A leading maker of implantable biomedical devices, the company makes defibrillators and pacemakers that shock the heart to help it beat normally. Subsidiary Medtronic Sofamor Danek makes spinal implant devices, while Medtronic CardioVascular produces catheters, stents, valves, balloons, and surgical ablation technologies used to treat vascular and heart disease. The company's neuromodulation division makes nerve and brain stimulation and drug delivery systems. Medtronic also makes devices for diabetes; ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions; and emergency medicine.

Northside Hospital is not just a hospital. It is a three hospital system with some 750 beds serving Atlanta and surrounding areas. With more than 1,800 physicians and 5,000 employees, Northside Hospital operates on multiple campuses with a host of outpatient health facilities, including physician office parks and specialized cancer centers. All of Northside's hospitals are full-service, acute care facilities that offer expertise in maternity services, women's health, cancer care, surgery, and radiology. Northside Hospital opened in 1970.

NHC provides services to 77 long-term health care centers with 9,742 beds. NHC's affiliates also operate 36 homecare programs, seven independent living centers and 16 assisted living communities. NHC's other services include Alzheimer's units, long-term care pharmacies, hospice, a rehabilitation services company, and providing management and accounting services to third parties. In order to understand in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of NHC, the investor must review our most recent Form 10-Q quarterly report, Form 10-K annual report and press releases which are available here on our web site. NHC common stock is traded with the symbol NHC on the NYSE Amex Exchange. National HealthCare Corporation is recognized nationwide as an innovator in the delivery of quality long-term care. Our goal is to provide a full range of extended care services, designed to maximize the well being and independence of patients of all ages. We are dedicated to meeting patient needs through an interdisciplinary approach combining compassionate care with cost-effective health care services.

NIMS(Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc.) has developed a moving bed-style device that is intended to improve circulation and joint mobility, and possibly to relieve minor aches and pains. Originally tagged as AT-101, the device was sold in Japan and the US until the FDA required the company to get regulatory approval for it. NIMS halted sales and marketing efforts on AT-101 and is seeking FDA approval for a similar but less costly device known as the Exer-Rest, intended for home and clinic use.

Good Samaritan Hospital opened its doors in 1965 as an acute care hospital with a staff of about 400. Good Samaritan Hospital helps keep Silicon Valley's techies in tip-top shape. The facility, part of the HCA family of for-profit hospitals, administers care through campuses in San Jose (the main campus) and Los Gatos, California. Good Samaritan Hospital provides general acute care as well as a host of tertiary services that include cardiology and cardiovascular surgery; oncology; obstetrics and gynecology; and psychiatry (both inpatient and outpatient care). The main campus hospital has some 400 patient beds and the Los Gatos outpatient and short-stay facility houses approximately 100 beds.

Acadian Ambulance Service provides ground and air medical transportation service for some 3 million residents in the southeastern US, including portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Acadian Ambulance Service operates more than 250 ground ambulances, as well as a handful of helicopter ambulances operated by affiliate Metro Aviation. It also provides telemedicine (remote patient monitoring) and paramedic training services. Through subsidiary Executive Aircraft, the firm offers chartered transportation services. Its Safety Management Systems unit provides emergency medical services to offshore oil projects. Established in 1971, the company is owned by its employees through a private stock option plan.

Wabash County Hospital is a small community hospital with 25 beds and offers patients a range of services including cancer treatment; cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation; critical and acute care; and general, laparoscopic, and orthopedic surgery. The facility also provides hospice and home health care programs, occupational health services, and emergency medicine.

Capital Senior Living Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates senior living communities in the United States. The company provides senior living services to the elderly, including independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and home care services. It offers independent living services, including daily meals, transportation, social and recreational activities, laundry, housekeeping, and staffing, as well as access to health screenings, such as blood pressure checks; periodic special services, including influenza inoculations; dietary and similar programs; and ongoing exercise and fitness classes. The company also provides ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, personal hygiene, and monitoring or assistance with medications; support services; special care services, such as services for residents with certain forms of dementia; restorative nursing and rehabilitation services, including, physical, occupational, speech, and medical social services; and physician, dentistry, podiatry, and other health-related services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 66 senior living communities in 23 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 10,200 residents, including 40 owned, 25 leased, and 1 managed for a third party, as well as operated 1 home care agency. Capital Senior Living Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Good Shepherd Health System provides medical-surgical care to patients throughout the Piney Woods region of northeastern Texas. Its flagship facility is Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, a more than 400-bed regional referral hospital providing specialty care in areas such as trauma, cardiology, neurology, and pulmonology. Good Shepherd also has small inpatient facilities in nearby Marshall and Linden, as well as a freestanding outpatient surgery center and several primary care Family Health Centers located throughout its service area. The hospital, which was established in 1935 as the 50-bed Gregg Memorial Hospital, is led by CEO Ed Banos.

Univera Healthcare wants the residents of western New York to be healthy. The not-for-profit organization provides health insurance coverage to more than 200,000 members throughout eight counties in western New York. About 30,000 of those members are retirees in the company's SeniorChoice Medicare Advantage plans. Univera's members have access to all of the hospitals in the area, as well as more than 50,000 pharmacies across the US. Univera Healthcare company provides HMO, PPO, indemnity, dental, and other health plans to small and large businesses, as well as individuals. Univera Healthcare is a business segment of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies.

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