Sisters of St. Francis Health Services operates eight acute care medical centers (some with multiple campuses) in central and northern Indiana and south suburban Chicago. The hospital facilities house about 3,500 beds; in addition to inpatient acute care services, they operate numerous outpatient facilities and medical practices within their local service areas. Other subsidiaries supply health insurance to Indiana residents; perform clinical laboratory tests, offer home health care services, and provide construction and IT services to the systems' facilities and other clients. The firm is a member of group purchasing organization Consorta. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah (Regence BCBSU) provides health, life, disability, individual, group, and Medicare supplemental insurance to more than 400,000 members as an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. As the state's largest insurer, Regence BCBSU offers a consumer-directed benefits plan network for individuals and employer-connected group plans. Both include medical, dental, and short-term options; employer plans can also include high deductible plans, health savings plans, and life and disability insurance.Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah company operates a network and service area that covers the entire state. Founded in 1942, Regence BCBSU is a subsidiary of The Regence Group.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health care insurance and related services for nearly 1 million members in 32 counties in Kansas and Missouri. Its Good Health HMO subsidiary is a for-profit health maintenance organization that serves more than 50,000 members. Another subsidiary, Blue-Advantage Plus of Kansas City, is a Medicaid HMO serving customers in nine counties in the Kansas City area. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City has other operations providing non-Blue life and disability insurance, third-party administration services, and provider network rental services. Founded in 1932, the company is the largest not-for-profit health insurance provider in the state.

Starkey is a world leader in the design, development and distribution of comprehensive hearing solutions. Starkey believe in using superior hearing technology as a means to something even greater—creating meaningful connections between people and their worlds. With 22 facilities in more than 18 countries around the globe, Starkey is an industry leader in hearing instrument manufacturing. Starkey create top quality diagnostic equipment, hearing protection products, wireless technology and unique hearing solutions for every environment.

American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Health Plan is the health plan division of the American Postal Workers Union, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Providing health benefits to some 140,000 members, the not-for-profit organization is a self-administered and self-underwritten health plan. It provides a fee-for-service plan featuring a preferred provider network, as well as a lower-cost, high-deductible option with a health reimbursement account. The plan's provider network includes some 6.000 hospitals and nearly 600,000 health care providers across the US and its territories. The APWU Health Plan was founded in 1960.

Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care Division is sweet on its customers. Part of Bayer HealthCare's massive worldwide operations, the division makes and markets blood glucose monitoring systems, self-care software, hemoglobin meters, and lancing devices to consumers through pharmacies, retail stores, hospitals, and wholesalers. Bayer Diabetes Care manufactures a line of blood testing systems (including the Breeze 2 and Contour monitors), which it sells in over 100 countries. Bayer has produced diagnostic products for diabetes since 1941 and developed the first portable blood glucose meter and test strips in 1969.

Nipro Diagnostics,Inc. makes blood glucose monitoring systems and disposable supplies for diabetics, which it sells through retail pharmacies, mass merchandisers, managed care companies, mail service providers, and distributors around the globe. Nipro Diagnostics markets its testing systems and blood monitors through those distribution channels in two ways, under its own brand names -- including Sidekick, TrueTrack Smart System, TRUEread, and Prestige IQ -- and through co-branded partnerships. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese medical device maker Nipro.

American Baptist Homes of the West (ABHOW) preaches the gospel of the active senior lifestyle, operating about 30 senior living facilities in four western states. Most of ABHOW's communities are government-subsidized apartments for low-income seniors. About a dozen of its residences, however, are continuing care retirement communities, which offer a range of care -- residential living, assisted living, or skilled nursing -- depending on residents' needs. The communities also schedule social activities and offer wellness programs and transportation services. Parent company Cornerstone Affiliates acquires and develops communities.

Blue Care Network of Michigan keeps its state residents healthy. The health maintenance organization (HMO) provides health insurance products and related services to more than 650,000 Michigan members. The company's health insurance plans include HMO, traditional indemnity, and supplemental Medicare. The network also provides wellness and disease management services to its members. Parent company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan formed Blue Care Network of Michigan, one of the largest HMOs in Michigan, in 1998 to create a statewide coverage organization. Its network includes about 130 hospitals and 14,000 primary and specialty physicians throughout the state.

For more than 15 years, APS Healthcare has been dedicated to the design and delivery of specialty health services that focus on health improvement as a means to lowering costs and improving quality of life.They began as a behavioral health company but saw the opportunity to do more for the members and customers we serve, the providers we work with and the broader community. As our focus evolved so did our mission. Today, as one of the nation’s leading specialty health services company, we leverage our core competency in behavior change to deliver total health management innovations that make a significant, positive impact on the healthcare system.

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