Bon Secours Health System provides succor to the sick and injured. The Roman Catholic health care organization, sponsored by the Bon Secours Ministries, is home to about 20 hospitals with some 4,400 licensed acute care beds. First founded in 1919, the organization's facilities are in seven states in the eastern US, from New York to Florida. In addition to its acute care hospitals, the not-for-profit health care system operates numerous nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, as well as outpatient centers, hospices, and home health care agencies. Its Global Ministry Initiative provides outreach for health care and social services in developing countries, particularly Haiti, Peru, and South Africa.

Solta Medical (formerly Thermage) makes a non-invasive skin-tightening system that uses radiofrequency energy to get rid of pesky wrinkles on the face and hands, around the eyes, and on other creased and crumpled body parts. The company markets its Thermage ThermaCool radiofrequency generators and single-use ThermaTips to plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and other doctors around the world. Solta also sells Fraxel skin resurfacing systems. It uses a direct sales force in the US and a network of distributors in more than 80 countries for international sales.

CJW Medical Center, part of the HCA Virginia Health System, provides medical, surgical, and therapeutic services in the Richmond, Virginia, area. As one of HCA's largest facilities, CJW has some 750 beds and spans two campuses: Chippenham and Johnston-Willis. The Chippenham campus in Richmond includes the Levinson Heat Hospital and the Tucker Pavilion -- an inpatient behavioral health center. The Johnston-Willis campus in Chesterfield County also houses the Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital and a neuroscience center. Both campuses provide emergency medical service, and Chippenham's emergency room is also a Level III trauma center.

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.

MultiPlan operates one of the nation's largest preferred provider organization (PPO) healthcare networks, comprising more than 5,000 hospitals and some 750,000 doctors and ancillary health care providers. MultiPlan company offers access to its PPO to health care plan providers; clients can use the PPO either as their primary provider network or as a means of extending or expanding their own networks. MultiPlan also provides other cost management services to payors, such as fee negotiation on specific claims. MultiPlan company was acquired by private equity investors BC Partners and Silver Lake in 2010.

CryoCor has found that being cold-hearted can be helpful sometimes. The company makes a minimally-invasive disposable catheter and cooling console to treat common cardiac arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders) known as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. Unlike commonly used heat-based cardiac ablation, its cryoablation system inserts a catheter into a blood vessel connected with the heart and uses extreme cold to destroy targeted cells and help the heart function normally. The cryoablation system is marketed for certain indications in the US and Europe. CryoCor is a part of the cardiac rhythm management division of parent Boston Scientific.

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center have plenty of reasons to feel good about their efforts. The 440-bed Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is part of Catholic Health Services of Long Island and serves the south shore community of West Islip, New York. As a full-service hospital, it offers a complete range of health care, counseling, and rehabilitation services. The hospital provides emergency medicine and trauma care, in addition to oncology, cardiology, pediatrics, and surgical care. It also operates the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility, as well as satellite clinics and a home health care agency.

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.

Otix Global brings the world to the hearing impaired. The company designs, manufactures, and markets digital hearing aids. Its brands include Applause, Balance, Natura, Quartet, Sonic, Tribute, and Velocity. As its technology advances, the company has expanded with variations on both behind-the-ear and in-the-canal hearing aids including its small receiver-in-the-canal product under the Touch brand. The company sells its products to hearing care professionals and directly to individuals through a handful of retail audiology outlets in Australia, Europe, and the US. Otix Global is the subject of a bidding war between two Danish hearing aid makers, William Demant and GN ReSound.

Bloomington Hospital is a general medical-surgical hospital that serves a ten-county region in south central Indiana. The not-for-profit hospital -- which includes a 350-bed main campus in Bloomington and a 25-bed rural hospital in Paoli -- provides care in a number of medical specialties, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, orthopedics, and neuroscience. It also runs a home health care and hospice agency, two urgent care clinics, several long-term care facilities, and five physician practices under the name Southern Indiana Medical Group. In late 2007 Bloomington Hospital agreed to join Indiana health system Clarian HealthPartners.

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