Memorial Hospital (Illinois) first opened its doors in 1958. The Bellevue, Illinois-based hospital is owned and operated by Protestant Memorial Medical Center, a community-based not-for-profit organization. Memorial Hospital provides general medical, surgical, and emergency care, as well as pediatric, home health, and cardiovascular care. Specialty services include treatment for sleep disorders and women's health. The hospital also operates Memorial Convalescent Center, a nearly 110-bed skilled nursing facility, and the Belleville Health and Sports Center which provides fitness facilities to promote community health.

HealthTronics' cup runneth over with urological healthcare services and equipment. The company contracts with medical facilities to provide urology treatment services including the provision of equipment, scheduling, training, and clinical technicians. It makes, sells, and services such equipment as lasers and lithotripters, which use shock waves to break up kidney and gall-bladder stones. HealthTronics also offers urological pathology testing and cryosurgical (freezing of tissue) treatments for enlarged prostate and prostate cancer. In addition, HealthTronics offers related consumable supplies and maintenance services. The company is owned by Endo Pharmaceuticals.

PHP Companies, which does business as Cariten Healthcare, is caring for thousands of residents in eastern Tennessee. A managed care organization, Cariten provides group health plans, including HMO, PPO, and POS plans and Medicare Advantage plans for retirees. The firm provides its services on a fully-insured basis or as a third-party administration services for self-insured employers. Its Business Health Solutions unit provides managed workers' compensation care and vocational rehabilitation services. Covenant Health and Mountain State Health Alliance owned Cariten until it was acquired by Humana for $245 million in late 2008.

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital is a part of the West Penn Allegheny Health System. The 512-bed teaching hospital is affiliated with Clarion University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, and Temple University. It offers specialized services such as emergency medicine, heart care, breast disease treatment, cancer treatment, orthopedics, and surgery (including microscopic surgery). Special facilities include an area burn center, cancer treatment center, and a hospice facility.

Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) is affiliated with the Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. The 975-bed health care network includes the main acute care LLUMC hospital and the Loma Linda Children's Hospital. Other facilities include a satellite community hospital, a behavioral health center, a heart and surgery hospital, and various regional clinics. LLUMC primarily serves the Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties in California. Founded in 1967, the not-for-profit medical center offers specialized services such as oncology, neurology, transplants, and rehabilitation. LLUMC and its affiliates are supported by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

MaineHealth provides health care to residents of central, southern, and western Maine. The health system's facilities include Maine Medical Center, St. Andrews Hospital & Healthcare Center, Spring Harbor Hospital, Miles Memorial Hospital (part of Miles Health Care), and Stephens Memorial Hospital (part of Western Maine Health). MaineHealth also operates long-term care facilities, a home health care service, physician practices, medical laboratories, and other health care service units. The company's Synernet subsidiary provides administrative and group purchasing services for MaineHealth's members and other health care organizations.

Health New England provides medical coverage to about 100,000 members in Western and Central Massachusetts. It sells its plans, including HMO and PPO offerings, to some 5,000 employers and directly to individuals and families. Among its offerings are low-cost plans in line with Massachusetts' health care reform law, passed in 2006, as well as private Medicare Advantage plans for seniors. For employers, it provides coverage on either a fully insured or administrative services only (ASO) basis. Health New England is a majority-owned subsidiary of Baystate Health System.

University of Connecticut Health Center includes a full-service acute care medical center, the 225-bed John Dempsey Hospital, which conducts medical treatment, educational training, and clinical research. The hospital facility provides specialty care including cardiovascular, cancer, neurological, behavioral health, emergency, and ambulatory services, among others. The University of Connecticut Health Center was founded in 1961.

Sturdy Memorial Hospital has remained a stalwart provider of health care to southeast Massachusetts since 1913. In addition to comprehensive medical, surgical, and emergency care, the hospital offers cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, women's health services, diagnostic imaging, and a center devoted to treating multiple sclerosis patients. It also operates pain management, cancer, and wound care centers. The hospital is engaged in ongoing expansion projects including the construction of a two story outpatient facility which will feature a four unit endoscopy suite; an infusion therapy center; and ambulatory offices. Outpatient physical therapy and occupational health service will occupy the second floor.

Robinson Memorial Hospital is a 150-bed medical facility serving the northeast Ohio communities of Kent, Ravenna, Aurora, and Streetsboro. In addition to a Level II trauma center, the hospital offers programs in pediatrics, women's health, home health care, and oncology. It also engages in community outreach programs and operates outpatient facilities including urgent care clinics, a freestanding surgery center, an occupational health center, and several physician practices. The hospital began as an 18-bed facility founded in 1894. It is overseen by the Portage County Board of Hospital Trustees and has an administrative affiliation with the Summa Health System.

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