Midwest Security Insurance Companies offers group health and dental insurance. Its primary customers are small businesses seeking preferred provider plans, or self-funded health insurance plans. It's name is still quite accurate: the company operates regional offices in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and it serves employers in those states as well as Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio. Health care insurance giant UnitedHealth Group purchased the company in 2002. Following the acquisition, UnitedHealth merged Midwest Security's third-party administration business, along with several others, into UMR.

Jackson County Memorial Hospital Trust Authority (JCMHTA) provides medical care to residents of Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas through its 150-bed Jackson County Memorial Hospital and 55-bed Tamarack Assisted Living Center, an assisted-living facility. More than 20 specialized services include home health and hospice care, emergency medicine, pediatrics, and orthopedics. The hospital also offers an outpatient same-day surgery unit, a women's center, a cancer center, and an intensive care unit.

HemCon Medical Technologies has been a boon to US soldiers wounded on the battlefield. The company's proprietary HemCon bandages and ChitoFlex dressings stop bleeding in trauma patients; in fact, the dressing becomes adhesive upon contact with blood and can prevent hemorrhage. HemCon bandages are made from chitosan, a polysaccharide derived from dried shrimp shells and known for its clotting abilities. Besides the military, its products are used by first responders, oral surgeons, and hospitals. The company was founded in 2001 with partial funding from the US Army; HemCon bandages are now part of every Army medic's standard kit.

Concentric Medical, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, CA, is a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of minimally invasive medical devices for use in the neurovasculature. For more than 10 years, Concentric Medical has pioneered the development of neuro-interventional products, building a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions for acute ischemic stroke, foreign body retrieval and support and access in interventional cases.Concentric Medical manufactures the Trevo™ System‡, Merci Retriever®, Merci® Microcatheter, Merci® Balloon Guide Catheter and the DAC™ Catheter.

Chemed Corporation brings a professional dignity to times of transition and sewer line clogs. Operating through two major subsidiaries, Chemed Corporation offers hospice care to terminally ill patients through its VITAS Healthcare subsidiary which operates in some 15 US states. VITAS employs doctors, nurses, and other professionals to provide at-home and inpatient services in care facilities. Chemed's better-known Roto-Rooter subsidiary offers plumbing and drain-cleaning services for residential and commercial customers through company-owned, contractor-operated, and franchised locations, some 600 total. A stalwart of the industry, Roto-Rooter offers services throughout the US and in parts of Canada.

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company provides health insurance products and related services to members in the midwestern and western US. The company's offerings include group medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, disability and disease coverage, third-party administration services, Medicaid and Medicare administration, and a pre-paid prescription drug program. Its Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota division serves 350,000 members in the state. Other Noridian Mutual subsidiaries include Lincoln Mutual Life Insurance, Noridian Administrative Services, Noridian Benefit Plan Administrators, and Noridian Insurance Services (marketing).

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport was established in 1946. Formed by the southern Mississippi county of Harrison, Memorial Hospital at Gulfport is an acute care facility with some 440 beds. The hospital provides medical, surgical, and emergency services, as well as diagnostic imaging, comprehensive cancer care, rehabilitation programs, and cardiac care. It also operates mobile, walk-in, and outpatient clinics for minor injuries, rehabilitation, and behavioral health services, and it offers hospice, senior care, and support groups. The hospital's medical staff includes nearly 300 physicians with some 40 specialties.

TransMedics works to transport transplants. The company has developed a system to circulate warm blood through hearts and other transplant organs while they are being transported, as opposed to the cold transport system currently in use. The portable device makes it possible to actually deliver a beating heart to the surgeon. TransMedics' Organ Care System (OCS) is already in use in the European Union for heart transplants; it must still complete clinical trials in the US to receive FDA approval. A system for lungs, livers, and kidneys is also in the works. TransMedics was formed in 1998.

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.

Carestream health,Inc. develops and sells imaging products to help dentists, doctors, and scientists take, process, view, and store images for diagnosis and research. Its medical imaging devices include digital and computed radiography systems, as well as specialized systems for mammography and other cancer diagnostics. Carestream Health's dental products include digital and X-ray equipment. Its Molecular Imaging group makes scientific products used for capturing images at the molecular level. Carestream also offers products to industrial markets, including aircraft inspection and forensics. Carestream's products are sold worldwide; the company is owned by private investment firm Onex.

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