ASCENT HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS

Ascent Healthcare Solutions was created in December, 2005 through the merger of Alliance Medical Corporation, based in Phoenix, Arizona and Vanguard Medical Concepts, based in Lakeland, Florida. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with production facilities in both Lakeland, Florida and Phoenix, Arizona. Ascent employs approximately 800 highly-trained individuals in these two locations and throughout the United States. Ascent Healthcare Solutions is a privately-held company with... a customer base consisting of approximately 1,700 hospitals and surgery centers in the U.S., including most of the medical facilities recognized annually by U.S. News & World Report as the top hospitals in America. In 2007, they saved these facilities and their patients in excess of $100 million dollars in supply expenses and diverted 3.4 million pounds from community landfills (an estimated $1.6 million in waste savings).More