Alden Management Services, Inc. was founded in 1971 by president Floyd Schlossberg as an offshoot of the Alden Bennett Construction Company. Alden Management Services, also known as The Alden Network, operates about 40 independent living, assisted living, and skilled rehabilitation and nursing facilities primarily throughout Illinois, but also in Wisconsin. Its elder care facilities provide a wide range of services such as rehabilitation, Alzheimer's care, long-term care, hospice, and infectious disease management. Alden Management Services also offers programs for children and young adults with special needs. Alden's pediatric services include behavioral management, nursing care, and physical therapy.

MedCath Corporation is a healthcare provider and is focused on providing acuity services, including the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The Company owns and operate hospitals in partnership with physicians. The Company has ownership interests in and operate 10 hospitals, including eight, in which the Company owns a majority interest. Each of the Company’s hospitals has a 24-hour emergency room staffed by emergency department physicians. The hospitals, in which the Company has ownership interests are located in seven states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Dakota and Texas. In October 2009, the Company opened a new acute care hospital in Kingman, Arizona. In addition to the Company’s hospitals, the Company owns and/or manage 16 cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. 10 of these facilities are located at hospitals operated by other parties.

Volcano Corporation makes a variety of medical imaging devices used in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Volcano's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) systems give information about the condition of arteries as well as plaque and lesions. Its functional measurement (FM) products measure characteristics of blood around plaque in arteries. The company also sells related single-use disposable catheters and guidewires. Volcano sells its products to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers worldwide through a direct sales force and distributors.

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance ensures coverage for Wisconsin residents and employers top to bottom. The not-for-profit company, also known as WPS Health Insurance, provides managed care plans and related services to more than 200,000 members throughout the Badger State. Group and individual offerings include HMO, PPO, TRICARE (military), supplemental Medicare, and high-deductable plans. Its network includes some 15,000 health care providers and 140 hospitals statewide. Subsidiary EPIC Life Insurance provides ancillary product including life, disability, dental, and vision plans. The company was established by the Wisconsin State Medical Society in 1946.

Hanover HealthCare Plus was founded in 1926, also includes about two dozen family practice clinics, surgery and rehabilitation centers, and diagnostic and laboratory facilities.Hanover Healthcare Plus operates the Hanover Hospital, plus a bunch of other health care facilities in south-central Pennsylvania. The not-for-profit health system's flagship facility, Hanover Hospital, is a 110-bed community hospital serving residents of Pennsylvania's York and Adams counties. The hospital offers an array of inpatient and outpatient services which include general medicine, emergency care, cardiovascular, women's health, and wellness services.

Medtronic CardioVascular strives to mend broken hearts (and clogged arteries, too). A division of medical device maker Medtronic, the unit makes devices that treat conditions affecting the heart and circulatory system. Its products include stents and catheters for treating coronary and peripheral vascular conditions (such as atherosclerosis); stent grafts for fixing aortic aneurysms; products for open heart and coronary bypass surgery; mechanical and tissue heart valves; and surgical ablation technologies for treating cardiac arrythmias. Medtronic CardioVascular markets its products to specialty physicians around the globe.

Telecare was founded in 1965 by Art Gladman, a psychiatrist, Lida Hahn, a psychiatric nurse and Morton Bakar, a businessman -- three individuals who were committed to a belief in the rehabilitation potential of people with serious mental illness. They believed that clients could achieve better results when they received services that were individualized, focused, and provided in a more home-like setting. They placed the client at the center of the organization, and created a culture where employees and clients were supported in reaching their full potential. Their vision still guides Telecare today and is carried on by Anne Bakar, Telecare's President and CEO, and daughter of founder Morton Bakar.

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital hospital provides acute and other health care services to the residents of northeastern Illinois. It also offers such specialties as cancer and cardiovascular care, speech therapy, behavioral health, and the Hunter Family Center for Women's Health. The system also operates Westmoreland Nursing Home (senior and hospice care), a child care center, a home health organization, and several outpatient clinics. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is part of the Northestern Memorial HealthCare system.

NeoGenomics Laboratories is a specialized genetics laboratory providing the latest diagnostic testing technologies to the pathology and oncology markets. Staffed with specially trained hematopathologists and cytogenetic professionals, NeoGenomics Laboratories offers testing in cancer genetics, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics through its network of regional laboratories.

Amedisys, Inc. is the nation's leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Each day Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to more than 35,000 individual patients and their families, in the comfort of patients' homes. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice, and employs more than 16,000 skilled clinicians across the country. The Company's state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry's first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient's home health plan of care.

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