Pennsylvania’s UPMC Partners With MedCare

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions A fast-growing home medical equipment supplier is getting even bigger. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has joined Greensburg-based MedCare Equipment Co. LLC effective March 1, dropping longtime partner Apria Healthcare Inc. of Lake Forest, California. The deal creates the biggest company of its kind in the region and continues consolidation in an industry that has been taking heat in recent years over government reimbursement. This was reported by The Pittsburgh Business Times on March 5, 2013. Contact information: John Sphon, Chief Executive Officer, MedCare, 501 West Otterman Street, Suite C, Greensburg . . .