Community Health Group is the oldest and one of the largest locally based HMOs in San Diego. Founded in 1982, the not-for-profit HMO provides health insurance products and related services to more than 100,000 members. Community Health Group's product offerings include its California's Healthy Families program, which provides low-cost health, dental, and vision coverage to children. Community Health Group company also provides other managed care services to California communities, such as Medi-Cal low-income coverage and Medicare Advantage Special Needs plans, as well as third-party administration services.

KCI Medical Ltd, the UK operating division of US firm Kinetic Concepts, designs and manufactures hospital beds for critically ill patients and lifts for bedridden patients. The company's wound care mattresses massage patients, increasing circulation and reducing the chances of the development of bedsores and pressure ulcers. KCI Medical's best known product is its acute and chronic wound closure device, the V.A.C. (Vacuum Assisted Closure) therapy system. KCI Medical was founded in 1991.

Saint Barnabas Medical Center is a 600-bed, acute-care hospital which provides a full range of health services to residents of Livingston, New Jersey, and surrounding areas. The not-for-profit medical center has a staff of more than 1,500 physicians. Aside from its general inpatient and outpatient care programs, Saint Barnabas Medical Center is home to designated regional burn and perinatal centers, as well as units specializing in organ transplant, stroke care, cardiac surgery, and comprehensive cancer treatment. Its Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science provides assisted reproductive technology services.

Urodynamix Technologies takes a delicate approach to monitoring urological problems. The company develops and commercializes medical imaging products used in screening, diagnosing, and treating urology-centered conditions. The company's technology is based on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and is being applied to non-invasive monitoring of urinary incontinence, prostate cancer, and other urological and vascular ailments. It's bladder monitoring system has received FDA approval in the US and a CE mark in the EU. Urodynamix partners with other companies to distribute its products. Chinese pharmaceutical firm HEGLN intends to acquire the assets of Urodynamix.

Univera Healthcare wants the residents of western New York to be healthy. The not-for-profit organization provides health insurance coverage to more than 200,000 members throughout eight counties in western New York. About 30,000 of those members are retirees in the company's SeniorChoice Medicare Advantage plans. Univera's members have access to all of the hospitals in the area, as well as more than 50,000 pharmacies across the US. Univera Healthcare company provides HMO, PPO, indemnity, dental, and other health plans to small and large businesses, as well as individuals. Univera Healthcare is a business segment of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies.

The Lytles founded Leisure Care in 1976 and still own most of its real estate. Leisure Care provides upscale independent and assisted-living rental housing to people age 62 or older. Leisure Care takes the leisure part of its name seriously, offering residents access to vacation tour packages through its Twist Travel unit and full-services concierge and valet services at its more than 40 communities throughout the western US and Canada. President and CEO Dan Madsen bought Leisure Care, LLC from Chuck and Karen Lytle, its original owners, in 2003.

FHN is a regional health care system serving residents in northwestern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. At its heart is the nearly 200-bed FHN Memorial Hospital, which provides general medical and surgical care, emergency services, and specialty care in areas such as sleep disorders, orthopedics, obstetrics, and cardiology. The health system also features a cancer center, home health care and hospice operations, and a network of satellite facilities providing primary medical and dental care, as well as occupational health, chiropractic, and counseling services. Its Northern Illinois Health Plan subsidiary supplies PPO health plans and third-party administrative services to the region's employers.

Kettering Health Network keeps Ohio in a healthy state. The network, named for famed inventor Charles F. Kettering, is an Ohio-based health care system comprised of more than 60 facilities, including seven hospitals: Kettering Medical Center, Grandview Medical Center, Sycamore Medical Center, Southview Medical Center, Fort Hamilton Hospital, Greene Memorial Hospital, and Kettering Behavioral Medicine Center. It also operates the Kettering College of Medical Arts, senior retirement communities, and multiple outpatient clinics. Among its specialized services are heart care, rehabilitation, orthopedics, women's health, and emergency medicine.

Delta Dental of Rhode Island provides dental plans to some 700,000 members in Rhode Island. One of the largest dental insurers in the state, the company was formed in 1959 and became a Delta Dental plan in 1973. Subsidiary Altus Dental Insurance provides dental benefits to 80,000 members in Massachusetts. Delta Dental of Rhode Island also provides access to a national dental network through its membership in the Delta Dental Plans Association. The company also offers health care consulting and benefits administration services to employers through subsidiary Park Row Associates.

Sutter Health is just a stone's throw away. The Northern California, not-for-profit health care system is one of the nation's largest. After being formed more than a decade ago through the merger of Sutter Health and California Healthcare System, Sutter Health now caters to residents of more than 100 communities from the Bay Area to the Central Valley. Its services are provided through about 3,500 affiliated doctors from a host of health care facilities, including more than 25 acute care hospitals, home health/hospice networks, and skilled nursing facilities.

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