OSF Healthcare helps patients who are feeling oh-so-frail in Illinois and Michigan. OSF Healthcare system includes seven acute care hospitals and one long-term care facility that combined are home to about 1,300 beds and offer a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. The system's primary care physician network consists of about 500 physicians at more than 50 locations throughout its service area. Subsidiary OSF Home Care provides hospice, home visit, and equipment services, and OSF Saint Francis provides ambulance, pharmacy, and health care management services. The not-for-profit system is a subsidiary of the Sisters of The Third Order of St. Francis.

Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, (BDCH) formed in 1972 to provide medical services for the residents of south central Wisconsin. The medical center includes the 60-bed Beaver Dam Community Hospital as well as its Hillside Manor skilled nursing facility. Other facilities include an assisted living retirement center, community-based residential facilities, home health care services, and a wellness center. BDCH also operates FastCare clinics in two towns and a dialysis center. BDCH has invested in an electronic medical records system and upgrades to its dialysis services.

Emeritus Corporation operates senior living communities that provide assisted living, and Alzheimer’s and dementia care services to senior citizens in the United States. Its communities provide residential housing alternatives, including independent living, assisted living, specialized memory care, and skilled nursing services. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated or had an investment in 308 assisted living communities consisting of approximately 27,100 residential rooms or suites with a capacity for approximately 32,300 residents. It also provides management services to independent and related-party owners of assisted living communities. Emeritus Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Mid America Clinical Laboratories, LLC is a joint venture company owned by and in partnership with Community Hospital, St. Vincent Hospital, Quest Diagnostics and CoLab. We are the largest clinical laboratory in Indiana. We complete over 4.5 million tests per year. This test volume has doubled over the last 6 years.

NHC provides services to 77 long-term health care centers with 9,742 beds. NHC's affiliates also operate 36 homecare programs, seven independent living centers and 16 assisted living communities. NHC's other services include Alzheimer's units, long-term care pharmacies, hospice, a rehabilitation services company, and providing management and accounting services to third parties. In order to understand in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of NHC, the investor must review our most recent Form 10-Q quarterly report, Form 10-K annual report and press releases which are available here on our web site. NHC common stock is traded with the symbol NHC on the NYSE Amex Exchange. National HealthCare Corporation is recognized nationwide as an innovator in the delivery of quality long-term care. Our goal is to provide a full range of extended care services, designed to maximize the well being and independence of patients of all ages. We are dedicated to meeting patient needs through an interdisciplinary approach combining compassionate care with cost-effective health care services.

BEST Life and Health Insurance really says it all with its name. BEST Life and Health Insurance company specializes in employer-sponsored group insurance and employee benefits. The insurer, which primarily serves customers in the western and midwestern US, provides products including life, medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance. Through affiliated companies (Best Health Plans and Best Re), BEST Life and Health Insurance company provides group health plans, benefits plan administration, and employer medical stop-loss insurance. Founded as Westgate Life Insurance Company in 1962, BEST Life and Health Insurance is licensed in nearly 40 states.

Essent Healthcare owns and operates hospitals that are essential parts of their communities. From Haverhill and Ayer, Massachusetts and Waynesburg, Pennsylvania to Paris, Texas and Sharon, Connecticut, each community we serve is unique. Essent Healthcare work with local physicians, healthcare professionals and civic leaders to determine the hospital services most needed in that community. By working together, we provide extraordinary care and great patient service in a hospital that the community can be proud to call its own.

St. John River District runs deep in the communities it serves. Part of St. John Health, the hospital serves Michigan's St. Clair and Macomb counties (the southern portion of the state's "thumb") with about 70 beds. The acute-care hospital operates five outpatient centers and offers a range of services including cardiology, orthopedics, and vascular diagnostics. St. John River District Hospital also runs a sleep study center and urinary incontinence center. In addition it has a bloodless treatment program for patients whose religious convictions preclude certain treatments. Since its inception in 1965, the hospital undergone seven major renovation programs, including the reconstruction of emergency department.

Affinity Health Plan has a knack for providing health care services to New York families. The not-for-profit company offers a variety of managed care services for low- and moderate-income residents of the New York metro area. Affinity Health Plan company serves more than 225,000 participants in its state-sponsored Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, Medicaid, and Medicare programs. It also offers specialty programs for maternity, dental, and vision care services. Affinity Health's provider network includes 10,000 primary care and specialist physicians, as well as more than 80 hospitals. Affinity Health Plan company was established in 1986 as the Bronx Health Plan.

Through an innovative use of technology and a solid expertise in remote medical care and travel assistance, MedAire has established the infrastructure, processes and experience for managing medical emergencies in virtually any type of environment – air, land or sea IV fluids, injections, and other medical emergencies in remote situations. MedAire's Global Response Center provides logistics support for medical evacuations, prescription replacement, and other services to commercial airlines and business travelers. The company is owned by global medical services firm International SOS.

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