Rochester Medical Corporation company focuses on urinary incontinence and urinary retention treatment products, including male external catheters and urethral inserts for women. The firm's RELEASE-NF and StrataNF catheters are designed to prevent urinary tract infections. Most of the company's products are made of silicone rather than latex to reduce the risk of allergic reactions. Rochester Medical also makes a disposable device for women, the FemSoft Insert, for stress urinary incontinence. Rochester Medical Corporation company markets to hospitals and extended-care facilities. Eagle Asset Management and Anthony Conway, CEO and chairman of the board, together hold about 20% of the company's shares.

Mercy Health Network tends to the hearts (and other body parts) of the Heartland through its collection of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other health care operations. The integrated health network, formed through a joint operating agreement between Catholic Health Initiatives and Trinity Health, manages hospital systems in five Iowa cities: Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Mason City, and Sioux City. The network also includes several rural hospitals and affiliated facilities. The largest hospital group is Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, which consists of three campuses (including a mental health facility) with more than 900 inpatient beds. All together, Mercy Health Network boasts more than 2,000 beds.

Imaging Diagnostic Systems is a medical technology company involved in the research and development of breast-imaging devices used for detecting cancer. Using laser-based technology, the company has created a more comfortable, radiation-free breast examination that does not require breast compression. Its CTLM (Computed Tomography Laser Mammography) system, used in conjuction with X-ray mammography, may help improve early diagnosis of cancer. The company is also researching other breast screening systems using fluorescence imaging. It had been developing laser imaging products for research with lab animals, but it has licensed the technology to Bioscan in order to focus on the women's health market.

Response Genetics,Inc. (RGI) was founded in 1999 to leverage breakthrough, patented technology from USC for the “extraction of genetic information from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded clinical trial samples.” Until that time, RNA was only available from fresh frozen specimens; it was not possible to extract meaningful genetic information from diagnostic specimens fixed and stored in paraffin before the discovery of RGI's patented method. They success in developing this technology allows us to deliver tangible benefits to pharmaceutical companies and to create new platforms to support the industry with more efficient, cost-effective analysis of clinical trial samples, leading to the development of more “personalized” patient therapies.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana is state's largest private health insurer, the company provides a variety of coverage types, including traditional indemnity policies, HMOs, POS plans, and supplemental Medicare plans, to about 235,000 customers. It also administers the state's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and participates in InsureMontana, a state-sponsored, subsidized program designed to encourage small businesses to cover their employees. The not-for-profit company's provider network includes about 1,900 physicians and all of the state's hospitals.

Children's Health System is an integrated health network that operates Birmingham's Children's Hospital and a group of medical offices, clinics, and outpatient facilities located primarily in the Greater Birmingham area. Not-for-profit Children's Hospital is licensed for about 275 beds and provides treatment for pediatric cancers, blood disorders, sickle cell disease, and many other childhood illnesses. It serves as a Level 1 trauma center and houses a regional burn center, a poison control center, and a pediatric dialysis facility. Founded in 1911, Children's Hospital is also a teaching hospital for the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) provides health insurance and related services to some 3.3 million members in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. The company's plans include Personal Choice (PPO), Keystone Health Plan East (HMO and POS), and traditional indemnity options for groups, families, and individuals. It also offers supplemental Medicare, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. Through subsidiary AmeriHealth Administrators, IBC provides third-party administration (TPA) services. IBC, which was founded as the Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia in 1938, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Escalon Medical keeps blood and eyes healthy. The company develops and markets blood testing products and ophthalmic medical devices. Its Drew Scientific division makes instruments and consumables for blood cell counting and analysis, including diabetes testing and hematology equipment. In the area of ophthalmology, the company makes ultrasound systems (through subsidiary Sonomed), intraocular gases, and other products used in eye exams and surgeries. Additionally, Escalon sells vascular access products (such as catheters, monitors, and needles) that help locate hard-to-reach blood vessels for injections. The company distributes its products in France, the UK, and the US

LCA-Vision Inc. provides fixed-site laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus brand. The company offers laser vision correction procedures to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. As of March 31, 2010, it operated 62 LasikPlus fixed-site laser vision correction centers in the United States. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

GENEX isn't a bunch of disaffected slackers.GENEX company provides health care cost-containment and disability management services, mostly in the worker's compensation market, to more than 1,200 employer groups, insurance and managed care providers, and benefit administrators. Services include workplace injury management, vocational rehabilitation, catastrophic case management, medical bill auditing, and Social Security disability claim representation. GENEX also offers information management services to help pre-identify high-risk claimants. GENEX is controlled by Stone Point Capital.

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