OptionCare Buys CareMax

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens subsidiary OptionCare Enterprises announced last month it has acquired Tampa, Fla.-based home care provider CareMax Medical Resources, which offers home infusion, respiratory and DME in seven communities in Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With its $850 million blockbuster purchase of OptionCare in 2007 — the largest in its history — Walgreens catapulted into the top eschelon of the nation's home infusion players. For more, see Walgreens to Buy Option Care for $850 Million, HomeCare Monday, July 9, 2007.