Pronger Smith Medical Care helps heal prickly conditions in the Chicago areas. The health care provider is a multi-physicians practice group of nearly 50 physicians who operate from the company's medical clinic locations. Pronger Smith provides primary care services such as family and internal medicine and pediatrics. Its specialty health care offerings include cardiology, dermatology, general surgery, neurology, and rheumatology. Pronger Smith Medical Care company specializes in providing health care services to patients in Chicago's southern and southwestern suburbs. Pronger Smith Medical Care was established in 1947.

Prime Therapeutics company, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), is owned by and provides services to about a dozen Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations and their members. Prime also services other health care plans used by unions, employers, and third-party administrators, ultimately serving about 17 million members. The company's clients benefit from services that include pharmacy network management, benefit administration, claims processing, marketing support, report building, and formulary design, a process through which drugs are approved for use in a network.

West Georgia Health System helps its patients get back to feeling peachy. West Georgia Health System operates a hospital and provides various other health care services to residents of western Georgia and eastern Alabama. Its primary location is the West Georgia Medical Center, a rural referral center with 275 beds. Specialty health care facilities include the Enoch Callaway Cancer Center and the Georgia Heart Clinic, as well as home health and hospice agencies. West Georgia Health System also includes clinics and centers for dialysis, women's health services, and long-term care for the elderly.

Links Medical Products Inc, manufactures and markets medical products designed primarily for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies. Its primary product is the Silent Knight tablet crushing system for patients who can't take pills. Other products include Hydra-Aid beverage thickeners, Microdot glucose monitoring systems, and Cocoon bed rail systems. It also distributes products from other manufacturers, including DiabetiCare skin cream and Provide liquid nutritional supplements. Links Medical Products was founded in 1995 by CEO Tom Buckley and his son, company president Pat Buckley.

Queens-Long Island Medical Group (QLIMG) cures medical ailments in the Queens-Long Island area. A physician-owned practice group boasting some 350 primary and specialty care doctors, QLIMG was established in 1991. The group operates more than 20 medical clinics, as well as urgent care centers, serving residents in New York's Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. It is also affiliated with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System network of acute care and specialty hospitals. QLIMG's physician's specialties include pediatrics, women's health, immunology, cardiology, radiology, rehabilitation, and neurology; the group also has disease management programs for chronically ill patients.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) provides health care coverage to about 700,000 residents of The Beef State. The company's insurance plans include PPO, HSA (Health Savings Accounts), and group, as well as those for senior citizens. BCBSNE also offers dental, vision, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid supplemental coverage. The company specializes in providing health care coverage to Nebraska farmers through the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Its network includes about 94% of the state's physicians and all of its non-government hospitals. BCBSNE began operations in 1939.

St. John Hospital & Medical Center is part of the larger Detroit area-based St. John Health regional health care system. The 800-bed teaching hospital is affiliated with Wayne State University. Besides providing acute and trauma care, St. John operates specialized cancer and pediatric centers, a hip and knee center, an inpatient mental health unit, and a Parkinson's Disease clinic. It also operates the only emergency trauma center on Detroit's East Side. The hospital was established in 1952 and has grown to include a 200-physician medical team specializing in more than 50 medical and surgical fields.

University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital might be a better option. With about 475 beds, the hospital is part of the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, which includes the hospital and six specialized medical colleges for the University of Kentucky School of Medicine. The hospital offers specialty services such as cancer treatment, pediatric care, heart care, orthopedics, sports medicine, and women's health. The University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital operates eastern Kentucky's only Level I trauma treatment facility.

A breast biopsy is not the most pleasant prospect for any woman, but Intact Medical would like to make the experience a little less arduous and invasive. The company's Intact Breast Lesion Excision System needs just ten seconds to retrieve a tissue sample using vacuum technology and a single needle. It also keeps a the sample intact (thus the name) for easier diagnosis. Intact Medical was established in 1998, and the system received FDA approval in 2001. The Intact system has since been expanded for additional use including removing benign lesions, and the company has produced improved versions of the product.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital can get you upright again. Part of corporate parent Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC), the teaching hospital serves residents of the Chicago area, offering virtually every medical specialty. Northwestern Memorial hospital has more than 850 beds and is affiliated with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. It encompasses an ambulatory surgery center, physicians' practices, community clinics, a home hospice program, and health and wellness centers. Other subsidiaries of the NMHC health system include a primary care medical group practice, a philanthropic foundation, an insurance company, and a managed care contracts provider.

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