AGA Medical Holdings works to heal broken hearts. The company specializes in making medical devices for treating structural heart defects and vascular diseases. Its AMPLATZER occlusion devices use minimally invasive small catheters, which physicians can retrieve and position without the need for multiple devices or repetition of procedures. Approved for use in both Europe and the US, the company sell its devices in more than 100 countries. Its primary customers are pediatric cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons. Dr. Kurt Amplatz and director Franck Gougeon established AGA Medical Holdings in 1995. AGA Medical is being acquired bySt. Jude Medical.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) is the state's largest and oldest health insurance provider. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida company provides a wide range of health insurance products and related services to some 7 million members in Florida. Its health plans include group and individual HMO, PPO, traditional indemnity, and supplemental Medicare policies. BCBSF also provides accident and dismemberment, long-term care, dental, disability, life, and workers' compensation insurance. Other services include the administration of pharmacy programs and health savings accounts. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida company is a not-for-profit mutual insurance firm owned by its policyholders. It is an independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association licensee.

Emergency Medical Services Corporation company is the parent of AMR Inc., the largest private ambulance service in the US, and EmCare Holdings, a leading medical staffing firm that specializes in filling emergency rooms with doctors and nurses. AMR has approximately 3,300 contracts with clients (cities, government agencies, health care providers, and insurance companies) in more than 35 states for emergency and non-emergency transport services. EmCare provides staffing services to more than 450 hospitals and physician groups in 40 states. Private investment firm Onex controls the company.

Dental Service of Massachusetts knows that getting people to be happy with their smiles shouldn't be like pulling teeth-- unless it requires pulling some teeth. Dental Service of Massachusetts (dba Delta Dental of Massachusetts) provides dental benefits to more than 2 million members in the state of Massachusetts. The company clients range from small to large businesses, as well as individuals. It also funds the Oral Health Foundation which extends education grants and promotes dental health. Dental Service of Massachusetts is an affiliate of Delta Dental Plans Association, one of the largest providers of group dental insurance in the US.

Care New England Health System keeps the residents of southeastern New England going strong. The health system offers inpatient care at its three hospitals: Kent Hospital, a general acute care facility with about 350 beds; psychiatric facility Butler Hospital; and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, which specializes in obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics. All told, the system has more than 600 licensed beds. Butler Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital serve as teaching facilities for Brown University. Care New England also operates a home health agency and provides wellness and rehabilitation programs.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is the region's only hospital devoted entirely to cancer treatment, research and prevention. Our 100-bed hospital, located in Philadelphia, is consistently ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top cancer centers in the nation. Our nationally and internationally recognized staff provides consultations and treatment recommendations for all types of adult cancer.

St. Joseph Hospital of Orange serves Orange County and surrounding area residents, providing general medical and surgical services, as well as specialty care in a number of areas. Its range of clinical services includes women's health care, mental health services, oncology, cardiology, and physical rehabilitation. Part of the St. Joseph Health System, the hospital provides primary care and specialty outpatient services through a network of affiliated physician practices. It also operates low-income and mobile clinics. Founded in 1929 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, the hospital has about 525 beds and a medical staff of some 1,000.

Beaufort Memorial Hospital provides medical, surgical, and therapeutic services in southern South Carolina. The not-for-profit community hospital is a regional referral center providing inpatient acute care and outpatient services. The 200-bed facility offers specialties in areas including cancer treatment, cardiology, emergency medicine, mental health, rehabilitation, and obstetrics/gynecology. Beaufort Memorial Hospital operates the Keyserling Cancer Center through its affiliation with the Duke University Health System. It also offers outpatient care at additional satellite facilities.

Capital BlueCross could be your direct link to health care coverage. A licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, the company provides health insurance products to individuals and employer groups, with a total of more than 1 million members in central and eastern Pennsylvania. It offers traditional, PPO, HMO, and POS health care plans, as well as dental and vision coverage and Medicare Advantage plans. Capital BlueCross' network includes more than 11,000 health care providers and nearly 40 hospitals. The company also provides benefits administration services to self-funded customers through for-profit subsidiary Capital Administrative Services (dba NCAS Pennsylvania).

Northwestern Memorial Hospital can get you upright again. Part of corporate parent Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC), the teaching hospital serves residents of the Chicago area, offering virtually every medical specialty. Northwestern Memorial hospital has more than 850 beds and is affiliated with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. It encompasses an ambulatory surgery center, physicians' practices, community clinics, a home hospice program, and health and wellness centers. Other subsidiaries of the NMHC health system include a primary care medical group practice, a philanthropic foundation, an insurance company, and a managed care contracts provider.

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