Hurley Medical Center is a teaching hospital serving Genesee, Lapeer, and Shiawassee counties in eastern Michigan. The 440-bed acute care facility is affiliated with the medical schools of Michigan State University and The University of Michigan. It provides care in areas such as cancer, mental health, rehabilitation, surgery, and women's health, and it is a regional center for pediatrics. Hurley Medical Center also offers advanced specialty care, such as trauma care, neonatal intensive care, kidney transplantation, burn medicine, and bariatric (weight loss) surgery.

FONAR uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to find disease or injury hidden inside the body. The company was the first to market a commercial MRI scanner in 1980, and it is trying to stay at the forefront of the field. Its primary products include the Upright MRI, which scans patients in sitting, standing, or bending positions, and the FONAR 360, a room-sized MRI. Both systems do away with the claustrophobia-producing enclosed tubes of traditional machines. Additionally, FONAR's Health Management Corporation of America (HMCA) subsidiary provides management services to 10 diagnostic imaging centers, primarily in Florida and New York.

Ascent Healthcare Solutions is banking on the idea that one doctor's trash could be another doctor's treasure. The company is out to help hospitals with the three "R"s -- reduce, reuse, and recycle. Ascent focuses on reprocessing disposable medical devices for health care facilities (from small rural providers to surgery centers and group purchasing organizations). Its OR-based systems permit the collection of thousands of tons of devices marketed as "single-use," as well as a range of recyclable materials. After collecting the used devices, it cleans, sterilizes, tests, and then returns them from its centers in Florida and Arizona. The company is part of the MedSurg division of medical products maker Stryker.

Cedars-Sinai is known for providing the highest quality patient care that modern medicine has to offer. The 950-bed teaching and research hospital is located right where Los Angeles meets Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, and has tended to the medical needs of a number of celebrities since its inception in 1902. However, the center is also a major teaching hospital for UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and is engaged in some 800 research programs, in areas such as cancer, neuroscience, and genetics. Its Cedars-Sinai Medical Group is a multi-specialty physicians group consisting of about 100 doctors; the medical center is also affiliated with an Independent Physician Association with roughly 500 primary care and specialist doctors.

SleepMed was formed in December 1999 through the merger of Sleep Disorder Centers of America (SDCA), based in Columbia SC, and DigiTrace Care Services, Inc. (DCSI), based in Boston MA. SDCA was founded in 1994 by Dr. Richard K. Bogan, who has board certifications in sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and internal medicine. After becoming one of the first physicians in the nation to become board certified in sleep medicine and to accredit his sleep center through the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Dr. Bogan recognized that his practice was attracting patients from across the state of South Carolina. With a professional mission to improve a patient's access to sleep medicine, Bogan began training pulmonary specialists in other markets within the state and assisting them in setting up a sleep lab in their community hospitals. Word of mouth began to spread and, by 1999, SDCA grew to over 20 sleep labs performing over 10,000 sleep studies a year.

Medical Mutual of Ohio is a not-for-profit managed care company that provides health insurance products and related services to some 1.6 million members in nine states. The company's individual and group health plans include HMO, PPO, POS, traditional indemnity, and supplemental Medicare. Medical Mutual of Ohio also provides dental, vision, and workers' compensation plans, life insurance, and third-party administration (TPA) services. Medical Mutual of Ohio company operates from about a dozen locations across Ohio; it also provides services in surrounding states through its subsidiaries. Policies are marketed through a network of independent brokers.

Provena Health is a provider of a platoon of health care services for its patrons in the Midwest. Provena operates six hospitals, more than two dozen primary care clinics, about 20 nursing homes and assisted living facilities, five home health agencies, and a range of other health-related programs in north and central Illinois (as well as one nursing home in Avilla, Indiana). The system includes a staff of some 1,700 physicians and more than 1,600 beds. Provena is sponsored by Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary, and Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

Sisters of St. Francis Health Services operates eight acute care medical centers (some with multiple campuses) in central and northern Indiana and south suburban Chicago. The hospital facilities house about 3,500 beds; in addition to inpatient acute care services, they operate numerous outpatient facilities and medical practices within their local service areas. Other subsidiaries supply health insurance to Indiana residents; perform clinical laboratory tests, offer home health care services, and provide construction and IT services to the systems' facilities and other clients. The firm is a member of group purchasing organization Consorta. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration.

FHC Health Systems provides stability through its behavioral health care services, which are offered to millions of people through its operating subsidiaries. Its majority-owned subsidiary ValueOptions manages behavioral care benefits offered by commercial and public health plans, serving some 23 million people. Through its Rx Innovations unit, the company provides institutional pharmacy and laboratory services for long-term care facilities and other treatment centers. FHC's FirstLab subsidiary offers drug testing and employment screening, while its Corporation for Standards and Outcomes focuses on performance management for public agency programs. CEO and majority owner Ronald Dozoretz founded FHC in 1983.

NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System serves about 20 percent of patients located in the New York metro area. The system includes about 25 acute and specialty hospitals with a total of 7,900 beds. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the system's flagship facility and the largest hospital in the US with 2,300 beds; specialist facilities include psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals. All of its hospitals are affiliated with the medical colleges of Columbia University or Cornell University. NYPHS also operates nursing homes (with some 1,600 beds) and community health clinics.

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