Stamps.com hopes its customers keep putting letters in the mail. Its PC Postage service lets registered users who have downloaded Stamps.com software buy stamps online and print the postage directly onto envelopes and labels. Customers can order US Postal Service options, such as registered mail, certified mail, and delivery confirmation, as well as print custom stamps using virtually any image through its PhotoStamps.com Web site. Stamps.com charges a monthly fee for its service, which is aimed at consumers, home offices, and small businesses. In addition, customers can buy mailing labels, scales, and dedicated postage printers from Stamps.com. Postage fees are sent directly to the US Postal Service.

If You Have Kids, Be Glad You Have Children'sRenowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs and medical education, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has helped establish the standards of excellence in pediatric care. From Ambulatory Care to Transplantation and Cardiac Care, talented and committed pediatric experts care for infants, children and adolescents who make more than 1,000,000 visits to Children’s, its many neighborhood locations, and Children's Community Pediatrics practices each year.

BioHorizons manufactures and sells dental implants, or individual screw-in teeth, as an alternative to conventional dentures. The company also sells soft tissue regeneration products, called biologics, to help the gums grow back around the implant. For oral surgeons, BioHorizons offers tools and specialty instruments (including those by Hu-Friedy), as well as a software program, Virtual Implant Placement (VIP), to map treatment procedures. BioHorizons sells its products in more than 80 countries; one-third of sales come from outside the US. It's owned by private equity firm HealthpointCapital, but BioHorizons filed to go public in mid-2010.

Premier group purchasing organization (GPO) is an alliance of more than 2,400 US hospitals and some 70,000 other health care sites. Premier -- which is owned by a group of about 200 not-for-profit hospitals -- works to negotiate lower-cost contracts for medical supplies by contracting with hundreds of suppliers nationally for everything from pacemakers and catheters to furniture and food service equipment. Premier serves facilities of all sizes, from the smallest rural hospital to huge academic medical centers and its group purchasing power represents more than $30 billion each year.

MultiPlan operates one of the nation's largest preferred provider organization (PPO) healthcare networks, comprising more than 5,000 hospitals and some 750,000 doctors and ancillary health care providers. MultiPlan company offers access to its PPO to health care plan providers; clients can use the PPO either as their primary provider network or as a means of extending or expanding their own networks. MultiPlan also provides other cost management services to payors, such as fee negotiation on specific claims. MultiPlan company was acquired by private equity investors BC Partners and Silver Lake in 2010.

Coventry Health Care wants to measure up in the tough world of managed care. Through numerous local health plans, the firm provides health care coverage to more than 5 million members, primarily in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. It offers HMO, PPO, and point-of-service (POS) plans to employer groups, as well as Medicare Advantage, Medicare prescription drug coverage, Medicaid managed care plans, and other coverage directly to individuals. Its Specialty unit administers (but doesn't underwrite) workers' compensation programs, providing services such as bill review and case management to insurers and employers; it also administers network rental and pharmacy benefit programs.

BHS was founded in 1892 and took its present form in 1985. The system is sponsored by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. Benedictine Health System (BHS) is a provider of senior care services in the Midwest. The health system mostly serves rural and smaller communities in seven states. It operates about 40 long-term care facilities including nursing homes, assisted-living centers, and independent senior housing developments. Other offerings include adult day-care, transitional care, and outpatient rehabilitation. Many of its facilities are integrated campuses that provide a spectrum of services.

Battle Creek Health System was formed by the 1988 merger of two area hospitals: Leila Y. Post Montgomery Hospital and Community Hospital. It is part of Trinity Health. Battle Creek Health System (BCHS) is a multi-campus health care provider serving residents of south central Michigan. The system includes two acute care hospitals with a total of over 200 beds, a behavioral health center, a variety of outpatient clinics, and a home health care and hospice network. BCHS also includes specialty clinics including a wound healing center, a kidney health clinic, and a cardiac care center. Its Employer Health Services program features two occupational health and therapy clinics.

Nestor Healthcare Group helps feather nests for patients in need of extra aid. Nestor Healthcare Group provides home health and staffing care services to individuals, health care facilities, and government and commercial enterprises. Its Social Care division provides live-in or visiting nurse home health services through its Country Cousins, Patricia White's, Goldsborough, and Medico units. Nestor's Primary Care division provides in-office and out-of-hours care assistance to primary care clinics, hospitals, specialty health centers, and law enforcement facilities. The Primary Care division's services include telephone answering, care coordination, administration, and training services.

Deltex Medical helps doctors keep an eye, or an ear, on their patients' blood flow. The company makes and markets CardioQ, a heart monitor used on critically ill patients and patients undergoing surgery. Via proprietary software and disposable ultrasound probes inserted into the esophagus, the CardioQ system is designed to measure and monitor circulating blood volume in an effort to detect hypovolemia, or decreased blood volume, in patients. With such information in hand, doctors can administer fluid and drugs as necessary, which may help patients with recovery. Deltex markets CardioQ in more than 30 countries worldwide.

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