New Splint brings some much-needed stability to orthopedic surgery patients.New Splint company is a supplier of orthopedic implants and surgical instruments, distributing products manufactured by companies such as Jarit, Stille, and Waldemar LINK, and providing customers with custom-made products as well. Its products are used in primary and revision surgical procedures on the spine, hands, and feet. Established in 1989, New Splint is now a part of the medical and scientific products division of Dublin, Ireland-based United Drug plc, which acquired it in 2002.

Alfa Scientific Designs makes the tests that ensure the workers of the world are clean and sober (as well as healthy). The company manufacturers point-of-care drug tests and other in vitro diagnostic devices for physicians, hospitals, occupational health centers, and the criminal justice system. Alfa Scientific Designs' products help to detect the presence of cancer markers, fertility hormones, drugs of abuse, and infectious diseases. Established in 1996, Alfa Scientific Designs provides products to clients around the globe through a wide network of distributors and through direct ordering from the company.

Flow Management Technologies (FMT) provides administrative, communication, and information services to more than 60,000 physicians across the US. Its Interaction Center handles more than 85% of incoming calls to a physician's practice. Patients can reach physicians through communication options such as email, fax, Internet, and automated phone systems. The company was formed in 1996.

Crawford Memorial Hospital & Health Services provides acute care to residents of Crawford County in Illinois. Its hospital has about 25 acute care beds. Specialized services include cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedics, home health care, and emergency medicine. The hospital, founded in 1961, also offers a birthing center with prenatal education and breast-feeding classes. Crawford Memorial Hospital & Health Services operates a handful of rural health clinics staffed with physicians and physicians' assistants offering primary care to medically underserved areas.

Meridian Holdings provides administrative, financial, management, information technology, and telecommunications support services to health care providers through its portfolio of companies. The company's Capnet IPA (Independent Physician Association) unit provides management services to a contracted network of more than 300 physicians, 15 community hospitals, and four teaching hospitals. Meridian Holdings' InterCare DX subsidiary offers software products and services. CGI Communications Services provides telecommunications, medical products, and services.

MedDetect is lending its helping hand to the healthcare sector. The company makes the MD-2000 MedDetect Instrument Detection System, a device that scans and retrieves medical and surgical instruments for hospitals and surgery centers. Other products include the EZ Glide Bag Scanner (used for the handling and scanning of medical waste) and MD SuperFabric Reusable Gloves (offers high puncture resistance to needles and other sharp instruments). MedDetect's sales operations are located in Rochester, Illinois.

McKesson Medical-Surgical wants to be the one handing them over. Long a dominant distributor of medical and surgical supplies to health care sites, the company is a subsidiary of the nation's #1 drug wholesaler, McKesson. From a network of more than 25 distribution centers located throughout the US, McKesson Medical-Surgical delivers more than 150,000 products, including its own private-label line of patient exam, wound care, and laboratory supplies. It serves some 300,000 customers, including doctors' offices, surgery centers, long-term care facilities, home care agencies, and other non-hospital health care facilities.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a largest health benefits provider, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama administers individual, corporate and federal employer-sponsored, and Medicare health plans to more than 3 million members representing about 30,000 companies. Its insurance products include PPO and high-deductible health plans, as well as dental policies. The company also sells long-term care insurance (dubbed Preferred LTC), and it provides disease management services and wellness programs. It is a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. operates senior living residences in the United States. It offers general services, such as meals, activities, laundry, and housekeeping; support services, including assistance with medication, monitoring health status, co-ordination of transportation, and co-ordination with physician offices; and personal care services, such as dressing, grooming, and bathing. The company also arranges access to additional services from third-party providers, including physical, occupational, and respiratory therapy; home health; hospice; and pharmacy services. As of January 1, 2010, it operated 211 senior living residences comprising 9,280 units in 20 states. Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. operates independently of Extendicare, Inc., as of November 10, 2006.

Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland provides emergency care and promotes good health in the Baltimore area. The 320-bed hospital provides acute medical care and specialty services including rehabilitation (50-bed ward), orthopedics, cancer care, cardiology, dialysis, and women's health, as well as serving as a community teaching facility. Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Inc. founded in 1968, also operates nursing and assisted-living facilities for the elderly, and it provides educational seminars, diagnostic screening, and preventative medical care through its Good Health Center. Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland is part of the MedStar Health system.

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