Scripps Health has its medical script down pat. The not-for-profit hospital group serves the San Diego area through about a half dozen acute-care hospitals with some 1,400 beds and 20 outpatient clinic locations. The system also offers home health care and operates community outreach programs. Its hospitals, along with outpatient Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal Medical Center locations, include more than 2,600 affiliated general practice and specialty physicians. Scripps Health is affiliated with The Scripps Research Institute, which performs biomedical research. The Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science serves as a fundraiser for both the hospital group and the research institute.

Genomic Health, a life science company founded in August of 2000 and located in Redwood City, California, is committed to improving the quality of cancer treatment decisions through the research, development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical laboratory services. To that end, the company conducts sophisticated genomic research to develop clinically-validated molecular diagnostics which provide individualized information on response to certain types of therapy, as well as the likelihood of disease recurrence. These diagnostic technologies generate information that healthcare providers and patients can use in making treatment decisions.

Walter Reed Health Care System serves those who serve. While its primary facility is the 250-bed Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the entire system includes nearly a dozen military health care hospitals and clinics in the Washington, DC, area. It also includes Army medical training and clinical research facilities. Walter Reed provides care to soldiers stationed in the US and wounded overseas, as well as to presidents, senators, and other officials in the nation's capital. Other facilities of Walter Reed Health Care include the Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center at nearby Fort Meade (Maryland), DeWitt Hospital at Fort Belvoir (Virginia), and the DiLorenzo TRICARE Clinic at The Pentagon.

Argus Health Systems provides health care information management services for pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, insurance companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and government agencies. Founded in 1983, Argus processes more than 550 million prescription claims annually for its clients and offers reporting, rebate contracting, and administration services.Argus Health Systems company also offers pharmacy networks and audits, clinical information management, and call center services.

RealMed just can't drive 55 when it comes to health care claims processing. RealMed company operates a business-to-business (B2B) services network that supercharges claims processing by linking bill payers to health care providers over the Internet. The network gives customers access to services including patient eligibility verification, transaction tracking, remittance feeds, and revenue cycle management. RealMed provides services to payers (insurance firms) and providers (hospital networks); it has formed partnerships with the likes of CareFirst and Johns Hopkins Medicine. It also has alliances with software and technology companies. RealMed company was acquired by electronic medical records firm Availity in 2010.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health care insurance and related services for nearly 1 million members in 32 counties in Kansas and Missouri. Its Good Health HMO subsidiary is a for-profit health maintenance organization that serves more than 50,000 members. Another subsidiary, Blue-Advantage Plus of Kansas City, is a Medicaid HMO serving customers in nine counties in the Kansas City area. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City has other operations providing non-Blue life and disability insurance, third-party administration services, and provider network rental services. Founded in 1932, the company is the largest not-for-profit health insurance provider in the state.

Akers Biosciences,Inc. manufactures a variety of point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests. In addition to tests for such diseases as malaria, it has produced screening tools to detect drug and enzyme levels in blood. ABI has also developed sniffing devices to detect breath alcohol as well as diseases such as lung disease and diabetes through breath analysis. Another product whiffs for biological warfare agents in the air. Its Tri-Cholesterol product is a home-use test kit. ABI customers include healthcare facilities (hospitals, physicians' offices) as well as the US military and aid organizations.

United Regional Health Care System provider serves the residents of northern Texas through two hospitals that combined have some 500 beds. Specialized services include emergency medicine, cardiac care, diagnostic imaging, surgery, obstetrics, and pediatrics. The health care system also offers cancer treatment, childbirth, wound care, and sleep diagnostic centers. It is the only comprehensive cardiac care facility and only Level III trauma center in the region. URHCS operates a Care Flight Helicopter to get those traumas to care quicker.

Discovery Medical, Inc. (DMI) wants to help doctors and nurses stay germ-free. The company makes soap dispensers, touchless faucets, automatic hand dryers, latex gloves, and other cleaning and sanitation products. Established in 1987, DMI provides its product line for the medical, dental, industrial, safety, food service, and janitorial industries.

Stanford University's primary medical teaching facility, the 600-bed Stanford Hospital specializes in such areas as cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurology, and organ transplant. The affiliated Stanford Clinics is a physician group practice organization that represents more than 100 specialized fields of medicine. Stanford Hospital and Clinics is part of the Stanford Medicine organization, which also includes the nearby Stanford University School of Medicine and the 270-bed Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (named for the wife of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard).

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