for patients with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Some also offer adult day care services and the option of short-term residential stays. Services provided by BPM facilities include housekeeping, laundry, medication management, personal care (bathing, feeding, grooming), and transportation.

MedSource Consulting provides monitoring, data management, project management, and audit services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and other medical research companies. The company's specialty areas include infectious disease, oncology, pain management, and cardiovascular disease. Among its clients are Eli Lilly, Baylor College of Medicine, and AstraZeneca.

Founded in 1895, DePuy Orthopaedics was the first commercial orthopaedics company in the U.S. That pioneering spirit is still what drives the company today. The company's long-standing commitment to innovation in patient care has helped the company become a global leader in orthopaedic devices and supplies, including hip, knee, extremity, trauma, cement and operating room products.

HCA-HealthONE wants to be #1 in the lives of Denverites. A joint venture between HCA and The Colorado Health Foundation, the health care network provides residents of Denver and surrounding communities with a range of health care services through seven hospitals with more than 2,250 beds, about a dozen ambulatory surgery centers, and 35 outpatient facilities. Its hospitals include The Medical Center of Aurora, North Suburban Medical Center, Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Rose Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center, Sky Ridge Medical Center, and Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital.

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) provides health insurance and related services to some 3.3 million members in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. The company's plans include Personal Choice (PPO), Keystone Health Plan East (HMO and POS), and traditional indemnity options for groups, families, and individuals. It also offers supplemental Medicare, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. Through subsidiary AmeriHealth Administrators, IBC provides third-party administration (TPA) services. IBC, which was founded as the Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia in 1938, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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.

Retractable Technologies knows you can't be too safe when you work around needles all day. Retractable Technologies company develops, makes, and markets safety syringes and other injection technologies for the health care industry. Its flagship VanishPoint syringe retracts after injection, reducing the risk of both syringe reuse and accidental needlesticks (both are means of transmitting HIV and other infectious diseases). Retractable Technologies also makes blood collection needles and IV catheters using the VanishPoint technology, which was invented by the company's founder, CEO, and majority owner Thomas Shaw. The firm sells to hospitals and other care providers in the US and abroad, both directly and through distributors.

ConvaTec winds its way around wicked wounds. The company makes wound cleansers, wound dressings, bandages, wound hydration products, and a negative pressure wound therapy system. Its products are designed to foster the management and healing of wounds and address such issues as wound dryness and severity. ConvaTec's additional products include ostomy pouching systems, which allow patients with artificial openings (or stomas) to dispose of bodily waste into attachable pouches. The company also makes a line of skin care products, including shampoos, conditioners, body creams, and ointments. ConvaTec manufactures its products in the UK and the US and distributes them worldwide.

Girling Healthcare is a subsidiary of another Austin-based health care company, privately held Harden Healthcare. Girling Health Care offers home health, personal care, and homemaker services for grown up girls and boys who need living assistance. The company serves customers in nine states in the midwestern, northeastern, and southern US. Girling provides services including skilled nursing, rehabilitation therapy, condition monitoring, social services, living assistance, and respite care. Texas is the health care firm's largest market.

RegionalCare Hospital Partners is looking for the nearest emergency room. The company formed in 2009 with the intention to acquire hospitals in smaller cities or rural areas, where it's the only game in town. It plans to improve a local hospital's service by providing access to capital, but allow local management to maintain day-to-day operations. RegionalCare Hospital Partners is the brainchild of CEO Martin Rash and president John Rutledge, who found success with Province Healthcare using the same business model. (They sold Province Healthcare in 2005 to LifePoint Hospitals for $1.7 billion.) Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has pledged up to $300 million to fund the first investments.

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