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 AccentCare
Irvine, CA
www.accentcare.com | AccentCare
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AccentCare provides in-home custodial care
services to seniors who do not want to move to an institution but who need assistance with the activities of daily
living. AccentCare treats private-pay patients, where its fees are paid directly by the customer, and insured patients.
About half of AccentCare's business is based in California and Arizona with the remaining half in New York. Biff
Comte is CEO of the company. Marty Felsenthal serves on the board of AccentCare.
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 Aethon, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
www.aethon.com | Aethon News |
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Aethon developed and markets a robotic transport
device, the Tug, which attaches to standard hospital carts and autonomously transports materials, such as medications,
surgical supplies, nursing supplies, medical records, blood and urine samples, between points within a hospital
with the single push of a button. The company's hospital automation systems improve the productivity of many types
of hospital personnel that are in short supply nationwide, including pharmacists, pharmacist technicians and nurses,
and enables them to focus on their core responsibilities rather than running errands. Aldo Zini is CEO of the company.
David Ward serves on the board of Aethon for Salix.
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 Ancillary Care Management
Los Angeles, CA
www.acmcentral.com | Ancillary
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Ancillary Care Management provides outsourced
services and systems to health plans to assist them in managing the cost and delivery of ancillary care. Ancillary
Care Management primarily focuses on managing the rapidly rising costs of specialty biologics (high cost drugs
administered by injection or infusion), home health services, durable medical equipment services, and home infusion
services. Health plan spending on specialty biologics is estimated at $18 billion and projected to grow to $40
billion by 2010. In addition, health plans currently spend over $42 billion annually on home health, durable medical
equipment, and home infusions services. David Willcutts is CEO of the company. Marty Felsenthal serves on the board
of Ancillary Care Management.
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 Elder Health
Baltimore, MD
www.elderhealth.com | Elder
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Elder Health is a Medicare HMO that provides
personalized medical care for the poor elderly. The poor elderly population numbers approximately six million people
in the United States today (a $72 billion market), and that number is expected to increase over 400%, to 24 million
people by 2010. These "dual eligibles" receive coverage from both Medicare and Medicaid for their healthcare
costs. Elder Health operates health plans in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Mike Steele is CEO of the company, and
David Jensen is Chairman. David Ward serves on the board of Elder Health.
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 Healthcare Management Resources
Hendersonville, TN
www.cashforhospitals.com |
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Healthcare Management Resources provides business
office outsourcing and other revenue cycle management services to hospitals. The Company's services address a hospital's
need to solve its growing bad debt and cash collection problems. In the full outsource model, HMR handles all aspects
of billing, collections and accounts receivable management for the hospital. HMR's consulting services include
accounts receivable clean-up, temporary billing staff, and training and workshops for hospital staff. David "Buddy"
Bacon is CEO of the Company. David Ward serves on the board of Healthcare Management Resources for Salix.
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 Intellicare
Portland, ME
www.intellicare.com | Intellicare
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IntelliCare is a provider of outsourced call
center and customer relationship management services to hospital systems, managed care plans, and disease management
companies. The company's proprietary IntelliView technology operates on an integrated web-telephony platform and
is used to provide nurse line, nurse triage, medical chat, general provider answering services, and e-health customer
support over voice, e-mail, on-line chat, and formed data record communications. Victor Otley is President and
CEO of the company. Chris Grant serves on the board of IntelliCare.
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 Neighborhood Diabetes
Wakefield, MA
www.sugartest.com | NDS
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Neighborhood Diabetes provides direct-to-consumer,
mail order diabetes testing supplies and value-added educational services to the large and growing diabetic population.
NDS, founded in 1998, sells a full selection of glucose meters, test strips, infusion pumps, lancets, lancing devices
and other ancillary supplies. NDS provides its customers with the convenience of no up-front, out-of-pocket expenses
and free home delivery, while billing Medicare or third-party payors on behalf of its customers. Tom Cronin is
the CEO of the Company. Chris Grant and Mark Donovan serve on the board of Neighborhood Diabetes.
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 Pathology Partners
Dallas, TX
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Pathology Partners operates a specialty anatomic
pathology reference laboratory focused primarily on gastroenterology disease diagnosis. PPI's clients are physicians,
primarily gastroenterologists, and their patients. The company has developed a proprietary system named IntelliPath
that enables the GI surgeon to automate several administrative post-surgery chores and combine them with the pathology
reports, providing an important chain of custody function. Steve Spotts is President and CEO of the company. Chris
Grant serves on the board of Pathology Partners.
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 Patient Care
Newton, MA
www.patientcare.com
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Care News |
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Patient Care is a provider of home health care
services. Its two business units, outsourced staffing services and direct patient care services, are provided by
either skilled nurses who deliver traditional nursing care in the home setting or caregivers who assist with the
daily living activities in patients' homes or health care facilities. Trends fueling the industry's growth include
mounting pressure to contain spending at a time when the elderly population is growing rapidly, an increasing desire
by consumers to avoid long-term institutional care settings and health care technology improvements that allow
providers to accommodate these desires. Dr. Arthur Stratton is Patient Care's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President. Chris Grant serves on the company's Board of Directors.
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 PayerPath
Richmond, VA
www.payerpath.com | PayerPath
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PayerPath is a provider of Web-based electronic
claims processing services, including complete payer edits, on-line claims correction, the ability to process claims
for all payers, interfaces with common practice management systems, electronic remittance, and electronic funds
transfer. The company provides its services to health care providers for a fixed monthly fee and also receives
payment from payers for facilitating the electronic receipt of provider claims. Jim Brady is President and CEO
of PayerPath. David Ward serves on the board for Salix.
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 Phase Forward
Waltham, MA
www.phaseforward.com | Phase
Forward News |
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Clinsoft, Salix's investment in the pharmaceutical
information technology sector, was acquired by Phase Forward in August 2001. Phase Forward develops and markets
e-process solutions for accelerating global pharmaceutical development. The company's software products use Internet
technologies to conduct and manage clinical trials efficiently and effectively. Phase Forward's software and services
enable its customers to optimize the processes they use for clinical data management, addressing the entire continuum
of clinical research from data capture and management to medical data review and safety reporting. Bob Weiler is
President and CEO of the company.
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 Prism
Education Group
Newton, MA
Prism Website |
Prism
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Prism Education Group is a provider of postsecondary
allied health education programs. The company's services address the critical shortage of allied health professionals
by improving access to career-oriented education and vocational training. Prism is developing a network of schools
offering postsecondary education at the diploma, associate and baccalaureate level for students seeking healthcare
as a first career as well as for existing healthcare workers seeking advancement from their current positions.
Steve Garfinkle is the CEO of the company. Chris Grant and Mark Donovan serve on the board of Prism Education Group
for Salix.
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 Radiant Research
Seattle, WA
www.radiantresearch.com | Radiant
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Radiant Research is a national clinical trials
management company that owns and operates sites that conduct Phase I-IV clinical trials for the FDA approval process
for new drugs. Radiant's customers are comprised of pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and contract
research organizations, which use the company's sites to shorten the time to market for new pharmaceuticals, to
reduce development costs, and to improve the overall research quality of human clinical trials. Mike Lester is
Chairman, President and CEO of the company. Chris Grant serves on the board of Radiant Research.
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 SemperCare
Dallas, TX
www.sempercare.com | SemperCare
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SemperCare develops and operates long term
acute care hospitals ("LTACs"). An LTAC is an acute care hospital that specializes in the treatment of
patients with medically complex conditions who require intensive care and management over several weeks. SemperCare
co-locates its facilities with top-tier hospitals throughout the U.S. and is reimbursed separately by Medicare
and private payors in recognition of the intensive care required by these patients. Bob Lefton is the President
and CEO of the company. David Ward serves on the board of SemperCare.
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 Titan Health
Sacramento, CA
www.titanhealth.com | Titan Health News |
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Titan Health develops and manages practice-based
ambulatory surgery centers for spinal diagnostics, pain management, and orthopedic procedures. Titan's strategy
is to develop new centers in partnership with physicians. Improved technology and employers' focus on return to
work has resulted in significant demand for the procedures performed in Titan's centers. David Hall is Executive
Chairman of the company and Marc Jang is CEO. Marty Felsenthal serves on the board of Titan Health.
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 Trilogy Health Services
Louisville, KY
www.trilogyhs.com | Trilogy News |
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Trilogy develops and operates long-term care
facilities in non-urban, Midwestern markets. The company's services include skilled nursing, assisted living, memory
care and adult day care services. Trilogy provides these services at its health campuses, which consist of a 65
bed skilled nursing unit and a 40 bed assisted living unit. Randy Bufford is CEO of the company. David Ward serves
on the board of Trilogy.
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 U.S. HealthWorks
Alpharetta, GA
www.ushealthworks.com | U.S. HealthWorks News |
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U.S. HealthWorks is the second largest provider
of occupational healthcare services in the United States. The company provides medical services to injured employees,
and helps employers avoid workplace healthcare costs through comprehensive loss prevention programs. U.S. HealthWorks
operates 115 occupational medicine centers in 18 states. Dan Crowley is interim President and CEO of the company.
David Ward serves on the board of U.S. HealthWorks.
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 Vantage Oncology
Orange County, CA
www.vantageoncology.com | Vantage
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Vantage Oncology develops, acquires, and operates
high quality radiation oncology treatment centers for the treatment of cancer patients. More than 50% of all cancer
patients require radiation during the course of their disease. Vantage's centers provide access to significant
new technologies used in the provision of radiation therapy, offer outpatient service in convenient locations,
and, through affiliation with one of the largest and most prestigious radiotherapy groups in the West Coast, offer
clinical care by high quality physicians. In certain situations, the company affiliates with hospitals in the development
of centers, providing these partners with access to operating expertise and capital for the upgrade of equipment
and facilities. Mike Fiore is Chairman, President and CEO of the company. Marty Felsenthal serves on the board
of Vantage Oncology.
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 Vivius
Minneapolis, MN
www.vivius.com | Vivius News |
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Vivius is a defined contribution group health
company that provides employers with a means to control health expenditures; employees the ability to select their
own co-pays and deductibles (creating a benefit plan structure that best suits their individual needs) and access
to their preferred providers without many of the managed-care imposed burdens, such as utilization review and denied
coverage; and providers with the flexibility to determine their own prices and the freedom to operate without the
oversight and administrative burdens of managed care. David Teckman is President and CEO of the company. Marty
Felsenthal attends board meetings for Salix.
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