Atherotech is a privately held cardio-diagnostic company focusing on direct measurement of the comprehensive lipid profile using the company's VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) technology. The VAP technology is a patented density gradient ultracentrifugation that directly measures the cholesterol content of all lipids, components, and subclasses. The company provides its unique testing services to physicians, hospitals, clinics, and other laboratories throughout the United States. Atherotech is a CLIA approved clinical reference laboratory located in Birmingham, Alabama.

Chelsea Community Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital established in 1970. Located in Chelsea, Michigan, CCH is a member of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. CCH is nationally recognized for both quality of care and patient satisfaction by national ranking organization Press Ganey, and is accredited by the Joint Commission. CCH attracts more than 300 physicians in almost all disciplines, with leading edge technology, including the largest and strongest MRI in Michigan. Employing 1050 full- and part-time staff, CCH reported $96,471,284 in unrestricted revenue in fiscal year 2008. As a not-for-profit hospital, Chelsea Community Hospital reinvests its profits back into the community through programs to serve the poor and uninsured, manage chronic conditions like diabetes, health education and promotion initiatives, and outreach for the elderly. In Fiscal Year 2008, this included nearly $520,000 in such community benefits.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) provides health care coverage to about 700,000 residents of The Beef State. The company's insurance plans include PPO, HSA (Health Savings Accounts), and group, as well as those for senior citizens. BCBSNE also offers dental, vision, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid supplemental coverage. The company specializes in providing health care coverage to Nebraska farmers through the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Its network includes about 94% of the state's physicians and all of its non-government hospitals. BCBSNE began operations in 1939.

For more than 117 years, Backus Hospital has provided quality healthcare to the residents of eastern Connecticut.The 213-bed, not-for-profit, acute care community Hospital is the primary source of health services for nearly a quarter-million people. Since its founding in 1893, Backus Hospital has continually expanded, providing new programs and services and forming strategic alliances with other healthcare organizations and providers. Backus is the only trauma center east of the Connecticut River, and it is the only regional facility that has a hangar for LIFE STAR, Hartford Hospital's air medical transport helicopter.

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center serves the residents of more than a dozen central New York counties. The not-for-profit hospital system provides general, emergency, and surgical care, as well as specialty services in areas such as obstetrics, cardiology, hemodialysis, and wound care. In addition to its inpatient facilities, the organization operates a home health agency, as well as several outpatient care centers and a dental clinic. Its Franciscan Management Services affiliate offers some ancillary services, including home respiratory therapy and home medical equipment. St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center was founded in 1869.

Eastland Memorial Hospital provides a variety of health care services to the residents of Eastland County, Texas. Specialized services include cardiac rehabilitation, emergency medicine, obstetrics, physical therapy, and radiology. Established in 1953, the hospital also has specialty clinics in areas such as oncology, orthopedics, neurology, hearing, and podiatry. Without government aid of any kind, Eastland Memorial Hospital was built back in the 1950s with Eastland citizens' voluntary time, as well as donated supplies.

Bio-logic Systems gets inside your head. The company's computer-based electrodiagnostic systems are used by medical professionals to diagnose neurological, sensory, and sleep disorders. Its products include Algo and AuDX hearing screeners for newborns and the Navigator Pro hearing diagnostic system, as well as Ceegraph neurodiagnostic systems that map the brain's electrical activity. Additionally, Bio-logic Systems makes the Sleepscan line of diagnostic products used in sleep laboratories. Bio-logic Systems was founded in 1979 and is a subsidiary of Natus Medical. It sells its products through Natus' sales force in the US and through distributors abroad.

Delta Dental Plan of Michigan is a not-for-profit company that provides dental benefits and related administrative services. Delta Dental Plan of Michigan provides HMO, PPO, and fee-for-service dental plans to customers including employer groups, trade associations, and unions. Delta Dental Plan of Michigan company is a member of the Delta Dental Plans Association; it is part of an affiliated group of Delta Dental providers that together serve more than 6.4 million members in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Tennessee. Oral health public education and research is provided via the company's Delta Dental Foundation.

Fresenius Kabi AG,a subsidiary of Fresenius SE -- to which it contributes more than 15% of its annual sales -- the unit is a leading provider of a variety of transfusion products and devices. Fresenius Kabi's Voluven product is the top-selling artificial colloid -- a blood volume substitute used after trauma -- outside North America. Other infusion products include products for fluid and blood replacement, generic anesthetics and other IV-administered drugs, and medical devices such as insulin delivery pumps. Fresenius Kabi also produces clinical nutrition products for patients who are unable to digest normal food.

New York Blood Center holds a very literal interpretation of the meaning of life. New York Blood Center is a not-for-profit blood distribution and research organization serving New York City and it environs in New York State and New Jersey. As one of the largest blood centers in the US, it provides blood and blood products to some 200 hospitals in five regions. The center's facilities collect blood from more than 2,000 donors each day. It also operates the nation's oldest and largest public cord blood bank. In addition, its Kimball Research Institute includes more than a dozen research laboratories which study the prevention and treatment of blood-related illnesses. The blood center was founded in 1964.

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