Flex Partners will bend over backwards to help bring a new medical device to market. The engineering firm provides established and start-up medical device firms with a host of design and development services, from prototyping to business development. The company has more than 20 patents on disposable and reusable devices used for urological, cardiovascular, orthopedic, oral and plastic surgical procedures. Other services include market research, competitor intelligence, brand creation, and executive recruitment. Flex Partners was founded in 1980.

SleepMed was formed in December 1999 through the merger of Sleep Disorder Centers of America (SDCA), based in Columbia SC, and DigiTrace Care Services, Inc. (DCSI), based in Boston MA. SDCA was founded in 1994 by Dr. Richard K. Bogan, who has board certifications in sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and internal medicine. After becoming one of the first physicians in the nation to become board certified in sleep medicine and to accredit his sleep center through the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Dr. Bogan recognized that his practice was attracting patients from across the state of South Carolina. With a professional mission to improve a patient's access to sleep medicine, Bogan began training pulmonary specialists in other markets within the state and assisting them in setting up a sleep lab in their community hospitals. Word of mouth began to spread and, by 1999, SDCA grew to over 20 sleep labs performing over 10,000 sleep studies a year.

GENEX isn't a bunch of disaffected slackers.GENEX company provides health care cost-containment and disability management services, mostly in the worker's compensation market, to more than 1,200 employer groups, insurance and managed care providers, and benefit administrators. Services include workplace injury management, vocational rehabilitation, catastrophic case management, medical bill auditing, and Social Security disability claim representation. GENEX also offers information management services to help pre-identify high-risk claimants. GENEX is controlled by Stone Point Capital.

Alliance HealthCare Services is the nation’s largest provider of advanced outpatient diagnostic imaging services, focusing on MRI, PET/CT and CT through its Alliance Imaging division and radiation therapy services through its Alliance Oncology division. Alliance also offers comprehensive, women’s breast health care solutions, including everything from breast imaging to cancer treatment.

Physio-Control (formerly Medtronic Emergency Response Systems) makes an integrated line of noninvasive emergency cardiac defibrillators and vital-sign assessment devices, as well as data management software. The company's LIFEPAK branded products are used both in and outside hospitals for the early detection and treatment of life-threatening events including trauma, heart attack, and the acute heart rhythm disturbances of bradycardia (slow heartbeat), tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), and ventricular fibrillation (chaotic heartbeat). Physio-Control is a unit of medical device maker Medtronic.

Bay Regional Medical Center provides a full range of medical services for the residents of Bay County, located at the tip of Saginaw Bay in eastern Michigan. A part of McLaren Health Care, the hospital's main campus has more than 400 beds and provides general medical and surgical care, as well as specialty care in areas such as cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, oncology, rehabilitation, orthopedics, and women's health. It also features an emergency room and Level II trauma center, and provides home health and hospice care. A second campus, Bay Special Care Hospital, is a long-term acute care hospital serving patients requiring hospital stays of longer than 25 days.

LVL delivers "le garde soin affectueux" (that's TLC in French). LVL Medical Groupe is a top provider of home health care equipment and services in France. The company offers the equipment for, as well as the administration of, respiratory care; its services include oxygen therapy and aerosol therapy for about 35,000 patients across France who suffer from chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, sleep apnea, and other respiratory conditions. LVL also provides such home infusion therapy as intravenous drug treatment, pain management, and nutrition therapy. The group, which was formed in 1989, runs hospital-adjacent care centers and offers home care for children in Germany through subsidiary LVL Medical Deutschland.

Lakeland Regional Medical Center cares for residents' high cholesterol -- and other physical ailments. Lakeland Regional Medical Center serves Florida's Polk County (roughly between Kissimmee and Tampa) through an acute care hospital with more than 850 beds. Among its specialty services are cardiac care, cancer treatment, senior care, emergency medicine, orthopedics, women's and children's health care, and surgery. Its LRMC Foundation offers financial support for indigent patients facing ongoing treatment. Its emergency department treats more than 150,000 patients each year.

United Health Services Hospitals can service injuries from a slip in the snow, a slipped disc in the back, or health that's just plain slipping. United Health Services Hospitals operates Binghamton General Hospital (about 220 beds) and Wilson Regional Medical Center (some 300 beds) as well as a network of primary and specialty health care clinics serving Broome County and surrounding counties in upstate New York. Specialty services include cardiovascular care, dialysis services, neurology, rehabilitation, pediatrics, and psychiatry. The Wilson Medical Center serves as a teaching hospital offering residency and fellowship programs. United Health Services Hospitals is a subsidiary of United Health Services.

Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center is a cornerstone of health care in the Rocky Mountains. The hospital, operated by HCA-HealthONE, provides primary and tertiary care services to folks living in the Denver area and throughout Colorado. The health care facility has some 680 beds and offers more than 80 medical specialties. Presbyterian/St. Luke's also has a specialized unit dedicated to pediatrics, and it is building a new pediatric facility, the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. Other specialty departments include centers for orthopedics, sleep therapy, weight loss, cancer care, and cardiology.

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