Spectrum Health is a regional health system serving western Michigan. The not-for-profit network features more than half a dozen hospitals with some 2,000 beds that provide everything from general surgery to specialized cancer care. Residents and visitors to the area can also access Spectrum Health through its more than 140 service sites, which include urgent care centers, primary care physician offices, community clinics, rehabilitation and other outpatient facilities, and continuing care residences and services for the elderly. The health system also operates Priority Health, a health plan with about 500,000 members.

Electrical Geodesics develops and sells medical equipment for use in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience research. Its EEG measurement and analysis systems are used in laboratories throughout the US, Europe, and Asia for research in areas such as neonatal sleep monitoring, stroke evaluation, dementia, and infant language comprehension. The company was founded in 1992.

Established in 1982, the company serves customers in the long-term care, home health, and hospice care sectors. Its medical product suppliers include Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Roche, and 3M Health Care. Despite its regional sounding name, Gulf South Medical Supply is a nationwide distributor of a wide variety of medical supplies for the elder care industry. The PSS World Medical subsidiary operates over a dozen distribution service centers, providing procurement, cost containment, and billing services to clients in all 50 states. Gulf South Medical Supply has some 47,000 different products, including supplies for general nursing, feeding, diagnostics, incontinence, and infection and wound care.

PHP Companies, which does business as Cariten Healthcare, is caring for thousands of residents in eastern Tennessee. A managed care organization, Cariten provides group health plans, including HMO, PPO, and POS plans and Medicare Advantage plans for retirees. The firm provides its services on a fully-insured basis or as a third-party administration services for self-insured employers. Its Business Health Solutions unit provides managed workers' compensation care and vocational rehabilitation services. Covenant Health and Mountain State Health Alliance owned Cariten until it was acquired by Humana for $245 million in late 2008.

Mercury Medical manufactures the medical equipment used to administer and monitor medical gasses for respiratory, anesthesia, and critical care. It also offers technical consulting services, equipment repair, and equipment reconditioning services. Customers include hospitals, biomedical clinics, and home care clients. Along with marketing its own products, its sales team also represents products from other life-support equipment manufacturers. It distributes products directly to institutional customers in the southeastern US; elsewhere it relies on a network of distributors. Mercury Medical ships its medical supplies for home health directly to customers through its ShurShip division.

Horizon Bay Management operates a spread of senior housing communities in the US. Operating as Horizon Bay Retirement Living, the company manages independent- and assisted-living residential facilities, primarily targeting the higher-end market. It operates about 80 senior housing communities, which are located in 15 primarily southern and midwestern states and have a total of about 14,000 living units. The company's LiveWell! program, which promotes health and well-being among residents, offers educational classes and activities. Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT, a real estate investment trust that owns most of Horizon's managed properties, owns a controlling stake in Horizon Bay, which was founded in 2001.

Seniors hate living in nursing homes; states hate paying for them. Enter Senior Whole Health (SWH), a health services plan that aims to keep more low-income seniors living independently at home. SWH consolidates the benefits of Medicare and Medicaid into one easy-to-join plan that pays claims, handles customer service issues, and contracts with primary care providers. It also offers around-the-clock access to nurses, exercise programs, prescription drug coverage, transportation, and multilingual translators. SWH serves more than 6,000 members in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. It is at the top of the heap as one of the country's 500 fastest-growing private companies, according to Inc.

Hawaii Dental Service company provides dental benefits to more than half a million members throughout the islands and is a not-for-profit affiliate of Delta Dental Plans Association. Hawaii Dental Service provides dental plans to individuals, families, companies, associations, not-for-profit organizations, and unions in a variety of industries. Its network includes nearly all practicing dentists in Hawaii, as well as many in Guam and Saipan. Hawaii Dental Service's membership in Delta Dental provides members with access to tens of thousands of dentists across the US. Hawaii Dental Service company was founded in 1962 by a group of community dentists.

Grady Health System provides a broad range of health services to residents of Georgia's Fulton and DeKalb counties. At its center is the 950-bed Grady Memorial Hospital, a full-service teaching hospital. Services include primary, diagnostic, surgical, and rehabilitative care. Grady Memorial is home to centers for the treatments of cancer, severe burns, diabetes, sickle-cell anemia, and infectious diseases; it is also home to the state's only poison center. In addition, Grady Health System operates the Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital, 10 area health centers, and a regional emergency transportation service. The system is owned by The Fulton-DeKalb Medical Authority.

Valley Hospital has about 400 beds and offers inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care. Founded in 1972, it also operates a Cardiac Center and the HealthPlace for Women and Children's unit (which includes a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Valley Medical was the first hospital in the region to receive accreditation as both a Primary Stroke Center and a Certified Chest Pain Center.

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