Specialized Medical Service Inc

Senior Management Team Sovereign Healthcare was formed in 2002 by a group of healthcare industry veterans who have been involved in the development and management of major acute care hospitals, specialty hospitals, surgery centers and other healthcare properties and ventures. Sovereign is a privately-held company headquartered in Newport Beach, California with a second corporate office in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Established in 1994, Monarch HealthCare is a medical group that is responsible for disease management, health education, and quality improvement programs. It also handles internal performance monitoring, education programs and patient-friendly policies and procedures. The group is comprised of more than 1,500 doctors in independent practice. Monarch HealthCare assists in conducting annual advertising campaigns and physician-specific marketing programs that are designed to help increase enrollment. It also offers custom marketing materials, including physician bio-cards and practice Web sites. It supports Practice Connect, which is a simplified online system that helps physician practices to operate more efficiently by streamlining and consolidating several cumbersome administrative processes. The group operates over 15 hospitals, nearly 25 urgent care facilities and approximately 30 lab service centers. Monarch HealthCare is located in Irvine, Calif.

Apria Healthcare is a medical-services facility located in Indianapolis, Ind. The hospital renders a variety of services, such as oxygen therapy, nourishTM nutrition support program, Apria pharmacy network, diabetes testing equipment and supplies, respiratory service, infusion therapy and home medical equipment. It also specializes in treatment of respiratory, heart, cancer, seniors, infectious diseases, diabetes, caregivers, sleep disorders, pediatrics and degenerative conditions. The hospital offers insurance facilities to its patients, including Medicare, co-payments and other components.