American HomePatient announces joint venture with Columbia/HCA in Central Virginia.FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1995--Edward K. Wissing, President and Chief Executive Officer of American HomePatient (Nasdaq:AHOM) today announced the signing of a joint venture arrangement with Columbia/HCA to provide home care services and equipment in Central Virginia including Richmond. This is the second homecare joint venture American HomePatient has developed with Columbia/HCA. The first one, in Nashville, Tenn., was formed in November, 1994. The joint venture will provide home respiratory equipment and services and home medical equipment and supplies to Columbia/HCA's three Central Virginia area hospitals -- Chippenham Medical Center, Henrico Doctors' Hospital Doctors' Hospital was a medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975-1976 season. It followed the neurosurgery team at the fictional Lowell Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, led by Dr. , and Johnston-Willis Hospital. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Wick Lyne, President of the Virginia Division of Columbia/HCA, future plans could also include support for John Randolph John Randolph is a personal name that may refer to:
"We are very pleased to have developed this joint venture with the Columbia/HCA integrated healthcare system in Central Virginia," said Mr. Wissing. "The hospitals, which in total have over 1000 beds, are among the leading facilities in this area." American HomePatient will now have six joint venture relationships with prestigious hospitals including the two with Columbia/HCA in Nashville and Central Virginia. "Joint ventures with hospitals to provide home care services and products is not new for us," explained Mr. Wissing. "In fact, our first two such arrangements in Little Rock and Dallas were formed over six years ago. The formation of hospital joint ventures is an integral part of our long term growth, and we will continue to pursue the development of these partnerships." American HomePatient is the fourth largest diversified provider of home care services in the country with 182 locations in 26 states. The company's primary product and service offerings include home respiratory services, home infusion, parenteral parenteral /pa·ren·ter·al/ (pah-ren´ter-al) not through the alimentary canal, but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous, intramuscular, etc. par·en·ter·al adj. 1. and enteral nutrition Enteral nutrition Nourishment given through a tube or stoma directly into the small intestine, thus bypassing the upper digestive tract. Mentioned in: Electrolyte Supplements, Enterostomy, Necrotizing Enterocolitis , and home medical equipment. American HomePatient's common stock is traded in the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (National Market) under the symbol AHOM. CONTACT: American HomePatient, Franklin Edward K. Wissing, John Combs John Harvey Combs was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba in Brandon on March 27, 2003. Judge Combs received his law degree from the University of Manitoba and was called to the bar in 1977. , or Kathey Palmer 615/794-3313 |
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