Charitable Approach
Responding to comments in reference to “Scooter Store Lays Off 200” (February 2003), Volunteers of America of Texas, in our due diligence prior to engaging with The Scooter Store, found them to be very honorable. We have since worked together to distribute refurbished power chairs to several needy clients. Their work with the low-income, underserved community was done with grace and compassion.
— David A. North, president/CEO, Volunteers of America of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas
Strength in Numbers
In the information I submitted for the Top Providers report (April 2004), I inadvertently listed our full-time employees as 7 instead of 117. Each of the 117 employees deserves recognition for their part in our success. They have seen the company go from $2 million in revenue in 1999 to $15 million. They have also experienced all of the hardships associated with such a high growth rate.
— David P. Glancy, president, Rx Healthcare Group Inc., Monroeville, Pa.
Rx Healthcare Group includes Rx Pharmacy Services, a home infusion therapy service; Rx Home Health Care, an integrated delivery system; and Rx Home Respiratory Equipment Services. The provider ranks at No. 13 on the list of 2003's Top Private Companies.
What's in Your Wallet?
Recently, I became aware of the salary survey your magazine conducts. I'm wondering how our group might participate.
— Sheryl Boze, Palomar Pomeraedo Health, San Diego
HomeCare conducts a salary survey of HME providers across 15 separate positions, from company owners to sales reps to delivery techs. If you would like to take part in our next salary survey, or in any of HomeCare's exclusive provider research projects, please let us know. Send an e-mail to Editor-in-Chief Gail Walker at gwalker@primediabusiness.com with your name, title and contact information, including your company name and street address along with your e-mail address, and we'll make sure you're included. Many thanks for your interest and to all of our readers for their continued cooperation and support in making our HME provider studies — which yield benchmarking information for the entire industry in a number of areas — a successful information resource.
E-mail your letters to Editor-in-Chief Gail Walker at gwalker@primediabusiness.com
