Rush-Copley Medical center serves Illinois' Fox Valley area. The hospital has more than 180 beds and provides acute and tertiary medical services, including cardiac care, cancer treatment, women's services, and health education programs. Its Rush-Copley Surgery Center performs both day surgeries and inpatient procedures while its nearby Rush-Copley Healthcare Center houses doctors' offices, and offers outpatient diagnostic imaging services,. Other programs include a neuroscience center, home health care, and its Healthplex fitness center.

Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets products for people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. It operates in three segments: BioScience, Medication Delivery, and Renal. The BioScience segment processes recombinant and plasma-based proteins to treat hemophilia and other bleeding disorders; plasma-based therapies to treat immune deficiencies, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, burns and shock, and other chronic and acute blood-related conditions; products for regenerative medicine, such as biosurgery products; and vaccines. The Medication Delivery segment manufactures intravenous solutions and administration sets; premixed drugs and drug-reconstitution systems; pre-filled vials and syringes for injectable drugs; intravenous nutrition products; infusion pumps; and inhalation anesthetics. It also offers products and services related to pharmacy compounding, drug formulation, and packaging technologies. The Renal segment provides products to treat end-stage renal disease or irreversible kidney failure. It manufactures solutions and other products for peritoneal dialysis, a home-based therapy; and distributes product for hemodialysis, which is conducted in a hospital or clinic. It markets its products to hospitals, kidney dialysis centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, doctors’ offices, clinical and medical research laboratories, and patients at home under physician supervision. Baxter International Inc. was founded in 1931 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.

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.

Waterbury Hospital hopes it is to its cardiologists. The community teaching hospital, serving western Connecticut, has been named one of the top hospitals in the nation for cardiac intervention. Of course, hearts aren't the only body parts Waterbury Hospital treats; the full-service facility has about 360 beds and offers services that include inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care, an orthopedic center, and an outpatient surgery center. Waterbury Hospital, founded in 1890, forms the cornerstone of the Greater Waterbury Health Network, which provides area residents with a range of outpatient health services, from nursing care to hospice, imaging, and laboratory services.

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.

Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, a 330-bed acute care facility locate in DuPage County, Illinois, in the western suburbs of Chicago. The hospital, founded in 1926, provides a comprehensive range of medical services, from emergency care to specialty cancer and orthopedics care to behavioral health services. In addition to the hospital, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates several facilities that house doctors' offices, outpatient centers, occupational health programs, and other ancillary health care operations. The health system is planning to build a new hospital campus, to be completed by the end of 2011.

Lafayette General Medical Center provides general inpatient medical and surgical care, as well as highly specialized services such as trauma care and neonatal intensive care. The not-for-profit hospital, which has about 300 beds, also offers home health services, outpatient care, occupational medicine, and mental health care. Lafayette General is a member of group purchasing organization Premier and has affiliations with two small community hospitals -- St. Martin Hospital in St. Martin Parish and Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital in Vermilion Parish -- to which it provides management services.

Iroquis Memorial Hospital and its clinics provide acute medical care and long-term nursing in eastern Illinois and western Indiana. The hospital has some 50 beds and about 80 physicians on its medical staff. Among its specialized services are emergency medicine, oncology, surgery, orthopedics, and cardiology. It receives more than 50,000 patient visits every year.

Schaller Anderson, a provider of administrative and consulting services to managed health plans in nearly a dozen states.Schaller Anderson company manages primarily government-run plans, such as Medicaid; it got its start in 1986 working to improve Arizona's Medicaid system and now administers plans across the nation. It doesn't cater exclusively to the Medicaid crowd, however; customers include commercial plans and self-funded employer plans, including programs for Parkland Community Health Plan, Aetna Better Health, and Catholic Healthcare West. Health insurer Aetna owns Schaller Anderson.

Mercy Health Plans provides health insurance products and related services. The company's group health insurance products include HMO, PPO, POS, and health savings plans to members across Arkansas and Missouri, and parts of Illinois and Texas. Mercy Health Plans company offers individual medical insurance (PremierOne) and Mercy Medicare Advantage in Arkansas and Missouri. It also provides Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage in four Texas counties. Founded in 1994, Mercy Health Plans was a subsidiary of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, before it was acquired by Coventry Health Care in 2010.

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