Tag: LifeCare Solutions
SuperCare Health makes it work
September 15, 2017Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
DOWNEY, Calif. - SuperCare Health picked up more than 20,000 patients and $25 million in additional revenues when it acquired the respiratory assets of LifeCare Solutions, which decided to exit the California market this summer.Now SuperCare Health is working quickly to integrate those assets.“We are working aggressively to transition all the patients in the next 30 to 60 days,” says CEO John Cassar.In July, the Phoenix-based LifeCare, which had 13 locations in California, announced it...
In brief: SuperCare acquires LifeCare, AeroCare makes two buys
September 1, 2017HME News Staff
DOWNEY, Calif. - SuperCare Health has acquired the respiratory assets of LifeCare Solutions.“Our acquisition of LifeCare Solutions California respiratory assets ensures that none of their patients will have any interruption in their respiratory care,” said John Cassar, CEO, SuperCare Health. “Our driving mission is to improve the lives of patients with chronic diseases and we are excited to bring our innovative care solutions to an ever-expanding high risk patient population.”The...
SuperCare acquires LifeCare assets
August 31, 2017HME News Staff
DOWNEY, Calif. - SuperCare Health has acquired the respiratory assets of LifeCare Solutions.“Our acquisition of LifeCare Solutions California respiratory assets ensures that none of their patients will have any interruption in their respiratory care,” said John Cassar, CEO, SuperCare Health. “Our driving mission is to improve the lives of patients with chronic diseases and we are excited to bring our innovative care solutions to an ever-expanding high risk patient population.”The...
Stakeholders apply steady pressure for bid relief
July 14, 2017Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders say they're primed to build further support for bid relief after a post-July 4th recess surge resulted in a total of 49 signatures for a Senate sign-on letter.The letter, spearheaded by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., asks HHS Secretary Tom Price to use his regulatory authority to provide bid relief in rural areas. A similar letter in the House secured 154 signatures in June and helped to preserve reimbursement for accessories for complex power...
LifeCare Solutions leaves California
July 7, 2017Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
PHOENIX - LifeCare Solutions has begun transitioning patients as it prepares to exit the California market, says company exec Robert Fahlman.“Our No. 1 priority is our patients and we want to make sure we take care of them,” said Fahlman, CEO of parent company Preferred Homecare, which acquired LifeCare Solutions, primarily a respiratory provider, in 2011. “When they are successfully transitioned, we will have finalized our exit from California.”LifeCare Solutions, which serves...