Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) is determined to help care for the Kansas-side of Kansas City. The health care facility, located in the city's southwest suburbs, has some 450 inpatient beds. It also offers outpatient surgery and other health services in areas such as pediatrics, rehabilitation, oncology, and radiology. Its staff includes about 700 physicians with about 50 specialties. The medical center's emergency department receives some 50,000 visits each year. SMMC also operates satellite facilities, including the Shawnee Mission Outpatient Pavilion in nearby Lenexa, which offers emergency and outpatient diagnostic, general practice, and surgical care. SMMC is part of Adventist Health System.

The Kennedy Krieger Institute is an internationally recognized facility dedicated to helping children and adolescents with disorders of the brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system. We evaluate and treat more than 14,000 patients each year in a variety of settings, including an inpatient unit and outpatient programs.The clinical programs offer an interdisciplinary approach in treatment that is tailored to the individual needs of each child and include more than 50 inpatient and outpatient programs. Our specialists are among some of the world’s leading experts in developmental disabilities and are attuned to the special needs of these children. We see patients with a wide range of neurological and developmental conditions,

Otto Bock HealthCare offers mobility options for disabled patients. The company makes and distributes prosthetic and orthotic equipment, including leg braces, electronic hands and shoulders, and cosmetic false limbs, as well as implantable neurostimulation devices. Otto Bock HealthCare also manufactures mobility and seating devices for disabled adults and children, including wheelchairs, positioning supports, and standing devices. Its products are marketed worldwide through internal and external sales representatives. The company is controlled by descendants of founder Otto Bock, who launched the business in 1919.

Cambridge Heart makes noninvasive tools for diagnosing cardiac arrest and ventricular arrhythmia. Its CH 2000 system conducts cardiac stress tests and measures extremely low levels of T-wave alternans, an irregularity in an electrocardiogram indicating the risk of sudden cardiac death. Another product, the Heartwave II System, allows T-wave alternans screenings to be performed with any stress test system. The company's Microvolt T-Wave Alternans technology can detect the smallest heartbeat variation, measuring from one-millionth of a volt. The company markets its products in the US through direct sales and representatives; it also has international distributors.

Hazelden helps individuals, families, and communities struggling with alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and drug addiction transform their lives. Our locations across the United States help people at all stages of the treatment and recovery process, supporting them with our Twelve Step-based model that is the modern standard for addiction treatment and recovery services.

MultiPlan operates one of the nation's largest preferred provider organization (PPO) healthcare networks, comprising more than 5,000 hospitals and some 750,000 doctors and ancillary health care providers. MultiPlan company offers access to its PPO to health care plan providers; clients can use the PPO either as their primary provider network or as a means of extending or expanding their own networks. MultiPlan also provides other cost management services to payors, such as fee negotiation on specific claims. MultiPlan company was acquired by private equity investors BC Partners and Silver Lake in 2010.

Lafayette General Medical Center provides general inpatient medical and surgical care, as well as highly specialized services such as trauma care and neonatal intensive care. The not-for-profit hospital, which has about 300 beds, also offers home health services, outpatient care, occupational medicine, and mental health care. Lafayette General is a member of group purchasing organization Premier and has affiliations with two small community hospitals -- St. Martin Hospital in St. Martin Parish and Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital in Vermilion Parish -- to which it provides management services.

NHC provides services to 77 long-term health care centers with 9,742 beds. NHC's affiliates also operate 36 homecare programs, seven independent living centers and 16 assisted living communities. NHC's other services include Alzheimer's units, long-term care pharmacies, hospice, a rehabilitation services company, and providing management and accounting services to third parties. In order to understand in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of NHC, the investor must review our most recent Form 10-Q quarterly report, Form 10-K annual report and press releases which are available here on our web site. NHC common stock is traded with the symbol NHC on the NYSE Amex Exchange. National HealthCare Corporation is recognized nationwide as an innovator in the delivery of quality long-term care. Our goal is to provide a full range of extended care services, designed to maximize the well being and independence of patients of all ages. We are dedicated to meeting patient needs through an interdisciplinary approach combining compassionate care with cost-effective health care services.

Plantation General Hospital has been caring for patients from the time that they were seedlings, until the time that they begin to wither. Plantation General Hospital, a part of the enormous HCA healthcare provider system, is a 264-bed acute care hospital serving Broward County (think Fort Lauderdale area), and the city of Plantation, Florida. The facility offers a full spectrum of health care services, but specializes in maternity, neonatal, and pediatric services. It also offers surgical obesity services and a stroke center. Plantation General Hospital first opened in 1966.

Davol keeps operating rooms in business. The company makes medical instruments and supplies for a number of surgical specialties, including hernia repair, hemostasis, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, wound management, and orthopedics. Its hemostasis products include the Ativene brand of hemostat products used to staunch bleeding during surgery. The company also makes suction and irrigation equipment for wound care and laparoscopy, and an autotransfusion unit used in orthopedic procedures. Its hernia repair patches, plugs, grafting tissue, and fixation devices are offered under the Bard and Davol brands. Davol is a subsidiary of medical products company C.R. Bard.

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