Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana is state's largest private health insurer, the company provides a variety of coverage types, including traditional indemnity policies, HMOs, POS plans, and supplemental Medicare plans, to about 235,000 customers. It also administers the state's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and participates in InsureMontana, a state-sponsored, subsidized program designed to encourage small businesses to cover their employees. The not-for-profit company's provider network includes about 1,900 physicians and all of the state's hospitals.

ResMed makes and distributes medical equipment used to diagnose and treat respiratory disorders that occur during sleep, such as sleep apnea. Most of its products treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition in which a patient's air flow is periodically obstructed, causing multiple disruptions during sleep that lead to daytime sleepiness and possibly other conditions such as high blood pressure. Its products include air-flow generators, face masks, diagnostic products, and accessories. ResMed sells directly and through distributors worldwide to home health equipment dealers, sleep clinics, and hospitals.

West Virginia University Hospitals (WVUH) has West Virginians covered. The health care system's facilities include the behavioral health center Chestnut Ridge Hospital, City Hospital, Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center, Ruby Memorial Hospital, and the West Virginia University Children's Hospital; combined, the system has more than 500 beds. Other services include centers for eye and dental care, cancer treatment (Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center), and family medicine. Cheat Lake Physicians is the physicians group associated with the health system. WVUH is a member of the West Virginia United Health System.

Accellent provides the nuts and bolts for the medical device industry. The company offers outsourced design, engineering, and manufacturing of custom components, subassemblies, and completed devices, primarily for medical device firms. Its customers include such industry leaders as Medtronic, Abbott Labs, Stryker, and Johnson & Johnson. Accellent specializes in equipment used for cardiac rhythm management, interventional cardiology, neurology, and orthopedics, as well as urology and minimally invasive procedures (especially in the field of endoscopy). It also offers its customers complete supply chain management. The company owns or leases about 25 locations in North America and Europe.

Molina Healthcare brings managed care to the Medicaid marketplace. Molina Healthcare company operates HMOs in 10 states, each of which caters primarily to participants in Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). Molina contracts with community health care providers to supply care to its members in return for a set monthly fee for each member from the relevant state government. In California, Virginia, and Washington the company runs a group of primary care and behavioral health clinics. In addition, Molina provides Medicare health plans to seniors who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare. Dr. C. David Molina, father of CEO Joseph Molina, founded Molina Healthcare in 1980.

HealthTrust Purchasing Group was established in 1999. Hospitals and health systems small and large trust HealthTrust Purchasing Group to get them a good deal. The company is a health care group purchasing organization (GPO) that negotiates competitive pricing contracts with manufacturers of medical equipment and supplies on behalf of its members. Those members include some 1,400 acute care hospitals, as well as thousands of doctor's offices, outpatient clinics, and other health care facilities. HealthTrust provides contract, acquisition, and logistics services to its customers, which include facilities owned by HCA, Community Health Systems, Catholic Health Initiatives, and Lifepoint Hospitals.

Nordion is a global leader in providing innovative technologies for use in medical imaging and radiotherapeutics, and sterilization technologies benefiting the lives of millions of people in 60 countries around the world through the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.The products and services are used daily by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical-device manufacturers, hospitals, clinics and research laboratories. They have a well-diversified, global base of over 600 customers who count on Nordion to supply isotopes for cardiac imaging, targeted cancer treatments and sterilization of medical products.

Progressive Medical hopes its pressure therapy will make progress in getting rid of bed sores. The company sells a variety of therapeutic air and foam mattresses and related medical products to patients with wound care needs, pulmonary complications, and immobility (i.e. paraplegics and quadriplegics). Its mattresses help to prevent and also heal patients' bedsores. The company's other products include negative pressure (vacuum) wound therapy systems and durable medical equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, and commodes), as well as products for bariatric patients. Progressive Medical also provides consulting and condition assessment services.

Texas has universities, horse farms, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton. Formerly Denton Community Hospital, the organization is a full-service, acute care facility serving northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. Following a 2005 completion of the hospital's expansion project, it houses some 250 private rooms, nine surgical suites, two cardiac catheterization labs, and a 28-bed ER department. It opened a neonatal ICU in 2006. Texas Health Presbyterian Denton is owned by local healthcare giant Texas Health Resources (THR).

Brookdale Senior Living Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates senior living communities in the United States. The company operates retirement centers, assisted living and dementia-care communities, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Its retirement centers offer basic services, such as meal service, 24-hour emergency response, housekeeping, concierge services, transportation, and recreational activities; supplemental care services, including medication reminders, check-in services, and escort and companion services; and various education, wellness, therapy, home health, and other ancillary services. The company’s assisted living communities provide housing and 24-hour assistance with activities of daily living to mid-acuity frail and elderly residents. These communities also offer health assessments, meals and snacks, coordination of special diets planned by a registered dietitian, assistance with coordination of physician care, social and recreational activities, housekeeping, and personal laundry services. In addition, these communities provide exercise programs and programs designed to address issues associated with early stages of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Its CCRC offer living arrangements and services to accommodate various levels of physical ability and health; and ancillary services, including therapy, home health, and other services. As of December 31, 2009, Brookdale Senior Living owned and operated 565 communities in 35 states.

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