Linde launches bond
09/13/2012HME News StaffMUNICH, Germany – Linde AG has successfully placed a bond for 1 billion euros to help finance its acquisition of Lincare, the company announced Sept. 5.The bond, which drew...
View ArticleIn brief: Linde places bond
10/24/2012HME News StaffMUNICH, Germany – Linde AG has successfully placed a bond for 1 billion euros to help finance its acquisition of Lincare, the company announced Sept. 5. The bond, which drew...
View ArticleLinde makes another buy in health care
12/18/2012HME News StaffSEVRES, France – The Linde Group, which owns Lincare, plans to buy Calea France, a provider of respiratory services and sleep therapy supplies based here, according to a press...
View ArticleLincare headlines Linde’s strong growth
05/06/2013HME News StaffFRANKFURT, Germany – Boosted in part by its 2012 acquisition of Lincare, Linde AG has reported a better-than-expected 12.6% increase in operating profit for the first quarter,...
View ArticleLincare offers mobile cardio telemetry
11/26/2013HME News StaffCLEARWATER, Fla. – Raytel Cardiac Services, which Lincare has sole rights over, is now offering mobile cardio telemetry services through M-Air, according to a recent release....
View ArticleWright & Filippis sells to Lincare
07/11/2014Theresa FlahertyROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – Wright & Filippis said goodbye to 35 years of providing home medical equipment and respiratory services on June 30, when it sold that part of its...
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Has there been a free fall in M&A activity by the nationals?
Liz Beaulieu08/13/2014You bet, says Dexter Braff.In this latest sneak peek of The Braff Group M&A Insider, which will appear in the September issue of HME News, we take a look at deal trends by the...
View ArticleLincare expands presence in Wisconsin
12/23/2014HME News StaffCLEARWATER, Fla. – Lincare has bought the DME business of Stevens Point, Wis.-based Ministry Health Care, according to news reports. Ministry Health Care is a mission-driven,...
View ArticleAbbott exec to take reins at Lincare
02/04/2015HME News StaffCLEARWATER, Fla. – Linde AG has named Kristen Hoefer CEO of Lincare, it announced today.She succeeds the retiring John Byrnes.Hoefer has spent 20 years at Abbott Laboratories,...
View ArticleLincare joins Rotech, AeroCare on M&A trail
02/13/2015Theresa FlahertyCLEARWATER, Fla. – Lincare keeps things close to the vest, but the provider is rumored to be on the acquisition trail.“I’m hearing they are starting to accelerate on doing...
View ArticleJudge favors Lincare in whistleblower lawsuit
07/15/2015HME News StaffMIAMI – A federal judge has ruled that two former Lincare employees failed to prove the provider violated Medicare telemarketing rules.U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on...
View ArticleIn brief: Judge favors Lincare in whistleblower lawsuit, neb-med payments are...
07/17/2015HME News StaffMIAMI – A federal judge has ruled that two former Lincare employees failed to prove the provider violated Medicare telemarketing rules.U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on...
View ArticleCreate ‘open culture’ to address employee complaints
Filings against Lincare and others are on the rise08/07/2015Theresa FlahertyYARMOUTH, Maine – Healthcare attorney Elizabeth Hogue says she’s mystified that whistleblower claims filed by employees or...
View ArticleAnd then there were three?
10/30/2015HME News StaffCLEARWATER, Fla. – Lincare is in discussions to buy Brentwood, Tenn.-based American HomePatient from investment firm Highland Capital Management, Bloomberg reported Oct. 23.A...
View ArticlePossible Lincare, AHP marriage not surprising
‘I think they are the kind of business people that will get significant synergies out of this’11/06/2015Theresa FlahertyCLEARWATER, Fla. – It’s not a done deal, but news that Lincare is in talks to buy...
View ArticleLincare gets bigger in N.C.
12/01/2015HME News StaffWILMINGTON, N.C. – Lincare plans to double its footprint here, according to the Greater Wilmington Business Journal. The Clearwater, Fla.-based national provider plans to move...
View ArticleLincare pursues bolt-on acquisition in AHP
12/07/2015HME News StaffCLEARWATER, Fla. – It’s official: Lincare has entered a definitive agreement to buy American HomePatient from Highland Capital Management.Rumors surfaced this fall that a deal...
View ArticleShort takes: Lincare, Golden Technologies, Medtrade, AOPA
12/10/2015HME News StaffLincareis once again a member of AAHomecare after failing to renew its membership in 2008 …Golden Technologies has named Carrie Ernest as its new marketing manager. Previously,...
View ArticleLincare bulks up before bid expansion
‘They basically replaced all of the revenue that they were going to lose in the first six months of the year’12/11/2015Theresa FlahertyCLEARWATER, Fla. – The acquisition of American HomePatient better...
View ArticleWhy so interested in HME?
Liz Beaulieu12/11/2015I’ve never fielded as many calls from private equity, investment and consulting firms as I have in the past two weeks. Ask Managing Editor Theresa Flaherty.What do they all want...
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