AdCare Health Systems, Inc. engages in the development, ownership, and management of retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities, as well as provides home health care services in the state of Ohio. It operates in two segments, Management and Facility-Based Care, and Home-Based Care. The Management and Facility-Based Care segment owns and operates eight facilities; and manages assisted living facilities and nursing homes owned by third parties. This segment also offers development, consulting, and accounting services to third parties. It primarily owns and operates assisted living facilities under the name of Hearth & Home. The Home-Based Care segment provides home health care services to patients while they are living in their own homes. As of December 31, 2009, the company managed 14 facilities comprising 6 skilled nursing facilities, 6 assisted living facilities, and 2 independent living/senior housing facilities, totaling approximately 824 units. AdCare Health Systems, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Springfield, Ohio.

The sprawling, not-for-profit system operates more than a dozen hospitals -- including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Boone Hospital Center, and Christian Hospital -- and some 100 primary care and specialty care facilities in and around St. Louis. BJC HealthCare's facilities combined have more than 3,200 beds. Specialized services include home health care, behavioral health, and long-term care at a handful of nursing facilities. The company's BarnesCare subsidiary offers occupational health care to corporations. The system is led by long-time health care administrator CEO Steven Lipstein.

Astek Group could be holding some of the products your dentist uses every day. Through its operating subsidiary, Astek Innovations, the London-based holding company designs, manufactures, and distributes hundreds of disposable single-use items used in dental offices worldwide, with about 50% of sales in the US. The company's most profitable product, the Pro-Tip, is a disposable air/water syringe tip created by the company's founder and CEO, Dr. Alan Segal, a practicing dentist. Other Astek products include Kromopan alginates (used to make dental impressions), Alma denture products, and the Pegasus line of dental products.

Covenant Ministries of Benevolence has made a pact to provide health care to the residents of the Windy City. The not-for-profit organization operates two hospitals, a medical fitness center, and more than a dozen retirement communities. It runs the Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California, and the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago; its Galter LifeCenter medical fitness center is also in Chicago. With campuses nationwide, its retirement communities offer assisted living facilities, health care, and social activities, among other services. The organization's Children's Home of Cromwell offers a residential treatment center for children ages nine to 18.

Altoona Regional Health System was formed on November 1, 2004, as a result of Altoona and Bon Secours-Holy Family hospitals, along with many health system-affiliated companies, joining together.Altoona Regional is a charitable, not-for-profit health care system governed by a volunteer community board of directors. Acute care services are provided at two hospital campuses, the Altoona Hospital Campus and the Bon Secours Hospital Campus. The hospitals are licensed for a combined 497 beds. Altoona Regional offers more than 200 years of health care experience, over 300 talented and highly recognized physicians, nearly 4,000 specialized and experienced caregivers, and 600 supportive volunteers. The health system serves more than 20 counties throughout Central Pennsylvania.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has a special place in its heart for kids -- and possibly vice versa. The pediatric health care facility offers specialty treatments for children and adolescents suffering from just about any malady, including those of the heart and liver, as well as blood diseases and cancer. Cincinnati Children's Hospital has more than 500 beds and operates nearly a dozen outpatient care centers. The not-for-profit hospital runs the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the region and serves as a teaching facility for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Its Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation is one of the largest pediatric research institutions in the US.

Hunterdon Healthcare System founded in 1953, is led by CEO Robert Wise. Hunterdon Healthcare System has you covered. The not-for-profit organization provides a full range of medical services through its 180-bed medical center. Among its specialty services are behavioral health care, maternity and newborn care, diagnostic imaging, and hospice. Its Hunterdon Regional Community Health segment provides home health care services that include skilled nursing, occupational and physical therapy, and home health aides. The organization also provides home-based psychiatric care. Outpatient services, including family medicine and primary care, are provided through a network of local clinics.

Morehead Memorial Hospital was established in 1924. Morehead Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital that provides health care services to the residents of Rockingham County in north-central North Carolina. The hospital has about 110 acute care beds and provides general medical-surgical care, including emergency services, obstetrical care, outpatient surgery, and cancer treatment. It also provides home health care services and operates several ancillary facilities, such as a freestanding diagnostic imaging facility and a physical rehabilitation center. Additionally, the hospital's main campus includes Morehead Nursing Center, a long-term care facility with about 135 beds.

ACA Financial Guaranty provides financial guaranty insurance for municipal and other public finance bonds. Previously, the company also provided asset management services for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) built by pooling fixed-income assets, including bonds, loans, and credit swaps; investors in the company's CDOs included banks, money managers, hedge funds, and insurance companies. While the company's guaranty business was sound, its other services led to its distress. When the US subprime mortgage market tanked, the company was forced to reorganize and place its municipal bond guaranty business into run-off. Now tending to its existing obligations, ACA is no longer writing new policies.

Georgetown Hospital System may be set amidst the Antebellum grace of the South, but its health care services are far from antiquated. The system on the southeast coast of South Carolina operates Georgetown Memorial Hospital, an acute-care facility with more than 130 beds, and Waccamaw Community Hospital, which operates with more than 170 beds. Georgetown Memorial Hospital features an ICU, cardiac and surgical services, labor and delivery, and a pediatric wing. Waccamaw Community Hospital, covering the northern part of the system's service area, provides 24-hour emergency services, obstetrics, and inpatient and outpatient surgery. The organization is led by CEO Bruce Bailey.

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