Q-Med seeks a smooth future, but thus far it still has a few wrinkles in its plans. The company develops and manufactures the high-tech goo Restylane dermatologists inject to fill in lines and creases in facial skin. Its Durolane product, also based on its non-animal sourced hyaluronic acids, is used as an injection to treat osteoarthritis of the knee. Its products are distributed in over 70 countries, but only Restylane has received FDA approval for use in the US. The Swedish company entered the US exchanges by buying up the shell of a public company in 2008.

St. David's Round Rock Medical Center serves the growing Williamson County community located in Central Texas. The facility includes an acute care hospital with approximately 175 beds, a heart center, a women's center, and an outpatient surgery center. Other services include respiratory therapy, vascular lab work, orthopedics, and intermediate care. The medical center is part of St. David's HealthCare Partnership, a joint venture between St. David's Health Care System and HCA. The hospital's size was almost doubled through expansion construction in 2006.

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System Inc.(CAMC), a non-profit company, operates hospitals and health care centers. Its services and programs include cancer, cardiac, joint replacement, diabetes education programs for outpatients, surgical, facial surgery, gynecological, hemophilia treatment, imaging, kidney transplantation, labor and delivery, medical management, and rehabilitation services. The company provides pediatric intensive care, pediatric, perinatal, physical therapy and sports medicine, neonatal intensive care, neurosciences, palliative care, children’s specialty care, plastic surgery, radiology, prostate cancer care, stroke, tobacco cessation and weight loss programs, and trauma care services. It also offers treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, vascular pains, and sleep disorders; and outpatient pulmonary evaluation, mother and baby care, HIV/AIDS programs, urgent care, and wound healing services, as well as specialty services, such as childbirth education, parenting classes, breastfeeding classes, community education, support groups, outpatient counseling, and psychiatric services.

OPRS was established in 1922. Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Service (OPRS) operates a network of continuing care retirement communities in Ohio. The company offers services through about a dozen senior living communities across the state and serves some 6,000 residents. The centers include skilled nursing, assisted living, and independent living residences. Through its Senior Independence program, the not-for-profit organization also provides independent-living services to about 75,000 seniors in Ohio, including adult day care, home health, hospice, and community health clinics.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is the state's oldest and largest not-for-profit health insurer, serving some 2.8 million members, including employees for General Mills and Northwest Airlines. The company's insurance plans include traditional indemnity coverage, HMOs (Blue Plus and Preferred Gold), PPOs (Aware), and major medical plans. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota also offers Medicare Advantage PPOs and other products aimed at seniors. Dental coverage is provided through a partnership with Delta Dental. Additionally, its health support programs offer disease management assistance for those with chronic conditions, as well as health improvement programs such as fitness center discounts.

Pyng Medical (formerly Pyng Technologies) makes an intraosseous infusion device called FAST1 (First Access for Shock and Treatment) that hydrates victims of rapid blood loss or vein collapse -- usually the result of cardiac arrest or severe trauma. The device is used by emergency medical personnel, including those in the military (specifically, the US Department of Defense), which accounts for nearly half of Pyng Medical's total units shipped. The company sells its devices in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Vascular Solutions, Inc., a medical device company, develops solutions to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists worldwide. It provides Hemostat products, including D-Stat Dry hemostat, a topical thrombin-based pad with a bandage used to control surface bleeding; and D-Stat Flowable hemostat, a thick yet flowable thrombin-based mixture for preventing bleeding in subcutaneous pockets. The company also offers extraction catheters consisting of the Pronto V3 and Pronto LP extraction catheters and mechanical systems for the removal of soft thrombus from arteries; vein products, including Vari-Lase endovenous laser, a laser and procedure kit that is used for the treatment of varicose veins; and specialty catheters, such as Langston dual lumen catheters, Twin-Pass dual access catheters, GuideLiner catheters, Minnie support catheters, and Gopher catheters. In addition, it provides access products, which include Micro Elite and Expro Elite snares, the Guardian hemostasis valve, and guidewires used in connection with percutaneous access to the vasculature. Further, the company offers Acolysis ultrasound thrombolysis system for the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases in the international markets. Vascular Solutions, Inc. offers its products directly to the physicians through direct domestic sales force and international distribution network. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Blue Cross Plans (CABCP) offers plans for its Plans. The association consists of seven regional Blue Cross providers in Canada that provide health, dental, vision, life, disability, and other related insurance products and services to about 7 million Canadians. Member plans operate on a not-for-profit basis and serve individual and group policies. CABCP oversees its members to ensure that Blue Cross standards are maintained, and it owns the Blue Cross trademark which it licenses to member plans. The association has been present in Canada for more than 70 years.

North Shore University Hospital (formerly North Shore University Hospital Manhasset) knows you shouldn't have to leave the island for quality health care. The hospital has roughly 800 beds devoted to adult and pediatric medicine, oncology, heart surgery, rehabilitation, dentistry, and trauma emergency services, among other areas. As a tertiary care facility, most of the hospital's patients are referred to North Shore by their primary or secondary physicians. It also serves as a campus for the New York University School of Medicine. The Long Island hospital is home to the Don Monti Cancer Center and the Sandra Atlas Bass Cardiology Center. North Shore is part of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

CommunityCare Managed Healthcare Plans of Oklahoma has got you covered. The for-profit company provides health insurance products and related services to more than 250,000 members throughout the state. Its products include HMO and PPO health care plans, as well as Medicare supplemental insurance, and Individual Health Plans for, well, individuals seeking health care coverage. One division also offers its subscribers online prescription refills. A partnership consisting of Tulsa's Saint Francis Hospital and St. John Medical Center owns the company.

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