Tag: Rehab Medical

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical’s new Express Service Center is on a mission to turn around wheelchair repairs in five days.  “We want to set the standard for how patients should be serviced,” said Jarrad Rankin, vice president of operations for the company. “I've been in this industry 18 years and the model hasn't changed, but everything else around us is changing and there's a lot of technology out there. So, we're trying to use a combination of...

WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by B&B Medical Services of six contracts for in-home oxygen and ventilator services awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs to Apria Healthcare.  B&B argued that the VA’s solicitation did not properly reflect its requirements, the agency failed to consider a corporate transaction relevant to its evaluation of the awardee's responsibility and technical capability, Apria misrepresented the availability...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical has launched its own Express Service Center to combat the ongoing industry wide challenges with ordering wheelchair parts that began with the COVID-19 pandemic. The company says its new Express Service Center streamlines the service order process, so requests are dealt with more efficiently, provides a concierge level of care for patients with mobility limitations, and sets a new industry standard for service needs. Rehab Medical says it will now be able to complete...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical has opened its third location in Georgia.  After serving more than 17,000 mobility users from its Atlanta North and Atlanta South locations, Rehab Medical has opened a location in Augusta to expand its reach to the entire state, as well as break into the neighboring state of South Carolina.  Lewis Johnson, an ATP who has served users in the state for more than a decade, was recently promoted to lead the location.  “Augusta allows us...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical plans to supercharge its growth in 2023, with new locations already open in Cleveland and Baton Rouge, La., another location set to open in Georgia, and possible locations in two additional markets by the end of the year.  The company announced in April that it had opened a new location in Cleveland, its fifth in Ohio, allowing it to serve the entire state. It also has locations in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo.  “For us, ultimately,...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical has opened its first location in Louisiana. The Baton Rouge location will be led by Claire Murphy, an ATP who has worked in the Gulf Coast area for the company over the past five years. She joins a full staff of eight employees at the location. “Rehab Medical is excited to expand into a new state,” said President Kevin Gearheart. “This allows us the opportunity to bring our mission of improving lives to more people in need of our services. Promoting...

ELYRIA, Ohio – Invacare has filed a Form NT 10-K notifying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it is unable to file its annual report for the period ending Dec. 31, 2022, within the prescribed time period due to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.  “Due to the considerable time and resources the company’s management is devoting to the Chapter 11 cases, and the need to prepare and review the disclosures required in the Form 10-K as a result of the Chapter 11 cases,...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical has opened a new office in Cleveland, allowing the company to cover all of the state.  The company says it’s now the largest complex rehab provider in Ohio.  “Rehab Medical has a strong presence in the state of Ohio and this expansion allows us to close the last gap,” said President Kevin Gearheart. “This expansion also exemplifies our intentional focus on culture and internal growth. We promoted key employees to move to Cleveland...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical has expanded into southern Georgia with the acquisition of Priority Medical. “This acquisition brings on immediate growth in southern Georgia and specifically Savannah, with a core group that really fits our culture,” said Rehab Medical President Kevin Gearheart. “It also provides an opportunity to continue expanding organically in the near future to connect to our offices in Florida and have a more complete presence in the Southeast.” Rehab...

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical expects another year of 30% growth in 2022, much of it expected to come from the territories it expanded into in the past two years, says President Kevin Gearheart.  The company has made several acquisitions and opened several new offices in 2020-21, stretching its presence into Florida (including Tampa and Orlando), Tennessee (Nashville) and Texas (Austin).  “As we’re growing at such a fast pace, we need to make sure we’re sustainable...