Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) believes in teamwork when it comes to providing health care to the good people living in Tennessee and Virginia. Along with MSHA's dozen acute care hospitals, the integrated healthcare delivery system operates more than 20 primary and preventive care centers and numerous outpatient care sites, including First Assist Urgent Care, MedWorks, Same Day Surgery, and Rehab Plus. It also operates the Mountain States Medical group of about 180 doctors who administer care at dozens of locations throughout the region. Formed in 1998, MSHA is home to roughly 1,500 beds; its largest facility is the Johnson City Medical Center with 500 beds.

The not-for-profit organization was founded as Open Door Estates by a group of Pennsylvania church members in 1971. No acting here! ACTS is serious about providing seniors with the opportunity to live independently, but with a helping hand when needed. ACTS develops, owns, and operates continuing-care retirement communities in eight US states along the Eastern Seaboard. The company's properties feature resort-style amenities in Christian environments (ACTS comes from a Biblical reference). It owns about two dozen properties located in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.

Healthfirst is a hospital-owned, not-for-profit health care management organization that serves some 560,000 members throughout New York City and Long Island, as well as northern New Jersey. The company offers a variety of government-sponsored health insurance programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, Family Health Plus, and Child Health Plus plans, to low-income and special needs clients. It also offers commercial HMO and point-of-service plans to individuals and small employer groups. Healthfirst company was formed in 1993 and is owned by about 40 New York-area hospitals. Its plans are administered by HF Management Services.

St. Francis Health Services of Morris was founded in 1984. St. Francis Health Services of Morris is a not-for-profit provider of long term care, assisted living, home health care, and transportation services for more than 800 people with developmental and mental disabilities. The organization operates eight nursing homes, three assisted-living facilities, and two home health care agencies in Minnesota.

NIMS(Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc.) has developed a moving bed-style device that is intended to improve circulation and joint mobility, and possibly to relieve minor aches and pains. Originally tagged as AT-101, the device was sold in Japan and the US until the FDA required the company to get regulatory approval for it. NIMS halted sales and marketing efforts on AT-101 and is seeking FDA approval for a similar but less costly device known as the Exer-Rest, intended for home and clinic use.

Falck A/S provides rescue and safety services, including emergency ambulance, fire fighting, health care, and survival training, to customers in Denmark, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. The company was formed in 2004 following the demerger of Group 4 Falck into Group 4 A/S (Group 4 Falck's former security and service operations) and Falck A/S (Group 4 Falck's former rescue and safety and Global Solutions businesses). Falck A/S sold its Global Solutions unit to Englefield Capital and Electra Partners Europe in 2004. Nordic Capital and ATP Private Equity Partners acquired Falck A/S in 2005 through Cidron. Nordic Capital owns 75% of the company.

Source BioScience, formerly Medical Solutions, wants to be a one-stop shop for UK health care providers and drug developers. The company provides cancer screening services, through its own reference laboratory, and also distributes a Becton Dickinson cervical cancer testing system to the UK market. Additionally, the firm provides pathology testing and other analysis services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies; and through its life science research unit, called Geneservice, it offers tools and services (including DNA sequencing and gene products like DNA samples). In 2008 the company acquired Autogen Bioclear, a UK distributor of diagnostic and research products; Autogen also manufactures antibody products.

NationsHealth aims to make it easier for Medicare patients to get their prescription drugs and medical supplies. NationsHealth delivers diabetes, ostomy, and other medical supplies, including insulin and insulin pumps, to the homes of about 80,000 patients. In addition, the company has partnered with CIGNA and other health insurers to provide marketing, training, enrollment service, distribution, billing, and collections for Medicare services. The CIGNA collaborative agreement is part of the CIGNA Medicare Rx Part D plan. NationsHealth is owned by investment firm ComVest.

Hansen Medical helps doctors maneuver through matters of the heart. The company develops medical devices designed to diagnose and treat atrial fibrillation, a common type of cardiac arrhythmia. Its core portable Sensei system (used along with its Artisan catheters) incorporates robotics to assist in guiding the movement of flexible catheters in such places as the atria and ventricles. Sensei has received FDA and European regulatory approval for certain uses, including manipulation and mapping of catheters during electrophysiology procedures (to diagnose irregular electrical impulses in the heart); the product is awaiting clearance for use in more delicate ablation procedures in the treatment of arrhythmia.

Norman Regional Health system operates in and around Norman, Oklahoma through the full service, 340-bed Norman Regional Hospital and affiliated health centers, including Moore Medical Center Services and the HealthPlex, a 150-bed specialty hospital focused on cardiology, orthopedic and spine, and women's and children's services. Moore Medical Center's services include include acute care and surgery, diagnostic, and outpatient health care services. The organization's programs include behavioral medicine, rehabilitation, a women's center, and a sleep disorder clinic. The hospital was established in 1946.

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