Tag: Cape Medical Supply
Gary Sheehan on industry’s shared vision
June 11, 2021Theresa Flaherty
SANDWICH, Mass. – Just a year after forming through the merger of America's HealthCare at Home, Cape Medical Supply and Health Complex Medical, Spiro Health was acquired by AdaptHealth – and no one was more surprised than CEO Gary Sheehan.
“That was never part of the plan, but life happens,” he said. “We watched the merger of Adapt and AeroCare and have a ton of respect for both senior management teams. So, we took the call to discuss what it might look...
Cape Medical embraces WFH
May 5, 2020Theresa Flaherty
SANDWICH, Mass. - Cape Medical Supply made the decision to take its operations remote early in the coronavirus pandemic.
Ninety percent of Cape Medical's employees were working from home in March, says CEO Gary Sheehan.
“We went really far, really early,” he said. “Our volume is good; we're shipping new set ups. We have a 16,0000-square-foot building with seven people, and a skeleton team in the warehouse managing resupplies.”
It helped that Cape Medical already...
New platform takes three companies to next level
April 17, 2020Theresa Flaherty
SANDWICH, Mass. - With a territory encompassing seven states and an active patient count of 50,000, the newly formed Spiro Health is a regional powerhouse on the Eastern seaboard.
Earlier this month, Cape Medical Supply, Health Complex Medical and America's HealthCare at Home combined under the Spiro Health umbrella, with operations in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia.
It was an idea the leaders of...
Spiro Health creates platform of regionals
April 14, 2020HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine - Spiro Health has been formed to merge America's HealthCare at Home, Cape Medical Supply and Health Complex Medical.
The leadership at each company will remained involved and will make up the Spiro Health management team.
“I am proud to have Cape Medical Supply join this compelling platform of leading regional providers,” said Gary Sheehan, president and CEO of Cape Medical Supply and newly appointed CEO of Spiro Health. “Our leadership team is wholly...
Dispatches from the dining room: 'Sorry, Dr. Masood, I can't hear anything!'
April 7, 2020Theresa Flaherty
I had no sooner positioned my phone on the dining room table, speaker phone engaged and introduced myself to Dr. Sohail Masood of KabaFusion when the lawn guys showed up in all their noisy, machine-wielding glory.
I tried moving phone, laptop and Dr. Masood away from the racket—first to the living room couch, then, when that didn't help, to the bedroom.
“I'm sorry, I can't hear you!” I apologized, more than once. I then had to interrupt him again to pop in earbuds...
Providers deploy precautions
March 13, 2020HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine - HME providers have begun taking proactive steps to ensure the health and safety of employees, patients and the larger communities they serve in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Cape Medical Supply based in Sandwich, Mass., is limiting person-to-person activity, opting instead to ship products to patients. It is also encouraging patients to use its web-based technologies, including a web portal and mobile app, for ordering, communications and information.
“We are...
Cape Medical builds scale in New England
August 23, 2019Theresa Flaherty
SANDWICH, Mass. - Business came full circle recently when Cape Medical Supply acquired the sleep therapy business of “friendly competitor” Enos Home Medical.
The deal allows the New Bedford, Mass.-based Enos, which acquired Cape Medical's hospice business in 2016, to further focus on that market.
“I know Gary well and he's way better at sleep than us,” said Jon Enos, president. “I felt comfortable (with the deal) for our patients and financially it made...
In brief: NovaSom files for bankruptcy, Cape Medical makes buy
August 16, 2019HME News Staff
GLEN BURNIE, Md. - VirtuOx is seeking to acquire the assets of NovaSom, which filed for Chapter 11 Aug. 2.
Per the court documents, filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, NovaSom seeks to sell virtually all of its assets to VirtuOx through a stalking horse auction; the estimated purchase price is $5.3 million.
NovaSom, a provider of home sleep testing, was founded in 1992 and manufactures the AccuSom, which features continuous patient support and next-day...
Cape Medical acquires sleep division of Enos Home Medical
August 14, 2019HME News Staff
SANDWICH, Mass. - Cape Medical Supply has acquired the sleep therapy assets of New Bedford, Mass.-based Enos Home Medical.
“We are very excited to expand our patient volumes in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island,” said Gary Sheehan, president and CEO of CMS. “We continue to partner with leading healthcare organizations across New England and leading health insurance providers in this marketplace.”
Enos, which sold its ventilation therapy business to Norwood,...
Gary Sheehan gears up for Pan-Mass Challenge
July 26, 2019Theresa Flaherty
SANDWICH, Mass. - During the months of June and July, provider Gary Sheehan put 700 miles on his bike in preparation for this year's Pan-Mass Challenge, a fundraiser for research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.Sheehan, president and CEO of Sandwich, Mass.-based Cape Medical Supply is himself a survivor of Hodgkin's lymphoma and has lost loved ones, including his father Mark, to cancer.“It's a special weekend for survivors and people impacted by cancer, which is pretty much...