Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has the Ocean State's citizens covered. In fact, BCBSRI provides health insurance products and related services to more than half of the state's residents (or about 600,000 members), primarily through their employers. The company offers a variety of plan types, including PPO (HealthMate Coast-to-Coast), HMO (BlueCHiP), and traditional indemnity (Classic Blue). It also sells Medicare Advantage and Medicare supplemental coverage, as well as dental coverage plans. A not-for-profit licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, BCBSRI was founded in 1939.

North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS) isn't contained by its name:North Mississippi health system reaches beyond the upper portion of Mississippi to provide health care to residents of northwestern Alabama and parts of Tennessee, as well.North Mississippi health system includes half a dozen community hospitals, including its flagship location, the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Combined, the facilities have about 900 beds. Specialty services include home health and long-term care, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, and treatment centers for cancer and digestive disorders. NMHS also operates more than 30 clinics that offer primary care and specialty health services.

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.

Immediate Care, Inc. has locations in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Wasilla. Immediate Care takes care of senior or disabled Alaskans in the comfort of their own homes. The company provides a variety of non-medical home health care services include personal care, bathing, bedtime assistance, and medication coordination, as well as help with chores including laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, and menu planning. Its personal care assistants and chore assistants are available on a daily basis or for occasional visits. Immediate Care focuses on older generations as the number of retirees living in Alaska grows.

Aesculapius, the god of medicine, won't be unleashing his wrath on this company anytime soon. Aesculap, Inc. is the US-based unit of Aesculap AG, a leading global supplier of surgical instruments, which itself is a subsidiary of German medical device manufacturer B. Braun Melsungen. The company's products include handheld surgical instruments, implants, and sutures used in neurosurgery, as well as in cardiac, orthopedic, laparoscopic, reconstructive, thoracic, and gynecological surgical procedures. Aesculap, Inc. also makes electrosurgical devices and power systems, and it offers consulting, training, maintenance, and supply chain management services.

ValleyCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization serving Livermore and Pleasanton, California and the surrounding areas east of San Francisco. ValleyCare Health System consists of two medical campuses and a number of hospitals that offer acute and general health care services, with a total of more than 200 beds and a medical staff of 300-plus. The system also includes specialty outpatient clinics providing behavioral health, outpatient surgery, occupational health and rehabilitation, and wellness services. ValleyCare Health System also operates a senior housing facility.

Quotient Bioresearch is a leading provider of early stage and specialist drug development services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients worldwide.Driven by our passion for scientific excellence, our vision is to be recognised as the premier global provider. Our early stage and specialist drug development services are underpinned by a unique combination of medical, chemical and biological expertise. We continually strive to deliver the highest quality service to support our clients’ endeavours in their development of new and pioneering medicines and products.

Synergy Health (formerly Synergy Healthcare) provides outsourced medical and surgical support services to hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Its Healthcare Solutions division sells continence and wound care products, protective clothing, and infection control services. The company's surgical instrument decontamination and sterilization unit is a top provider of such services to the UK National Health Service. Synergy Health's Linen Management Services and Laboratory Services handle clean linens and lab testing, respectively. Its Isotron unit offers sterilization services for medical devices and supplies in Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

Jupiter has another important bigtime resident who's outta this world -- or at least its services are. Jupiter Medical Center consists of a nearly 160-bed, not-for-profit hospital and a 120-bed, sub-acute long-term care facility in Jupiter, Florida (just north of West Palm Beach). Specialty services include cancer treatment, cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, wound care, birthing, and pain management. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. Established in 1956 as the convalescence center for a retirement village, the medical center was transformed into a full-service acute-care hospital in 1979.

Founded in 1975, Brownsville-Valley Regional Medical Center is part of the HCA healthcare system. The Brownsville-Valley Regional Medical Center provides health care to residents of Brownsville, Texas, and the surrounding region (generally called "the Valley"). The acute care facility has about 215 beds and offers primary and emergency care services. Its operations include a specialty center devoted to women's care, a minor and major trauma center, and community outreach programs. It also provides neonatal, neurology, cardiology, and orthopedic care.

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