Scripps Health has its medical script down pat. The not-for-profit hospital group serves the San Diego area through about a half dozen acute-care hospitals with some 1,400 beds and 20 outpatient clinic locations. The system also offers home health care and operates community outreach programs. Its hospitals, along with outpatient Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal Medical Center locations, include more than 2,600 affiliated general practice and specialty physicians. Scripps Health is affiliated with The Scripps Research Institute, which performs biomedical research. The Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science serves as a fundraiser for both the hospital group and the research institute.

Premera Blue Cross is a leading health care coverage provider to 1.5 million residents of Washington State and Alaska. A licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Premera offers Blue-branded health care coverage including group and individual PPO, HMO, and consumer-directed plans, as well as Medicare supplemental, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage. Its health care networks encompass tens of thousands of health care providers and more than 100 hospitals. The not-for-profit Premera also operates several for-profit subsidiaries offering non-Blue health, life, and disability insurance in the Western US.

American HomePatient is making sure no one is home alone when it comes to health care. American HomePatient provides home health services from about 240 locations in more than 30 states. The company provides respiratory therapy and equipment, including oxygen therapy, sleep apnea systems, and nebulizers. It also offers home infusion therapy services, including feeding and intravenous drug administration. Additionally, American HomePatient rents and sells durable hospital equipment, including beds and wheelchairs. Mostly it operates independently, but also provides home care in a few areas through joint ventures with hospitals. American HomePatient is owned by investment firm Highland Capital Management.

North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) provides medical care to the residents of several cities north of Boston, including Salem (aka The Witch City), Lynn, and Peabody. The network is home to two acute care hospitals, children's and rehabilitation hospitals, a heart institute, a women's center, and a number of community health centers. It also boasts more than 200 physicians and other health care professionals in its North Shore Physician Group. Its flagship, the NSMC Salem Hospital is a nearly 250-bed teaching hospital providing adult and pediatric services. The not-for-profit system is part of Partners HealthCare System.

Opened in 1975 by a group of leading community physicians, Doctors Community Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in Lanham, Maryland. The hospital, which is one and one-half miles from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and 495, is focused on meeting the health care needs of Prince George’s County and the region.Doctors Community Hospital currently operates 200 medical/surgical beds, admits 12,000 patients annually, treats more than 55,000 Emergency Center patients and employs 1,300 individuals. Our medical staff is comprised of more than 600 physicians. The hospital offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services, a number of specialty and subspecialty services, and a full range of ancillary and support services.

It's not essay and it's not multiple choice, but it is one of the most important tests you will ever take. Executive Health Exams International (EHE) performs physical exams for corporate customers to help detect serious conditions, including cancer and heart disease, early on. The company specializes in preventative health services, offering a range of employer-sponsored prevention and wellness programs to corporate clients nationwide. EHE also provides his and hers health and wellness programs to individuals through health care centers in more than 40 states. The company was founded in 1913 and acquired by UM Holdings in the mid-1980s.

Cutera has a handle on hairy situations and a firm plan for flabby faces. The firm makes lasers for medical and aesthetic use in doctors' offices and spas. Its FDA-approved devices are marketed under the names CoolGlide, Solera, and Xeo and are used for hair removal and treatments to reduce pigmented lesions (age and sun spots), wrinkles, and veins. Its Titan line of products uses deep tissue heating to firm up saggy skin. The company markets its products through a direct sales force and a distributor (PSS World Medical) in the US and relies on a small sales group and distributors in more than 30 other countries.

PLC Systems guards kidneys against ill effects of dehydration and toxic medicines. Its RenalGuard system, marketed in Europe, is a fluid balancing device that helps physicians monitor and maintain kidney fluid levels during medical imaging procedures. The company also developed the Heart Laser System, a carbon dioxide laser system that treats coronary artery disease; the system performs Transmyocardial Revascularization (or TMR) as an alternative to such conventional therapies as bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty. Novadaq is PLC Systems' exclusive distributor for its TMR business in the US; PLC agreed to sell the TMR business to Novadaq in 2010 to focus on development of RenalGuard for the US market.

Founded in 1986, Catholic Healthcare West is the official health care provider of the San Francisco Giants. Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) has steadily grown to become the largest private, not-for-profit health care provider in the state of California. Sponsored by six congregations of nuns, CHW operates a network of more than 40 acute-care facilities located in the Golden State and, to a lesser extent, in Arizona and Nevada. Those facilities house about 8,800 acute care beds, as well as 1,000 skilled nursing beds. CHW provides home health and hospice services through agencies in California and Nevada. It also operates emergency and specialty clinics, imaging centers, and medical labs, as well as managed care and wellness programs.

HemaCare Corporation provides the customized delivery of blood products and services. HemaCare collects, processes and distributes blood products to hospitals and research related organizations. The Company operates and manages donor centers and mobile donor vehicles to collect transfusable blood products from donors, and also collects human-derived blood products which are utilized by health research related organizations. Additionally, HemaCare provides blood related services, principally therapeutic apheresis procedures, stem cell collection and other blood treatments, to patients with a variety of disorders. Blood related therapeutic services are usually provided under contract as an outside purchased service.

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