With its mammography and breast biopsy systems, Hologic puts the squeeze on women to help save their lives. Its mammography products include film-based and digital systems, as well as the workstations and computer-aided detection systems that interpret the images. Additional products include X-ray and ultrasound bone densitometers, which detect and monitor osteoporosis, and breast biopsy collection systems (branded ATEC) sold by its Suros division. Hologic's non-imaging products include tests to screen for cervical cancer. The company markets its products to hospitals and clinical labs worldwide through distributors and a direct sales force.

Appleton Medical Center. Along with general and specialized health services, the medical center's specialties include cardiac, cancer, and orthopedic care. Appleton Medical Center is operated by ThedaCare. Established in 1958, the non-sectarian not-for-profit hospital started the first fertility program in the region.

ZEE Medical is a subsidiary of health care product distributor McKesson. ZEE Medical's familiar green-and-white first aid kits are the working man's medicine cabinet. From aspirin to stretchers, ZEE Medical is one of the largest distributors of first aid kits, safety products, and training services to industrial and commercial enterprises throughout the US and (to a limited degree) in Canada. It uses a van-based delivery system to keep its customers stocked with supplies, which can be ordered directly from the company's Web site and via a direct sales force. ZEE Medical also offers Internet-based, video, and on-site training in first aid, CPR, OSHA compliance, and other workplace health and safety issues.

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.

LifePoint Hospitals Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities in the United States. The company's hospitals provide a range of medical and surgical services comprising general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, rehabilitation services, and pediatric services, as well as specialized services, such as open-heart surgery, skilled nursing, psychiatric care, and neuro-surgery. Its hospitals also offer outpatient services, including one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, imaging, sports medicine, and lithotripsy. As of December 31, 2009, LifePoint Hospitals owned or leased 47 hospitals with a total of 5,552 licensed beds in 17 states.

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital is a stalwart provider of rehabilitation services in White Plains, New York, and surrounding areas. The 150-bed hospital provides inpatient rehabilitation services to patients suffering from physical disabilities resulting from illness, injury, or surgery. Inpatient services include cardiac, orthopedic, and spinal cord therapy. It also operates outpatient clinics that offer such services as arthritis, cognitive, occupational, speech, and sports medicine therapy. In addition, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital conducts research in areas such as head injuries, neurological disorders, and Alzheimer's disease through its Burke Medical Research Institute.

South Dakota State Medical Holding Company, operating under the name DAKOTACARE, is a statewide HMO plan. Product offerings include comprehensive group and individual medical plans, flexible spending and COBRA plans, Medicare Advantage coverage, and dental, life, and disability policies. All hospitals and nearly all physicians in South Dakota contract with the firm. In addition to serving some 100,000 customers in its home state, third-party administration (TPA) subsidiary DAKOTACARE Administrative Services is active in over a dozen neighboring states. Founded in 1986, DAKOTACARE is the managed care affiliate of the South Dakota State Medical Association.

St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network serves Pennsylvania's Greater Lehigh Valley. The health care network includes four tertiary and acute care hospitals: St. Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem, St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown, St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital, and St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital. The health system has about 750 beds total. Other operations include outpatient and urgent care facilities, rehabilitation and surgery centers, nursing homes, and home health and hospice services. St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network has cooperative agreements with the University of Pennsylvania Health System and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children to provide expanded care in its communities.

Micrus makes microcoils to help prevent strokes. The company develops implantable and disposable medical devices, specifically its microcoils and accessory products such as microcatheters and guidewires, used to treat cerebral aneurysms and other cerebral vascular diseases. Physicians can use the microcoils to build scaffolds within an aneurysm to stabilize the blood flow to the brain. The catheterization procedure is less invasive and less expensive than other forms of surgery and aims to give patients a shorter recovery time. Micrus sells its products directly in North America and Europe and through distributors in other countries. The company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2010.

DentaQuest Ventures offers third-party dental benefit administration services to employers, unions, and associations in Florida, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Its EyeQuest program provides vision care programs to employer and group benefit plans. The company also provides administrative services for CHIP, Medicaid, and Medicare governmental dental plans. The company has more than 14 million members and is a majority-owned for-profit subsidiary of Dental Service of Massachusetts.

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