MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving residents of four counties in the southern Puget Sound region and southwestern Washington. The system's four hospitals combined have more than 800 beds. The largest facility, Tacoma General, boasts 390 beds and provides specialized cancer, cardiac, orthopedic, and trauma care, in addition to general medical and surgical care. Other medical centers include Good Samaritan Hospital with 225 beds, Allenmore Hospital with 130 beds, and the 70-bed Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. MultiCare Health System also operates dozens of primary care, specialty care, and urgent care clinics throughout the region, as well as home health and hospice care agencies.

Rotech Healthcare Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment and related products and services in the United States. It rents and sells oxygen and other respiratory therapy equipment and services, including oxygen concentrators, liquid oxygen systems, high pressure oxygen cylinders, homefill systems, portable oxygen concentrators, continuous positive airway pressure devices and supplies, bi-level positive airway pressure devices and supplies, non-invasive positive pressure ventilator devices and supplies, and nebulizer devices and medications. The company also sells and rents a line of durable medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, patient aids, and other ancillary supplies. Its patient service technicians or clinicians provide instruction and training to the patient and the patient’s family regarding equipment use and maintenance for the prescribed therapy. In addition, the company’s activities include reimbursement by third-party payors comprising Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Administration, and private insurers. Rotech Healthcare Inc. serves older patients with breathing disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, which include chronic bronchitis, emphysema, obstructive sleep apnea, and other cardiopulmonary disorders. As of December 31, 2009, it had approximately 450 operating locations located primarily in non-urban markets in 48 states. Rotech Healthcare Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Cook Incorporated makes catheters, wire guides, stents, and other devices used in minimally invasive procedures. Cook Group operates a host of other medical subsidiaries that manufacture urological and gynecological devices, endoscopic accessories, cardiac rhythm management, and vascular products. Its industrial parts manufacturer Sabin makes plastic and metal parts used in Cook's medical products, while its K-Tube company manufactures hypodermic needles. The company, one of the world's largest privately held medical device firms, was founded by William Cook in 1963.

KCI Medical Ltd, the UK operating division of US firm Kinetic Concepts, designs and manufactures hospital beds for critically ill patients and lifts for bedridden patients. The company's wound care mattresses massage patients, increasing circulation and reducing the chances of the development of bedsores and pressure ulcers. KCI Medical's best known product is its acute and chronic wound closure device, the V.A.C. (Vacuum Assisted Closure) therapy system. KCI Medical was founded in 1991.

Deltex Medical helps doctors keep an eye, or an ear, on their patients' blood flow. The company makes and markets CardioQ, a heart monitor used on critically ill patients and patients undergoing surgery. Via proprietary software and disposable ultrasound probes inserted into the esophagus, the CardioQ system is designed to measure and monitor circulating blood volume in an effort to detect hypovolemia, or decreased blood volume, in patients. With such information in hand, doctors can administer fluid and drugs as necessary, which may help patients with recovery. Deltex markets CardioQ in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Shasta Regional Medical Center serves counties in northern California. The medical center offers a variety of services in areas such as surgical and critical care, emergency and trauma, and cardiac care. It has a capacity of about 250 beds. Specialty units include the complex's Chest Pain Center, Vascular Wellness Center, and Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory. Other services include diabetes care, neurosciences, orthopedics, radiology, and oncology. Shasta Regional is operated by hospital management firm Prime Healthcare Services.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS Texas) would stock up on apples for its nearly 4 million customers. The reason? The not-for-profit insurer emphasizes preventive medicine to hold down the costs of operating its HMO, PPO, point-of-service, and indemnity insurance health care plans in Texas. The company's network has more than 40,000 doctors and 400 hospitals. A division of Chicago-based Health Care Service Corporation, BCBS Texas counts among its customers Continental Airlines, the University of Texas System, and Halliburton.

ReGen Biologics, Inc. makes tissue implants and medical devices that are used to repair damaged or degenerating cartilage. ReGen's product line focuses on the repair and preservation of the meniscus, a piece of cartilage found in the knees. The company makes Menaflex, a collagen matrix product designed to halt deterioration, support natural regrowth of tissue, restore function, and reduce pain; the implant is approved for sale in Europe and the US (though its approval is under review in the US market). ReGen also makes the SharpShooter Tissue Repair System, a suturing device used in the Menaflex implantation procedure.

United Healthcare of Georgia, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, provides health insurance products and related services for nearly one million people in the Peach State; its provider network includes thousands of doctors and more than 150 hospitals. Products include dental, disability, health, life, and vision insurance coverage, as well as pharmacy benefits, for companies, their employees, and individual customers. UnitedHealth Group is the second-largest health insurer in the US (behind WellPoint) and has operations in all 50 states.

Synergy Health (formerly Synergy Healthcare) provides outsourced medical and surgical support services to hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Its Healthcare Solutions division sells continence and wound care products, protective clothing, and infection control services. The company's surgical instrument decontamination and sterilization unit is a top provider of such services to the UK National Health Service. Synergy Health's Linen Management Services and Laboratory Services handle clean linens and lab testing, respectively. Its Isotron unit offers sterilization services for medical devices and supplies in Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

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