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Westar Acquires LifeCare Solutions: Westar Capital, a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based health care investor, has purchased LifeCare Solutions, a San Diego-based provider of home health care services, respiratory therapy, durable medical equipment and infusion therapy. The resulting company, LifeCare Solutions Holdings, will continue to do business as LifeCare Solutions. Tom Robbins will serve as the company's new CEO. Previously, Robbins was CEO of Atlanta-based Healthfield and executive vice president of Lake Forest, Calif.-based Apria Healthcare.
PSAI Opens New Branch Offices: Pediatric Services of America, Norcross, Ga., has opened two branch offices in San Antonio, Texas, and Chesapeake, Va. The new locations “will enable the company to meet the demand of its growing medical equipment customer base, as well as better serve and support its already existing pediatric nursing operations in the areas,” PSAI said.
Care Medical Opens New Branches: Increasing its presence in California's Central Valley, Care Medical, a full-service respiratory and HME provider in Visalia, Calif., is opening two new branches in Hanford and Fresno. “These two branches, especially Fresno, will allow the firm to expand into a much larger population base and maintain its growth rate through highly focused customer and clinical services,” the company said.
Regulatory
California Pharmacy Board Approves ACHC Licensure Exemption: California compounding pharmacies that have received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care will be exempt from the state's specialty supplemental licensure requirements, ACHC said. Approved at a California State Board of Pharmacy meeting in April, the exemption is effective until May 2006, ACHC said. For information, call ACHC at (919) 785-1214.
