United Surgical Partners International (USPI) brings together surgeons from across the US and the UK. The company owns or manages about 165 short-stay ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals in the US and another four in the UK. The company creates centers from scratch, converts outpatient departments into stand-alone jointly run locations, and purchases existing facilities; contract management services are also available. USPI markets its facilities to patients, physicians, and insurance companies by touting their quality of care, convenience, and efficiency. Health care investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe owns USPI.

1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds (aptly, if somewhat awkwardly named) is a not-for-profit, self-administered welfare trust fund that provides health and pension benefits to some 400,000 working and retired members of New York's 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, a union of health industry workers in New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. Members of the union -- who work in hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, and home care and social agencies -- and their families can receive comprehensive health coverage, life and disability insurance, and pension benefits. The organization is funded by employer contributions negotiated by the union in collective bargaining agreements.

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.

Community General Hospital founded in 1963, has specialty centers in the areas of wound care, breast care, and sleep disorders, and it operates area primary and specialty clinics. The not-for-profit hospital, which has about 300 acute-care beds, is a general medical and surgical facility. It offers emergency and intensive care services, as well as inpatient orthopedic, psychiatric, and women's health services. Additionally, Community General Hospital houses a skilled nursing center and performs outpatient diagnostic testing, physical therapy, and cardiac rehabilitation.

Children's Hospital of Orange County was founded in 1964. Children's Hospital of Orange County (aka CHOC) fights kid-sized ailments in southern California. The not-for-profit hospital's main campus in Orange has about 230 beds and provides a comprehensive range of care to young patients, including pediatric and neonatal intensive care. Its CHOC at Mission facility (located within the Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo) has nearly 50 beds for pediatric patients, as well as neonatal and pediatric ICUs. CHOC also runs a handful of primary care community clinics and several mobile clinics.

Care UK is a leading independent provider of health and social care. Working in close partnership with local authorities, PCTs and SHAs, the company draws on over 25 years of experience to provide tailor-made service solutions, including residential, community, specialist, primary and secondary care. Care UK operates over 50 nursing and residential homes for older people and provides over 120,000 hours of care and support every week to people in their own homes. We offer supported living services for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs. We operate a range of specialist children’s services including residential care and fostering.In the health sector we are the largest operator by far of independent sector treatment centres in the UK and we are very active across a wide spectrum of primary care services. We operate GP practices, NHS Walk-in Centres and GP out-of-hours services, as well as highly innovative Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services (CATS). Today one in five people in the UK population has access to one of the many Care UK facilities. We currently serve all of the Strategic Health Authorities, we work with one in three PCTs and we provide social care and support services to over half the commissioning local authorities.

Metroplex Health System is the primary healthcare provider for West Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas counties, offering a wide array of medical and wellness services. The 233-bed, multi-campus facility is a not-for-profit Christian organization operated as a community service by Adventist Health System, which manages 37 hospitals and employs over 43,000. Adventist Health System is the 10th largest hospital system in the country. Metroplex also serves as the largest community health care provider to the military in the nation.Dedicated to meeting residents' needs for quality healthcare services, Metroplex has grown rapidly over the past few years. Metroplex Hospital provides 148 acute-care beds in Killeen, 60 psychiatric care beds in the nearby Metroplex Pavilion-Behavioral Health Services and 25 beds at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. The system employs about 1,200 area residents and cares for more than 125,000 patients each year. Metroplex supports an exceptional staff of more than 260 physicians, representing 43 medical specialties.

Active Health Management and data analytics company uses proprietary technology to gather detailed, claims-driven information collected across a patient's care spectrum and then generates a comprehensive personal health record. Its ultimate goal is to help reduce medical errors and expenses and identify gaps in care. Clients include employers, health insurance firms, and medical providers. ActiveHealth was founded in 1998 and acquired by Aetna in 2005. It continues to operate as a branded, standalone business headquartered in New York.

Hanover HealthCare Plus was founded in 1926, also includes about two dozen family practice clinics, surgery and rehabilitation centers, and diagnostic and laboratory facilities.Hanover Healthcare Plus operates the Hanover Hospital, plus a bunch of other health care facilities in south-central Pennsylvania. The not-for-profit health system's flagship facility, Hanover Hospital, is a 110-bed community hospital serving residents of Pennsylvania's York and Adams counties. The hospital offers an array of inpatient and outpatient services which include general medicine, emergency care, cardiovascular, women's health, and wellness services.

Based in Urbana, Ill., The Carle Foundation is the not-for-profit parent company of an integrated network of healthcare services. At its core are Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Physician Group and Health Alliance Medical Plans. The 325-bed regional care hospital has achieved Magnet® designation, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. It offers a more advanced level of clinical expertise and technology than any area hospital, housing the area's only Level I Trauma Center as well as Level III perinatal services. The Hospital admitted more than 19,900 patients and treated more than 56,700 patients in the emergency room during 2009. The Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute bring additional advanced diagnostic and treatment options. Carle Physician Group, the outpatient practice serving more than 200,000 unique patients annually, is comprised of more than 300 physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality care in 50 specialties located in nine communities across central Illinois. Health Alliance Medical Plans, Inc. is a licensed health insurance provider ranked among the nation's top 20 health plans by U.S. News and World Report, with 310,000 members in Illinois and Iowa.

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