Regence BlueShield provides health insurance products and related services in western and southern Washington state. An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Regence BlueShield's health insurance products include traditional, PPO, and supplemental Medicare plans. Regence BlueShield also provides dental, vision, and prescription drug plans, as well as value-added services including disease management and wellness programs. Regence BlueShield is a subsidiary of The Regence Group, which serves 3 million members in the Northwest.

St. John Health is out to keep southeastern Michigan's denizens healthy. A subsidiary of Ascension Health, St. John is a regional health care system founded in 1844 that consists of seven hospitals, with more than 2,300 beds, and about 125 other medical facilities, including urgent care clinics, outpatient centers, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, and doctors' offices. The health system also runs St. John Home Services, a home health care agency providing infusion services, rehabilitative services, and hospice care. Flagship hospital St. John Hospital and Medical Center is a regional referral hospital with more than 800 beds, providing care in numerous medical and surgical specialties.

Union Hospital is the flagship facility of the Union Hospital Health Group, a health care system serving communities in western Indiana and eastern Illinois. The not-for-profit hospital has about 340 beds and provides general medical and surgical care, as well as specialty services in areas such as women's health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and sports medicine. It also provides occupational health and physical rehabilitation, and offers medical training programs. Other facilities in the Union system include Union Hospital Clinton (formerly West Central Community Hospital), physician practices, specialty clinics, and a home health agency. Union Hospital's roots go back to 1892.

Blue Cross Plans (CABCP) offers plans for its Plans. The association consists of seven regional Blue Cross providers in Canada that provide health, dental, vision, life, disability, and other related insurance products and services to about 7 million Canadians. Member plans operate on a not-for-profit basis and serve individual and group policies. CABCP oversees its members to ensure that Blue Cross standards are maintained, and it owns the Blue Cross trademark which it licenses to member plans. The association has been present in Canada for more than 70 years.

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics earns an A+ in Chemistry. The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary develops and markets diagnostic tools, including VITROS instrumentation systems that use clinical chemistry and immunoassay technologies to diagnose a range of maladies such as cancer, heart disease, and infectious diseases. It also markets laboratory automation systems under the enGen brand. In addition to making clinical diagnostics products, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics is a leading maker of instruments and reagents used by blood banks and hospitals to screen blood donations for disease and contaminants, as well as blood typing systems that guarantee patient-donor compatibility for transfusions.

Consulate Health Care is a consummate elder care provider. The company offers long-term care, including assisted living, skilled nursing, and independent living services, to residents of its facilities in half a dozen states. Consulate owns, manages, and leases dozens of nursing homes and other long-term health care centers staffed with physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. It also provides rehabilitation, diagnostic imaging, hospice, and pharmacy services. In addition, Consulate offers Alzheimer's care and short-term transitional care programs for patients needing complex medical treatment. Consulate Health Care, Inc. operates facilities in Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is a community health system serving the residents of Florida's state capital and surrounding communities. The system is anchored by Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, a not-for-profit facility with about 770 beds. Founded in 1948, the hospital provides general medical and surgical care, as well as specialty care in a number of areas, including oncology, rehabilitation, women's and children's health, obesity, and diabetes. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare also offers a family practice residency program and provides primary medical care through a handful of regional clinics. It has a 60-bed psychiatric hospital, and offers adult day care and home health care services.

Texas Health Resources (THR) is takin' care of Texas with nearly 30 health care facilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth and North Texas region. Formed in 1997 by the merger of Harris Methodist Health System, Presbyterian Healthcare System, and Arlington Memorial Hospital Foundation, the not-for-profit system includes more than a dozen acute care and long-term care hospitals, in addition to mental health and retirement centers, physician offices, and home health agencies. THR's network includes more than 3,600 doctors and some 3,400 licensed beds. The company's Research and Education Institute for Texas Health Resources provides clinical studies management, medical device testing, and medical training services.

Urologix's Targis and CoolWave systems are designed to treat benign prostate hyperplasia, or enlargement of the prostate. The systems use Cooled ThermoTherapy, a noninvasive catheter-based therapy that applies microwave heat to the diseased areas of the prostate, while cooling and protecting urethral tissue. The treatment, an alternative to drug therapy, does not require anesthesia or surgery and can be administered on an outpatient basis. Urologix markets its products through a direct sales force in the US, as well as through international distributors.

The DCH Healthcare Authority is concerned with the Druid City's health. The company, which does business as DCH Health System, provides health services to residents of Tuscaloosa and several other communities in Western Alabama. Its flagship facility is the 580-bed DCH Regional Medical Center, a full-service teaching hospital located near the University of Alabama campus. DCH Health System also includes the Northport, Pickens County, and Fayette medical centers, which together house 320 acute-care beds. The hospitals offer a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, including primary, diagnostic, emergency, surgical, rehabilitative, and home health care.

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