John W. Bluford

The American Hospital Association owns and operates hospitals. Its services include patient care, conducting research and development projects on the structuring and delivery of health care services, and providing educational programs and opportunities. The company was founded in September 1899 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

DeCare International, Inc. acts as a holding company with interest in dental care insurance companies. The company also offers information technology needs and hospital & medical service plan. DeCare International is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Truman Medical Centers is a two-hospital, not-for-profit health system located in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm's downtown location, TMC Hospital Hill, is specialty care in Kansas City, operates the adult emergency department in the city and has one of the top Level 1 trauma centers in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The company's suburban hospital, TMC Lakewood, is located near Lee's Summit and provides a range of specialty and outpatient services. Truman Medical Centers has received top clinical quality ratings from University Health System Consortium (UHC) in the areas of patient safety, performance improvement and adult ICU care. TMC has also been named a top performer in heart attack and heart failure care by the Missouri Medical Quality Initiative program; one of 'America's Best Hospitals' for asthma treatment by U.S. News and World Report; a 'Top 100 Hospital' by Solucient for rating among the highest in improved patient outcomes and financial performance; a 'Most Wired Hospital' by Hospitals and Health Networks; and along with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, received the designation of National Center of Excellence in Women's Health by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Delta Dental of Minnesota provides dental benefits plans. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

America's Essential Hospitals is an association for hospitals and health systems. It provides primary care through trauma care, disaster response, health professional training, research, public health programs, and other services. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce based in Kansas City, MO. The CEO of the non-profit company is Terry D. Bassham.

National Center for Healthcare Leadership provides health, wellness and fitness services. The company was founded by Gail L. Warden and Marie E. Sinioris and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Joint Commission Resources, Inc. provides solutions which designs to help health care organizations. It offers medication reconciliation, infection control and prevention, including multi-drug-resistant organisms. The company was founded in 19998 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

University Physician Associates provides medical group faculty for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Its physicians conduct most of their teaching of students and residents at Truman Medical Centers. The company provide physicians to serve medically indigent and other individuals who are in need of health care, promote, conduct and administer programs in mental health, maternal and infant care, family planning, communicable disease control, community health, accident prevention, rehabilitation, home care and other areas affecting health. University Physician Associates was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.