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AMERICAN CARESOURCE HOLDINGS INC (ANCI)
American CareSource Holdings, Inc. operates as an ancillary care network services company. It offers ancillary network and management that provide outsourced solution for various healthcare payors and plan sponsors, including self-insured employers, indemnity insurers, preferred provider organizations, health maintenance organizations, third party administrators, and federal and local governments. The company's ancillary healthcare services include non-hospital, non-physician services associated with surgery centers, free-standing diagnostic imaging centers, home health and infusion, dialysis, supply of durable medical equipment, orthotics and prosthetics, outpatient therapy/rehab, chiropractic services, pain management, pharmacy, physical therapy, respiratory services, sleep studies, sub-acute and skilled nursing facilities, hospice services, bone growth stimulators, and laboratory services. As of December 31, 2007, it had contracts with approximately 2,500 ancillary healthcare service providers operating in approximately 25,000 sites. American CareSource sells its products through sales force, executive officers, and a network of independent brokers and consultants. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP INC (HGR)
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of orthotic and prosthetic patient-care centers in the United States. It offers various patient-care services, including fabrication, fitting, and maintenance of orthotic and prosthetic devices. The company's orthotics operations offer standard and custom-made braces, and other devices, such as spinal, knee, and sports-medicine braces that provide external support to patients suffering from musculoskeletal disorders, such as ailments of the back, extremities or joints, and injuries from sports or other activities. Its prosthetics operations provide custom-made artificial limbs for patients who are without limbs as a result of traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, or congenital disorders. Hanger Orthopedic Group also distributes branded and private label orthotic and prosthetic devices and components in the United States, which are manufactured by third parties. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated approximately 619 patient care centers in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Hanger Orthopedic Group was founded in 1861 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS INC (PSYS)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide inpatient behavioral health care services in the United States. The company primarily operates through two divisions, Inpatient and the Management Contract. The Inpatient division operated 34 owned or leased inpatient behavioral health care facilities with approximately 4,000 beds in 19 states, as of December 31, 2004. These facilities offer various inpatient behavioral health care services for children, adolescents, and adults through a combination of acute inpatient behavioral facilities and residential treatment centers. Its acute inpatient behavioral facilities provide nursing observation and care, daily interventions and oversight by a psychiatrist, and coordinated treatment by a physician-led team of mental health professionals. Its residential treatment centers offer longer term treatment programs primarily for children and adolescents with long-standing acute behavioral health problems. The Management Contract segment managed 41 inpatient behavioral health care units for third parties and 8 inpatient behavioral health care facilities for government agencies, as of the above date. It develops, organizes, and manages behavioral health care programs within medical/surgical hospitals and the management of inpatient behavioral health care facilities for government agencies. This division provides its customers with various management options, including clinical and management infrastructure, personnel recruitment, staff orientation and supervision, corporate consultation, and performance improvement plans. Psychiatric Solutions was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
Continucare Corporation provides primary care physician services on an outpatient basis in Florida. It provides medical services to patients through employee physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician's assistants. The company also provides practice management services to independent physician affiliates (IPAs), including assistance with medical utilization management, pharmacy management, and specialist network development. As of September 30, 2005, the company provided practice management services to 27 IPAs; and operated a network of 15 medical centers in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Hillsborough Counties, Florida. The company also provided services to or for approximately 13,400 patients on a full risk basis and approximately 14,600 patients on a limited or nonrisk basis, as of the above date. Continucare has managed care agreements with Humana Medical Plans, Inc.; Vista Healthplan of South Florida, Inc.; and Wellcare, Inc. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION (HLS)
HealthSouth Corporation provides ambulatory surgery and rehabilitative health care services in the United States. The company operates inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term acute care hospitals, as well as provides treatment on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. Its inpatient rehabilitation facilities provide medical, nursing, therapy, and ancillary services to patients with physical disabilities due to various conditions, such as head injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, certain orthopedic problems, and neuromuscular diseases. HealthSouth Corporation was founded 1983 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
LCA-Vision, Inc. engages in the development and operation of fixed-site laser vision correction centers under LasikPlus brand primarily in the United States. The company's vision centers provide staff, facilities, equipment, and support services for performing laser vision correction that employs laser technologies to help and correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Its vision centers are supported mainly by certified ophthalmologists and optometrists, as well as other health care professionals. As of December 12, 2005, the company owned and operated 50 LasikPlus fixed-site laser vision correction centers in the United States and a joint venture in Canada. LCA-Vision was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC (GTIV)
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. provides home health services in the United States. It operates licensed Medicare-certified nursing agencies that provide various combinations of skilled nursing and therapy services, paraprofessional nursing services, and homemaker services to pediatric, adult, and elder patients. The company provides administrative services, as well as coordinates the delivery of home nursing services, acute and chronic infusion therapies, medical equipment, and respiratory products and services for managed care organizations and health plans. Its administrative services include the fulfillment of case requirements, care management, provider credentialing, eligibility and benefits verification, data reporting and analysis, and coordinated centralized billing for the services provided to the customer's enrollees. In addition, the company provides Gentiva Orthopedic Program, which provides individualized home orthopedic rehabilitation services to patients recovering from joint replacement or other orthopedic surgery; Gentiva Rehab Without Walls that offers home and community-based therapies for patients with traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accident injury, and acquired brain injury, as well as other complex rehabilitation cases; Gentiva Safe Strides Program, which provides therapies for patients with balance issues who are prone to injury or immobility as a result of falling; and Gentiva Cardiopulmonary Program that helps patients and their physicians manage heart and lung health in a home-based environment. Further, Gentiva offers various consulting services to home health agencies, including billing and collection activities, onsite agency support and consulting, and operational support. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
LHC Group, LLC provides post-acute healthcare services primarily to Medicare beneficiaries in rural markets in the southern United States. It operates in two segments, Home-Based Services and Facility-Based Services. The Home-Based Services segment offers a range of services, including skilled nursing, private duty nursing, physical, occupational, speech therapy, medically-oriented social services, and hospice care. As of September 30, 2004, the company operated 64 home nursing locations, of which 59 were Medicare-certified, and four were Medicare-certified hospices. The Facility-Based Services segment offers services through long-term acute care hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics. As of September 30, 2004, the company operated four long-term acute care hospitals with six locations, all located within host hospitals, and one inpatient rehabilitation facility. It also operated four outpatient rehabilitation clinics and provided contract rehabilitation services to third parties, as of the above date. LHC Group was founded in 1994 and is based in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Amedisys, Inc. provides home health care nursing services in the United States. The company offers home health nursing services, infusion therapy, respiratory therapy, and home medical equipment, as well as hospice services for improving the quality of life of terminally ill patients and their families. The company also offers disease management programs for wound care, cardiac, diabetes, pulmonary/respiratory, pneumonia, cardiovascular, and cancer. As of December 31, 2004, Amedisys operated 108 home care nursing offices and 2 hospice offices in the southern and southeastern United States. The company was founded by William F. Borne in 1982. Amedisys is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Chemed Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides end-of-life hospice care services primarily in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Vitas and Roto-Rooter. The Vitas segment focuses on noncurative hospice care for ill terminally patients. It provides direct medical services and counseling to patients and their families through doctors, nurses, home health aids, social workers, clergy, and volunteers. The Roto-rooter segment provides plumbing and drain cleaning services through company-owned branches, independent contractors, and franchisees in the United States and Canada. It also has licensed franchisees in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Roto-Rooter, Inc. Chemed was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC (AHCI)
Allied Healthcare International, Inc. provides flexible or temporary healthcare staffing services to healthcare industry in the United Kingdom. Its healthcare staff primarily includes nurses, nurses aides, and home health aides. The company places its staff principally in hospitals, nursing homes, and care homes. It also supplies medical-grade oxygen for use in respiratory therapy in the U.K pharmacy market and to private patients in Northern Ireland. As of November 30, 2005, the company operated an integrated network of approximately 110 branches. Allied Healthcare was formed in 1981 and is based in New York City.
PHC, Inc., doing business as Pioneer Behavioral Health, provides inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services in the United States. It offers psychiatric services to individuals who have behavioral health disorders, including alcohol and drug dependency; and to individuals in the gaming and transportation industries. The company provides mental health and substance abuse inpatient, outpatient, and residential programs in Nevada, Virginia, Michigan, and Utah. PHC also offers pharmaceutical research study, call center and help line, and behavioral health administrative services, including delivery of management, administrative, and online services. As of June 30, 2007, the company operated 2 substance abuse treatment facilities; 11 psychiatric treatment locations; 1 residential treatment facility; 6 outpatient psychiatric centers; 3 clinic study sites; and 2 call centers. The company was founded in 1963 and is based in Peabody, Massachusetts.
DYNACQ HEALTHCARE INC (DYII)
Dynacq Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and management of general acute care hospitals that principally provide specialized general surgeries, such as bariatric, orthopedic, and neuro-spine surgeries primarily in the United States. The company also provides fertility, sleep laboratory, and pain management services, as well as minor emergency treatment services; and ear, nose, and throat services. Its hospitals include operating rooms, pre and postoperative space, intensive care units, nursing units, and diagnostic facilities, as well as medical office buildings that lease space to physicians and other healthcare providers. As of August 31, 2005, it owned four hospital facilities in the United States, as well as a 70% equity interest in Shanghai DeAn Hospital, a joint venture formed for the purpose of constructing a hospital in Shanghai, China. The company was incorporated in 1983. It was formerly known as Dynacq International, Inc. and changed its name to Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. in 2003. Dynacq Healthcare is based in Houston, Texas.
INTEGRAMED AMERICA INC (INMD)
IntegraMed America, Inc. offers fertility products and services to patients and providers in the fertility industry in the United States. It provides FertilityWeb, a Web site development, hosting, and marketing service that enables contracted fertility centers to develop and maintain transaction oriented Web site. The company also offers FertilityPurchase, a group purchasing program on disposable supplies, laboratory reagents, and capital equipment used by fertility centers in diagnosing and treating infertility; and FertilityMarKit, a package of marketing and sales programs, which include access to the company's proprietary marketing collateral material library of ads, brochures, fliers, and announcements. In addition, IntegraMed offers ARTWorks Clinical Information System, a system that provides clinical care to patients seeking fertility treatment; ARTWorks Practice Management Information System, which enables contracted fertility centers to have a scheduling, billing, and accounts receivable system; FertilityPartners, provides turnkey fertility center operation for contracted fertility centers. IntegraMed was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
AmSurg Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, engages in the development, acquisition, and operation of practice-based ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with physician practice groups in the United States. Its surgery centers commonly perform colonoscopy and other endoscopy procedures in the area of gastroenterology; cataracts and retinal laser surgery in the area of ophthalmology; knee arthroscopy and carpal tunnel repair in the area of orthopedics; and myringotomy and tonsillectomy in the area of otolaryngology. As of December 31, 2004, the company owned a majority interest in 128 surgery centers in 30 states and the District of Columbia, of which 79 centers performed gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures, 39 centers performed ophthalmology surgery procedures, 5 centers performed orthopedic procedures, and 5 centers performed procedures in more than one specialty. AmSurg markets its surgery centers directly to third-party payors, including health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, other managed care organizations, and employers. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
METROPOLITAN HEALTH NETWORKS INC (MDF)
Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. operates as a medicare risk provider. It offers various healthcare services that include disease management, quality management, utilization management, and claims adjudication and payment to patients in central and south Florida under risk contracts with Humana, Inc. The company provides its services through a network of primary care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary service providers. It also reinsures against catastrophic losses and certain diseases annually on a per member basis. As of December 31, 2004, Metropolitan Health Networks operated provider service network that included 39 primary care physician practices of which it owned 9 practices and the remaining practices are independently owned and operated under capitation contracts with the company. As of the above date, the company contracted with Humana covered approximately 26,700 Humana members, including 19,200 members in central Florida and 7,500 members in south Florida. Metropolitan Health Networks was incorporated in 1996 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
THE ENSIGN GROUP INC (ENSG)
The Ensign Group, Inc. provides nursing and rehabilitative care services through the operation of facilities located in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, and Idaho. It offers a range of nursing and assisted living services; physical, occupational, and speech therapies; and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients. As of December 18, 2007, the company operated 61 facilities. The Ensign Group was founded in 1999 and is based in Mission Viejo, California.
ADCARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (ADK)
AdCare Health Systems, Inc. engages in the development, ownership, and management of retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes, as well as in the provision of home health care services in the state of Ohio. It owns and operates assisted living facilities primarily under the name Hearth & Home. The company also manages assisted living facilities and nursing homes owned by third parties; provides development, consulting, and accounting services to hospitals, churches, universities, and other parties interested in pursuing long-term care initiatives; and offers home health care services to patients while they are living in their own homes. As of December 31, 2006, it managed 15 facilities, comprised of 6 skilled nursing centers, 7 assisted living residences, and 2 independent living/senior housing facilities, totaling over 800 beds. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Springfield, Ohio.
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (NHC)
National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) operates long-term health care centers with associated assisted living and independent living centers primarily in the southeastern United States. The company's health care services include a range of services through related or separately structured long-term health care centers, specialized care units, pharmacy operations, rehabilitative services, assisted living centers, retirement centers, and homecare programs. It also offers professional health services that include physical, speech, and occupational therapies. The company also provides center-specific medical specialty units, such as Alzheimer's disease care units and subacute nursing units. In addition, NHC owns, leases, or manages assisted living projects, offering basic room and board functions for the elderly with the on-staff availability to assist in minor medical needs. Additionally, the company offers management, accounting and financial, and insurance services to its customers. As of September 30, 2005, the company managed 74 long-term health care centers with a total of 9,177 licensed beds. It also operated 31 homecare programs, 6 independent living centers, and 22 assisted living centers, as of the above date. NHC was founded in 1971 and is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
NEW CONCEPT ENERGY INC (GBR)
CabelTel International Corporation provides cable television services in Bulgaria. Its telecommunications activities include providing subscription cable television, fixed voice telephony services, and data services in Bulgaria and surrounding countries. The company offers cable television services to approximately 130,000 households. It also engages in the ownership and operation of real estate, comprising a retirement community in King City, Oregon, with a capacity for 114 residents, as well as an outlet mall in Gainesville, Texas with approximately 315,000 square feet of retail space available for lease. In addition, CabelTel International owns oil and gas leases in Gregg and Rusk Counties, Texas. As of June 30, 2005, it operated 48 producing wells. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP INC (SUNH)
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. provides various healthcare services in the United States. It operates through five segments: Inpatient Service, Rehabilitation Therapy Service, Medical Staffing Service, Home Health Service, and Laboratory and Radiology Service. Inpatient Service segment, through SunBridge Healthcare Corporation and other subsidiaries, provides inpatient skilled nursing and custodial services, as well as rehabilitative, restorative, and transitional medical services. Its specialty acute rehabilitation hospitals offer inpatient and outpatient services for people with traumatic brain injuries, strokes, arthritis, and other disabling conditions, and assisted living facilities services for the elderly. Rehabilitation Therapy Service segment provides rehabilitation therapy services, including speech pathology, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. Medical Staffing Service segment provides temporary medical staffing. Its services include licensed therapists skilled in the areas of physical, occupational, and speech therapies; as well as nurses; pharmacists, pharmacist technicians, and medical imaging technicians; and related medical personnel. Home Health Service segment provides skilled nursing care, rehabilitation therapy, and home infusion services to adult and pediatric patients in California and Ohio. Laboratory and Radiology Service segment provides mobile radiology services to nursing facilities in Arizona, Colorado, and Massachusetts, and medical laboratory services to nursing facilities in Massachusetts. As of March 1, 2005, the company operated 104 long-term care facilities, including 87 skilled nursing facilities and 8 assisted living facilities, 6 mental health facilities, and 3 specialty acute care hospitals in 13 states with 10,659 licensed beds; and provided rehabilitation therapy services to 403 facilities in 40 states. Sun Healthcare Group was founded in 1989 and is based in Irvine, California.
SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP INC (SKH)
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides long term care facilities and post acute care services. The company operates through three segments: Nursing services, Therapy services, and Pharmacy services. Nursing services provide sub acute, rehabilitative and skilled nursing care through 49 skilled nursing facilities, as well as five assisted living facilities that provide room and board, and social services. Therapy Services include physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Pharmacy Services are offered through three institutional pharmacies, to skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. The company was founded as Fountain View, Inc. in 1997 and changed its name to Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. in March 2003. The company is based in Foothill Ranch, California.
Advocat, Inc. provides long-term care services to nursing home patients in the southeast United States. The company offers various non-institutional and institutional services, which include skilled nursing, ancillary health care services, and assisted living to the elderly. It also provides rehabilitative, nutritional, respiratory, and various specialized ancillary services. As of December 31, 2006, the company operated 43 nursing centers containing 4,505 licensed nursing beds and 66 assisted living units. It has nursing centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE INC (FVE)
Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (FSQC) operates senior living communities, including independent living and congregate care communities, assisted living communities, and nursing homes. The company primarily provides independent living, assisted living, social services, recreational activities, long term care, short term rehabilitation, skilled nursing care, hospice care, respite care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, and nutritional support services to its residents. As of December 31, 2004, FSQC operated 148 communities containing 16,573 living units, including 96 independent and assisted living communities containing 11,724 living units, and 52 nursing homes containing 4,849 living units. It operates in Maryland, Georgia, California, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. The company was formed in 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Senior Housing Properties Trust (Senior Housing) and completed its spin-off from Senior Housing in December 2001. Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC (MGLN)
Magellan Health Services, Inc. engages in the co-ordination and management of the delivery of behavioral healthcare treatment services in the United States. Its treatment services include outpatient programs, such as counseling or therapy; intermediate care programs, including intensive outpatient programs and partial hospitalization services; and inpatient treatment and crisis intervention services. Magellan Health Services provides its management services primarily through risk-based products; administrative services only (ASO) products, where it provides services, such as utilization review, claims administration, and/or provider network management; employee assistance programs (EAP); and products, which combine features of the company's risk-based, ASO, or EAP products. The company provides its services through a contracted network of third-party treatment providers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, other behavioral health professionals, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, and other treatment facilities. It provides its services to health plans, insurance companies, corporations, labor unions, and various governmental agencies. The company had approximately 57.1 million covered lives under managed behavioral healthcare contracts and managed behavioral healthcare programs for approximately 1,700 customers, as of December 31, 2004. Magellan Health Services was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.
DIALYSIS CORPORATION OF AMERICA (DCAI)
Dialysis Corporation of America, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of outpatient kidney dialysis centers. The company provides dialysis and ancillary services to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) through these centers. It also provides acute inpatient dialysis treatments in hospitals, homecare services, and dialysis center management services. As of September 30, 2005, the company owned 24 operating dialysis centers located in Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia; and managed 2 other dialysis facilities located in Ohio and Georgia. Its ancillary services to ESRD patients include the administration of certain prescription drugs. Dialysis Corporation was organized in 1976 and is based in Linthicum, Maryland.
REHABCARE GROUP INC (RHB)
Rehabcare Group, Inc. provides rehabilitation program management services for hospitals, nursing homes, and other long term care facilities. It operates in two segments, Program Management Services and Healthcare Management Consulting. The Program Management Services segment operates inpatient acute rehabilitation units for patients with diagnoses, such as stroke, orthopedic conditions, arthritis, spinal cord, and traumatic brain injuries. Its outpatient therapy programs provide management of therapy services to patients with work-related and sports-related illnesses and injuries. This segment also offers contract therapy services, including rehabilitation services in freestanding skilled nursing, long term care, and assisted living facilities for neurological, orthopedic and other medical conditions. The Healthcare Management Consulting segment offers strategic and financial planning, performance improvement, physicians' services, and revenue cycle services for healthcare providers. Its customers include hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities located in 37 states in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. RehabCare Group was established in 1982 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC (ASGR)
America Service Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide managed healthcare services to correctional facilities in the United States. It contracts with state, county, and local governmental agencies to provide and administer healthcare services to inmates of prisons and jails. The company also administers various on-site healthcare programs, and arranges for and oversees off-site hospitalization and specialty outpatient care. Its services include on-site services, such as regular physical and dental screening and care, psychiatric care, OB-GYN screening and care, and diagnostic testing; and off-site services comprising specialty outpatient diagnostic testing and care, emergency room care, surgery, and hospitalization. The company also provides on-site administrative support services, including program management, maintenance of on-site medical records and employee recruitment, scheduling, continuing education and quality assurance, medical audits, credentialing, and clinical program development activities. In addition, it distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to inmates of correctional facilities; and provides clinical pharmacy services. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
DaVita, Inc. provides dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end stage renal disease (ESRD). The company operates kidney dialysis centers and provides related medical services primarily in dialysis centers and in contracted hospitals across the United States. Its services include outpatient dialysis services; hospital inpatient dialysis services; and ancillary services, such as ESRD laboratory services and disease management services. The company's subsidiary, DaVita Clinical Research, conducts renal and renal-related research trials of new drugs and devices. As of December 31, 2004, DaVita operated or provided administrative services to 660 outpatient facilities serving approximately 54,000 patients in 37 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, it also provided acute inpatient dialysis services in approximately 370 hospitals. DaVita is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE CORPORATION (FMS)
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LINCARE HOLDINGS INC (LNCR)
Lincare Holdings, Inc. provides oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, in the United States. Its customers typically suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or asthma, and require supplemental oxygen or other respiratory therapy services. The company offers oxygen delivery equipment, such as oxygen concentrators and liquid oxygen systems, as well as other respiratory therapy services, including nebulizers and associated respiratory medications, noninvasive ventilation, ventilators, and continuous positive airway pressure devices. It also offers home infusion therapies, including parenteral nutrition, intravenous antibiotic therapy, enteral nutrition, chemotherapy, dobutamine infusions, immunoglobulin therapy, continuous pain management, and central catheter management. In addition, Lincare supplies home medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, and other supplies. Lincare Holdings is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
AMERICAN DENTAL PARTNERS INC (ADPI)
American Dental Partners, Inc. provides business services to multidisciplinary dental groups in selected markets in the United States. It acquires selected assets of the dental practices with which it affiliates and enters into long-term service agreements with the affiliated dental groups or professional corporations. The company provides various services for the administration of the nonclinical aspects of the dental operations. These services include assisting with organizational planning and development; providing recruiting, retention, and training programs; supporting quality assurance initiatives of the affiliated dental group; providing ongoing facilities development, maintenance, and management; administering employee benefits and payroll; procuring supplies and other resources; maintaining necessary information systems; assisting with marketing and payor relations; and providing financial planning, reporting, and analysis. As of December 31, 2004, American Dental Partners was affiliated with 19 dental group practices, comprising 398 dentists practicing in 177 locations in 17 states. The company was founded by Gregory A. Serrao in 1995 and is based in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
VIRTUAL RADIOLOGIC CORPORATION (VRAD)
Virtual Radiologic Corporation provides remote diagnostic image interpretation or teleradiology services in the United States. Its services include preliminary reads, which are performed for emergent care purposes; and final reads, which are performed for both emergent and nonemergent care. The company provides preliminary and final reads for a range of digital diagnostic imaging modalities, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and digital/computed radiography. As of March 31, 2006, it provided services to 265 radiology practices serving 490 medical facilities. The company provides teleradiology services through its direct sales force to radiology practices, hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic imaging centers. The company was founded in 2001. It was formerly known as Virtual Radiologic Consultants, Inc. and changed its name to Virtual Radiologic Corporation in January 2006. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
ICON public limited company, a contract research organization, provides clinical research and development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries worldwide. Its services include clinical pharmacology, bioanalysis, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis, study protocol preparation, case report form preparation, clinical trial approvals, investigator recruitment, study monitoring and data collection, patient safety monitoring, clinical data management, biostatistical services, medical reporting, central laboratory services, interactive voice response, animal health, regulatory consultancy, and strategic drug development services. The company also provides digital imaging services, such as centralized management, processing, and reading of digitized medical images generated in clinical trials, including X-ray, MRI, CT, PET, Nuclear Medicine, and Ultrasound. As of August 31, 2005, it operated in 37 locations in 23 countries. The company was founded by John Climax and Ronan Lambe in 1990 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC (AHS)
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. operates as a temporary healthcare staffing company. It provides travel nurse staffing services. The company recruits nurses and allied health professionals nationally and internationally and places them on temporary assignments at acute care hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The company also provides medical nurses, surgical nurses, specialty nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and advanced practice nurses in various specialties for travel assignments throughout the United States. Its assignments are principally in acute-care hospitals, including teaching institutions, trauma centers, and community hospitals. In addition, AMN Healthcare Services offers allied health professionals, including surgical technologists, respiratory therapists, medical and radiology technologists, dialysis technicians, speech pathologists, and rehabilitation assistants to acute-care hospitals and other healthcare facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation clinics, and schools. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
NIGHTHAWK RADIOLOGY HOLDINGS INC (NHWK)
NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides radiology services to radiology groups and hospitals in the United States. It offers a suite of radiology services, including off-hours preliminary reads, final reads, cardiac imaging solutions, and subspecialty services. As of December 31, 2006, the company provided radiology services to approximately 551 customers serving 1,008 hospitals. NightHawk Radiology Holdings was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
MDS, Inc., a health and life sciences company, engages in the development of drugs and management of disease in the North America. It operates through two segments, Life Sciences and Health business. The Life Sciences segment supplies products and services, such as pharmaceutical contract research services, medical isotopes, and advanced analytical equipment to manufacturers of medical products, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and supplies. The Health business segment provides products and services, such as clinical laboratory testing and distribution of medical products to individuals and to institutions that provide health care services to consumers. The company's customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and health care providers, such as doctors and hospitals. MDS was founded in 1969 as Medical Data Sciences Limited and changed its name to MDS Health Group Limited in 1973. Further it changed its name to MDS, Inc. in 1996. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.
Healthways, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides health and care support programs and services in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. It offers disease management, high-risk care management, and other related programs to health plans, governments, employers, and hospitals. The company's services include providing members with educational materials and personal interactions with trained nurses and other health-care professionals to create and sustain healthier behaviors; incorporating evidence-based clinical guidelines in interventions to optimize patient care; developing care support plans and motivating members to set attainable goals for themselves; providing local market resources to address acute episode interventions; and coordinating members' care with local health-care providers. It also engages in population screening, health risk assessments, and supportive interventions. The company provides programs for people with diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end-stage renal disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, depression, tobacco addiction, high-risk obesity, acid-related stomach disorders, atrial fibrillation, decubitus ulcer, fibromyalgia, hepatitis C, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, low-back pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and urinary incontinence. It has a strategic partnership with Medco, Inc., a pharmacy benefit management company, to develop and distribute integrated medical and pharmaceutical management programs. The company was founded in 1981 as American Healthcorp. It changed its name to American Healthways, Inc. in 1999 and to Healthways, Inc. in February 2006. The company is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED (DGX)
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing, information, and services for the healthcare industry in the United States. It offers esoteric testing, such as gene-based testing and testing for drugs of abuse; and anatomic pathology services and testing to support clinical trials of new pharmaceuticals worldwide. Quest Diagnostics manufactures and markets diagnostic test kits and systems primarily for esoteric testing, which are sold to hospitals, clinical laboratories, and dialysis centers domestically and internationally, through its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics. The company offers a range of clinical laboratory testing services to patients, physicians, hospitals, healthcare insurers, employers, governmental institutions, and other commercial clinical laboratories. It operates a network of approximately 1,900 patient service centers and laboratories located in approximately 30 metropolitan areas in the United States. The company markets its products to customers through its direct sales force, healthcare insurers sales force, customer service representatives, and couriers. Quest Diagnostics is headquartered in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
GENOMIC HEALTH INC (GHDX)
Genomic Health, Inc., a life science company, engages in the development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical diagnostic tests for cancer in the United States. Its clinical diagnostic tests for cancer enable physicians and patients to make individualized treatment decisions. The company's genomic test, Oncotype DX, is a clinical laboratory test that predicts the likelihood of cancer recurrence, the likelihood of patient survival within 10 years of diagnosis, and the likelihood of chemotherapy benefit. This test is focused on patients with early stage, node negative, or N−, and estrogen receptor positive, or ER+, breast cancer. Genomic Health is in the early development phase of investigating additional genes and gene combinations that may add to the predictive power of Oncotype DX; and in the early development phase for a product to predict the likelihood of recurrence and chemotherapy benefit in N− and ER− breast cancer patients, as well as taxane benefit. In addition, the company has products in various stages of development for other cancers, including colon cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and melanoma. Further, it is in the early development phase to develop tests to predict the likelihood of response to the EGFR inhibitor class of drugs. Genomic Health has a collaborative agreement with Aventis, Inc. to investigate the ability of gene expression in fixed-paraffin-embedded tissues to predict the likelihood of response to adjuvant chemotherapy, including Taxotere, in patients with early breast cancer and zero to three involved lymph nodes. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Redwood City, California.
BIO-REFERENCE LABORATORIES INC (BRLI)
Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. provides clinical laboratory testing services primarily in the greater New York metropolitan area. It laboratory testing services are utilized by healthcare providers for the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The company offers a range of chemical diagnostic tests, including blood and urine analysis, blood chemistry, hematology services, serology, radioimmuno analysis, toxicology pap smears, tissue pathology, and other tissue analysis. It offers its services directly to physicians, hospitals, clinics, correctional, and other health facilities. The company also operates a clinical knowledge management service, which uses customer data from laboratory results, pharmaceutical data, claims data, and other data sources to provide administrative and clinical decision support systems. In addition, it operates a Web-based connectivity portal solution for laboratories and physicians. Bio-Reference Laboratories was founded in 1981. The company is based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
ALLIANCE IMAGING INC (AIQ)
Alliance Imaging, Inc. provides shared-service and fixed-site diagnostic imaging services to hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States. It offers various services that include systems operation; equipment maintenance; and upgrading and management of day-to-day operations. The company also operates various free-standing imaging centers and fixed-site imaging centers primarily in partnerships with hospitals or health systems. In addition, Alliance Imaging provides ancillary services, including marketing support, education and training, and billing assistance. As of September 30, 2005, it had 497 diagnostic imaging systems comprising 350 magnetic resonance imaging systems and 58 positron emission tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography systems. The company serves various customers, including equipment manufacturers, community medical centers, university hospitals, community medical centers, clinics, and physical groups in 44 states. Alliance Imaging, Inc. was founded by Richard Zehner in 1983. The company is based in Anaheim, California.
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS (LH)
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent clinical laboratory company in the United States. It offers a range of clinical laboratory tests, which are used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. The company offers routine testing services, such as blood chemistry analyses, urinalyses, blood cell counts, Pap tests, HIV tests, microbiology cultures and procedures, and alcohol and other substance-abuse tests. It also offers specialty services, including allergy testing; clinical trials testing; oncology testing in which it diagnoses and monitors certain cancers, and predicts the outcome of certain treatments; HIV genotyping and phenotyping; diagnostic genetics that include cytogenetic, molecular cytogenetic, biochemical, and molecular genetic tests; and urine and blood testing services for the detection of drug and alcohol abuse. In addition, the company provides anatomic pathology testing services in uropathology, dermatopathology, GI pathology, and hematopathology areas. It offers its services through a combination of direct sales generalists and specialists to physicians, hospitals, HMOs and other managed care organizations, governmental agencies, large employers, and other independent clinical laboratories. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 32 primary laboratories and approximately 1,300 service sites, consisting of branches, patient service centers, and STAT laboratories. Laboratory Corporation of America was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina.
Clarient, Inc. operates as a diagnostic technology and services company. It provides various laboratory services, including in-house pathology testing using its proprietary automated cellular imaging system (ACIS) and other diagnostic technologies that assist physicians in managing cancer. The ACIS combines an automated microscope with computer-based color imaging technology and is used by pathologists and researchers to analyze specimens placed on slides and stained with color-producing, commercially available reagents. Clarient also develops ACIS-based tools for academic and biopharmaceutical company researchers. The company was founded in 1993. It was formerly known as ChromaVision Medical Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Clarient, Inc. in March 2005. The company is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California. Clarient, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., as of March 15, 2005.
Enzo Biochem, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of diagnostic and research products based on genetic engineering, biotechnology, and molecular biology. These products are designed for the diagnosis of and/or screening for infectious diseases, cancers, genetic defects, and other medically pertinent diagnostic information. The company's major product categories include preformatted in situ kits, preformatted microplate kits, membrane kits, labeled probes, and labeling and signaling reagents. It is also conducting research and development activities in the development of therapeutic products based on the company's technology platform of genetic modulation and immune modulation. Enzo Biochem is evaluating its proprietary gene medicine for HIV-1 infection, as well as its proprietary immune regulation medicines for hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection, and for Crohn's Disease. In addition, it operates a regional clinical reference laboratory that provides diagnostic services to the greater New York and New Jersey medical community. This laboratory offers a menu of routine and esoteric clinical laboratory tests or procedures. These tests are frequently used in general patient care by physicians to establish or support a diagnosis, monitor treatment or medication, or search for an otherwise undiagnosed condition. Enzo Biochem markets its products and services through direct sales, manufacturers, and distributors. The company was co-founded by Elazar Rabbani, Shahram K. Rabbani, and Barry W. Weiner in 1976. Enzo Biochem is headquartered in Farmingdale, New York.
AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMS)
American Shared Hospital Services, through its subsidiary, provides Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery services to medical centers in the United States. The Gamma Knife, an alternative noninvasive procedure to conventional brain surgery, treats selected malignant tumors, benign brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations, and trigeminal neuralgia. The company also offers planning, installation, reimbursement, and marketing support services. As of April 28, 2005, it provided Gamma Knife units to 20 medical centers in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. American Shared Hospital was founded by Ernest A. Bates in 1980 and is based in San Francisco, California.
PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION (PMD)
Psychemedics Corporation provides testing services for the detection of abused substances through the analysis of hair samples. Its testing methods utilize a patented technology for performing immunoassays on enzymatically dissolved hair samples with confirmation testing by mass spectrometry. The company offers commercial testing and confirmation by mass spectrometry using industry-accepted practices for cocaine, marijuana, PCP, methamphetamine, and opiates. Psychemedics' tests provides quantitative information, which indicates the approximate amount of drug ingested, as well as historical data, which can show a pattern of individual drug use over a period of time. Its information is useful to employers, physicians, treatment professionals, law enforcement agencies, schools, and parents concerned about drug use by their children, as well as other individuals and entities. The company also offers PDT-90, a personal drug testing service for parents concerned about drug use by their children. Psychemedics markets its corporate drug testing services through own sales force; and PDT-90 through the Internet and retail distributors in the United States. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Acton, Massachusetts.
MEDTOX SCIENTIFIC INC (MTOX)
MEDTOX Scientific, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides forensic and clinical laboratory services, and manufactures diagnostic devices in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Laboratory Services and Product Sales. The Laboratory Services segment offers workplace drug-of-abuse testing services. It also provides specialty laboratory services, including clinical toxicology; clinical testing for the pharmaceutical industry, which include general laboratory services, assay development, bio-analytical, and pharmacokinetic testing services to clinical trial sponsors, clinical research organizations, and site management organizations; heavy metal, trace element, and solvent analyses; and logistics, data, and program management services, which include courier services for medical specimen transportation, management programs for laboratory-based and on-site drug testing, coordination of specimen collection sites, and data collection and reporting services. The Product Sales segment manufactures and distributes point-of-collection testing disposable diagnostic devices. Its products include PROFILE-II ER, a line of diagnostic drug screening products to hospital markets for drug detection in patients; MEDTOXScan, an electronic reader, for use with Profile-II ER device in hospital laboratories and emergency rooms; and VERDICT-II and SURE-SCREEN, on-site drug screening devices. This segment also produces coagulation market controls; and distributes diagnostic tests for the detection of alcohol with the EZ-SCREEN Breath Alcohol Test, as well as offers agricultural diagnostic products. MEDTOX serves public and private companies, as well as service firms, such as drug treatment counseling centers, occupational health clinics, third party administrators, and hospitals. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
RadNet, Inc. provides diagnostic imaging services through the ownership and operation of freestanding, outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in the United States. Its imaging services primarily include magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, computed tomography or CT, positron emission tomography or PET, nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, diagnostic radiology, or X-ray, and fluoroscopy. It also provides its services on a contract basis. As of November 15, 2006, the company operated a network comprised of 129 diagnostic imaging facilities located in seven states with operations primarily in California, the Mid Atlantic, the Treasure Coast area of Florida, Kansas and the Finger Lakes (Rochester), and Hudson Valley areas of New York. The company was founded in 1985. It was formerly known as Primedex Health Systems, Inc. and changed its name to RadNet, Inc. in 2006. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATION (NADX)
National Dentex Corporation engages in the design, fabrication, marketing, and sale of dental prosthetic appliances for dentists in the United States. As of June 30, 2005, the company owned and operated 45 dental laboratories in 30 states, which design and fabricate dentures, crowns and fixed bridges, and other dental appliances. Its products are grouped into three main categories: Restorative, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic. The Restorative group includes gold or porcelain made crowns and bridges, which are permanently affixed to a patients' existing dental anatomy. Its Reconstructive products are removable prosthesis that replace missing teeth and associated structures, including partial and full dentures. The company's Cosmetic group consists primarily of porcelain veneers used to enhance the appearance of the front of a tooth, as well as various ceramic crowns that replicate the appearance of natural teeth. This category also includes composite inlays and onlays, which replace silver fillings for a natural appearance; and orthodontic appliances, which are products fabricated to move existing teeth to enhance function and appearance. National Dentex sells its products primarily through its own direct sales force. The company was founded in 1982 as H&M Laboratories Services, Inc. and changed its name to National Dentex Corporation in 1983. National Dentex is headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH)
Community Health Systems, Inc. engages in the ownership, lease, and operation of acute care hospitals in the United States. Its hospitals offer a range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including orthopedics, cardiology, occupational medicine, diagnostic services, emergency services, rehabilitation treatment, home health, and skilled nursing. As of December 31, 2004, it owned, leased, or operated 71 hospitals in 22 states, with an aggregate of 7,888 licensed beds. The company was organized in 1985 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS INC (LPNT)
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. operates general and acute care hospitals in nonurban communities in the United States. Its hospitals provide a range of medical and surgical services, including diagnostic and emergency services; and outpatient and ancillary services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, and physical therapy. The company operated 53 hospitals primarily in Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming, as of November 18, 2005. LifePoint Hospitals was formed in 1997 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS)
Universal Health Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, and ambulatory surgery and radiation oncology centers. Its hospitals provide general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, and behavioral health services. As of March 1, 2005, it operated 44 acute care hospitals and 49 behavioral health centers located in the United States, Puerto Rico, and France. The company was founded by Alan B. Miller in 1978. Universal Health Services is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
MEDCATH CORPORATION (MDTH)
MedCath Corporation engages in the ownership and operation of hospitals in partnership with physicians. The company focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. In addition to hospitals, it owns and/or manages cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. The company also offers consulting and management services to cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons. Its services are offered through mobile cardiac catheterization laboratories. As of September 30, 2005, the company owned and operated 12 hospitals with a total of 727 licensed beds in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. MedCath was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (THC)
Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a health care services company in the United States. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides healthcare services primarily through the operation of general hospitals and related health care facilities. Its hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology services, respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies; intensive care, critical care, and/or coronary care units; physical therapy; and orthopedic, oncology, and outpatient services. The hospitals also offer tertiary care services, such as open-heart surgery, neonatal intensive care, and neuroscience; quaternary care services in areas, such as heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants; and bone marrow transplants. As of December 31, 2004, it operated 80 general hospitals, with 19,668 licensed beds, serving urban and rural communities in 13 states. Of 80 general hospitals, 64 were owned by its subsidiaries, and 16 were owned by third parties and leased by its subsidiaries. The company also owned or leased various related health care facilities, including 2 rehabilitation hospitals, 1 specialty hospital, 4 nursing facilities, and 85 medical office buildings; and owned or leased physician practices, captive insurance companies, and various ancillary health care businesses, including outpatient surgery centers, occupational and rural health care clinics, and an interest in a health maintenance organization, as of the above date. Tenet Healthcare Corporation is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES INC (HMA)
Health Management Associates, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of general acute care hospitals and psychiatric hospitals in nonurban communities primarily in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Its services include general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, behavioral health services, and psychiatric care. The company also provides outpatient services, such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. In addition, it offers specialty services in cardiology, such as open-heart surgery; neuro-surgery; oncology; radiation therapy; CT scanning; MRI imaging; lithotripsy; and full-service obstetrics. As of September 30, 2005, the company operated 57 hospitals, consisting of 55 acute care hospitals with approximately 8,128 beds; and 2 psychiatric hospitals with approximately 182 beds. Health Management Associates was formed in 1977 and is headquartered in Naples, Florida.
SUNLINK HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (SSY)
SunLink Health Systems, Inc. provides health care services through the operation of community hospitals in the United States. As of June 30, 2005, it operated seven hospitals in four states, including Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri. The company also operates nursing homes and home health agencies. SunLink Health Systems was incorporated in 1959. It was formerly known as KRUG International Corp. and changed its name to SunLink Health Systems, Inc. in 2001. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE INC (ODSY)
Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide hospice care in the United States. Its hospice services focus on palliative care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, which is care directed at managing pain and other discomforting symptoms, and addressing the psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and their families. The company provides medical, psychosocial care, and certain other support services related to the patient's terminal illness. Odyssey HealthCare's services include nursing care, medical social services, physician services, general inpatient care, medical supplies and equipment, drugs for pain control and symptom management, home health aide services, homemaker services, and family bereavement counseling. It also offers patient counseling; therapies, including physical, occupational, and speech; and respite inpatient care. Odyssey HealthCare was founded in 1995 by Richard R. Burnham and is based in Dallas, Texas.
EMERITUS CORPORATION (ESC)
Emeritus Corporation, an integrated assisted living company, operates residential style communities in the United States. These communities provide basic services, assisted living services, and special care program for senior citizens who need help with the activities of daily living. Its basic services include three nutritious meals per day; social and recreational activities; weekly housekeeping and linen service; building maintenance; individual apartment maintenance and grounds keeping; 24-hour emergency response and security; licensed nurses available to monitor and coordinate care needs, organize wellness activities, and transportation to appointments; and excursions for independent, assisted living, and those with Alzheimer's and related dementia. The company's assisted living services consist of medication management and supervision; reminders for dining and recreational activities; assistance with bathing, dressing, and grooming; incontinence care and assistance; psycho-social support; dining assistance; and miscellaneous services, such as diabetic management, prescription medication reviews, transfers, and simple treatments for assisted living residents. Emeritus Corporation's special care programs include personalized environment, activities planned to support interactions, and specialized dining and hydration programs, as well as partnerships with families and others through support groups, one-on-one meetings, and educational forums for residents with Alzheimer's and related dementias. The company also provides management services to independent and related-party owners of assisted living communities. As of March 31, 2005, Emeritus had interests in 182 communities representing capacity for approximately 18,400 residents in 34 states. The company was founded by Daniel R. Baty, Raymond R. Brandstrom, and Frank A. Ruffo Jr. in 1993. Emeritus is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Res-Care, Inc. provides residential, therapeutic, job training, and educational support services to people with special needs. It operates in three segments: Disabilities Services, Youth Services, and Training Services. The Disabilities Services segment provides periodic in-home services, group homes, supported living, residential facilities, and vocational skills training and day programs. The Youth Services segment offers educational, behavioral, and vocational training, including individual, group, and family counseling and training in social and independent living skills to at-risk and troubled youths. The Training Services segment operates programs for disadvantaged youths through the federal Job Corps program administered by the United States Department of Labor, which provides educational and vocational skills training, health care, employment counseling, and other support. The company offered its services to approximately 34,000 people in 33 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Canada, as of February 25, 2005. Res-Care was founded by Jim Fornear in 1974 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
KINDRED HEALTHCARE INC (KND)
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. operates hospitals, nursing centers, institutional pharmacies, and a contract rehabilitation services business in the United States. It operates in four divisions: Hospital, Health Services, Rehabilitation, and Pharmacy. Hospital division operates long term acute care hospitals, which provide outpatient services, including diagnostic services, CT scanning, one-day surgery, laboratory, and X-ray, as well as short term acute care hospitals. Health Services division, through its nursing centers, provides patients and residents with long term care services; pharmacy, medical, and clinical services; and routine services, including daily dietary, social, and recreational services. Rehabilitation division provides rehabilitative services primarily in long term care settings, and to hospitals, school districts, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, and hospice providers. It also offers contract therapy services, including physical, occupational, and speech therapies. In addition, this division provides specialized rehabilitation programs designed to deal with dementias and Alzheimer's disease, wound care, pain management, and pulmonary therapies. Pharmacy division provides pharmaceutical dispensing services to residents of nursing centers and assisted living facilities. It also sells pharmaceuticals, including prescription and nonprescription. This division also offers various supplemental healthcare services, such as consultant pharmacist services. As of September 30, 2005, the company operated 73 hospitals with 5,603 licensed beds in 24 states; 245 nursing centers with 31,323 licensed beds in 28 states; and operated an institutional pharmacy business with 39 pharmacies in 23 states. The company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS INC NEW (ALC)
Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate assisted living residences for seniors in the United States. The company offers general services, such as meals, activities, laundry, and housekeeping; support services, including assistance with medication, monitoring health status, coordination of transportation, and coordination with physician offices; and personal care, such as dressing, grooming, and bathing. It also arranges access to additional services from third-party providers, including physical therapy, occupational and respiratory therapy, home health, hospice, and pharmacy services. As of December 31, 2006, Assisted Living Concepts operated 207 assisted living residences containing 8,302 units in 17 states. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD)
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. operates senior living facilities in the United States. It offers independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, and retirement centers/ continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The company's independent living facilities, designed for the people aged about 70 and older, provides various education, wellness, therapy, home health, and other ancillary services. Its assisted living facilities offer housing and 24-hour assistance with ADLs to mid-acuity frail and elderly residents. Brookdale's retirement centers/CCRCs provide various living arrangements and services to accommodate all levels of physical ability and health. As of December 31, 2006, it operated approximately 66 independent living facilities with 11,986 units/beds; 408 assisted living facilities with 20,974 units/beds; 48 retirement centers or CCRCs with 13,763 units/beds; and 24 facilities with 4,548 units/beds. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION (CSU)
Capital Senior Living Corporation (CSLC) engages in the ownership, operation, development, and management of senior living communities throughout the United States. The company provides various senior living services to the elderly, including independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and home care services. Its independent living services include daily meals, transportation, social and recreational activities, laundry, housekeeping, health care monitoring, and 24-hour staffing. CSLC's assisted living care and services include personal care services, support services, and supplemental services. It provides traditional long-term care services through registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants in skilled nursing facilities. The company also offers a range of restorative nursing and rehabilitation services in its communities, including physical, occupational, speech, and medical social services. In addition, it also provides private pay and home care services to its clients, as well as offers customized physician, dentistry, podiatry, and other health-related services. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 54 senior living communities in 20 states, as well as a home care agency. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING INC (SRZ)
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. provides senior living services with operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. It offers independent living services, which include housing, meals, transportation, activities, and housekeeping, as well as provides licensed skilled nursing services for residents who require 24-hour skilled nursing care. The company provides assisted living services for residents, who require frequent or intensive assistance, skilled nursing care, and rehabilitative care. It also provides its services for individuals with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss. As of June 30, 2005, Sunrise Senior Living operated 402 communities comprising 385 communities in the United States, 10 communities in Canada, 5 communities in the United Kingdom, and 2 communities in Germany, with a total resident capacity of approximately 48,000. It was also providing preopening management services to 38 communities under construction, as of the above date. The company was co-founded by Paul Klaassen and Teresa M. Klaassen in 1981. Sunrise Senior Living is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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