University Health Services, doing business as University Health Care System, serves the communities of some 25 counties in Georgia's Central Savannah River Area and neighboring South Carolina. The system includes University Hospital with more than 550 beds, a women's center, a cancer center, and a heart center. It operates two separate nursing care facilities with a total of 249 beds, and maintains a home health care service. University Health Link is a managed care contractor co-owned by University Health Services and a group of 440 physicians serving companies in the region.

Baxa Corporation manufactures equipment and measuring devices for the preparation and handling of oral and IV-administered medications. The company's leading products include the ExactaMed oral liquid dispenser, a pre-filled dosing syringe. Additional products include pumps designed to batch fill medication orders, IV bags, and infusion devices, as well as compounders and a medication validation system. The company has subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe; it also has distributors in more than 40 countries around the world. Ronald Baxa and Brian Baldwin started the business in 1975. The Baldwin family controls the company.

MVP Health Plan is for about 700,000 most valuable people. Operating as MVP Health Care, MVP Health Plan company provides health insurance and employee benefits to its members in upstate New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Outside its home base, the company works with CIGNA HeatlthCare to offer benefits jointly. MVP, a not-for-profit organization, offers a variety of plans including HMOs, preferred provider organizations (PPOs), indemnity, and dental. Subsidiaries MVP Select Care and Upstate Administrative Services provide third party administration (TPA) services for self-insured employers. MVP Health Plan was founded in 1983 as Mohawk Valley Physicians' Health Plan.

TriHealth hospital has about 350 beds and provides a full range of care including advanced services such as trauma and emergency services. Its other acute care facility, the Good Samaritan Hospital, is home to 470 beds. TriHealth also provides services through more than 50 other locations including specialty outpatient centers, physician groups, and home and hospice care. The organization is affiliated with Catholic Health Initiatives. TriHealth was formed in 1995 through the merger of Bethesda North Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital studies and treats catastrophic diseases in children, especially pediatric cancers. The hospital only has about 70 beds -- most of the more than 5,000 children it treats annually are seen on an outpatient basis as part of the hospital's research efforts into finding cures and more effective treatments. St. Jude not only helps kiddos with their health; it also helps out their parents: The organization pays all expenses not covered by insurance, and patients without insurance don't have to pay. Entertainer Danny Thomas founded St. Jude in 1962; Thomas also founded the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), the fundraising organization for the hospital.

Alameda Alliance for Health is a not-for-profit provider of health insurance and related products to more than 90,000 members in California's Alameda County. The company's programs include Medi-Cal (low-income insurance), Healthy Families (low-cost insurance for children), and Alliance Group Care (employer-sponsored coverage). Its network includes approximately 1,700 physicians, 15 hospitals, 30 community health centers, and 140 pharmacies. The company also offers health education, cultural, and lingual programs. Alameda Alliance was founded by the residents of Alameda County in 1996.

Ion Beam Applications (IBA) on the frontlines in the battle against cancer. IBA designs cyclotrons and produces and distributes radiopharmaceutical markers used by hospitals the world over to detect cancers, and heart and neurological diseases. It's a world leader in proton therapy, used to selectively destroy cancer cells. IBA also provides hospitals with dosimetry products to monitor patient doses and assure the quality of X-ray diagnosis. It produces sterilization and ionization products used to sterilize pre-packaged disposable medical products, cosmetics, and even US mail. IBA was formed in 1986 as a spin-off of the Cyclotron Research Center at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve.

Most syringes are designed to inject medication into blood vessels, but Mercator MedSystems' (formerly EndoBionics) MicroSyringe is designed to go inside blood vessels and inject medication outside the vessel wall, allowing for a more targeted application of medication that reduces the amount dispersed to areas where it is not needed. In addition to delivering traditional injectable drugs, it can deliver stem cells and gene therapies. The MicroSyringe, which was approved for use by the FDA in 2004, can be used to treat tumors and vascular, cardiac, and neurological diseases.

Massachusetts General Hospital established in the 1800s, has some 900 beds and is a teaching affiliate of Harvard's medical school with a budget of more than $500 million for R&D. Its specialized departments for health include cancer, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, and diabetes. The hospital is also a leading research facility, hosting numerous clinical trials. In addition to its main campus in Boston, the hospital operates several health centers in surrounding communities. Massachusetts General Hospital is a founding member of the Partners HealthCare System (along with Brigham and Women's).

Genoptix is a specialized consultative laboratory service provider focused on delivering personalized and comprehensive services to community-based hematologists and oncologists. Genoptix is more than just a company. We are a team of highly trained professionals working together to optimize patient outcomes. We specialize in diagnosing cancers, disorders, and subtypes in bone marrow, blood, and lymph nodes, with expertise in the most challenging diagnoses. We also specialize in solid tumor workups using molecular testing.

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