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Congratulations! Rehab Medical was named the 2024 HME Provider of the Year at the Network Reception at the HME News Business Summit in Portland, ME on October 22.
As part of the HME Excellence Awards hosted by HME News and sponsored by ACU-Serve, Rehab Medical completed an initial application and a finalist application, providing information on its financials, quality controls, staffing and community involvement.
Rehab Medical
www.rehabmedical.com
Rehab Medical named 2024 HME Provider of the Year
‘In a crowded field of outstanding candidates, Rehab Medical stood out as an exemplary company focused on serving their patients, employees and community’
HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – Rehab Medical, a provider of custom mobility products based in Indianapolis, was named the 2024 HME Provider of the Year at the HME News Business Summit in Portland, Maine, on Tuesday night.
As part of the HME Excellence Awards hosted by HME News and sponsored by ACU-Serve, Rehab Medical completed an initial application and a finalist application, providing information on its financials, quality controls, staffing and community involvement.
“Rehab Medical is incredibly honored to receive this award for HME Provider of the Year,” said President Kevin Gearheart. “This recognition is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and talent of our entire team. It is also a testament to the culture we have created and the commitment our company and our employees have made to our mission to Improve Lives. This is a very challenging industry with many great companies, which makes this award very special, and we are grateful to have been chosen. This award is validation that we are on the right track and that our efforts are making a difference. We are committed to continuing our path of growth and offering service excellence at every step along the way.”
Since launching in 2005, Rehab Medical has improved the lives of more than 231,724 people through 34 locations.
The judges for Provider of the Year were Miriam Lieber, president of Lieber Consulting, LLC, and Jonathan Sadock, managing partner and CEO of Paragon Ventures.
- Lieber said: “An exceptional organization, Rehab Medical understands the meaning behind ‘take care of your employees and they will take care of your patients.’ They provide financial assistance to help further their employees’ careers and consequently have a team of 120 ATPs on staff. Admirably, they make employee training a priority by requiring weekly proficiency tests. Additionally, for the last five years, they have been using a mobile app to facilitate transparency in the order process. It provides patients with constant updates on the status of their order with chat functionality. And finally, they have almost 7,000 social medical followers. These are just a few of the myriad reasons why Rehab Medical is the 2024 HME Provider of the Year. Congratulations on a well-deserved award for a uniquely well-rounded company seeking to improve the quality of life for their customers and employees alike.”
- Sadock said: “In a crowded field of outstanding candidates, Rehab Medical stood out as an exemplary company focused on serving their patients, employees and community. The systems and processes used to empower their employees to excel is clearly designed to benefit the patients they serve. Their continuous improvement program starts from the initial hiring of each employee to an incentivized and subsidized continuing education program. Rehab Medical’s ATP Certification Program enables employees that desire to advance in their careers to achieve an ATP certification, a key role in the organization’s growth and a valuable asset in the career of the employee. I would be remiss not to mention the systems Rehab Medical has developed to improve the rehab experiences of their patients/customers. A robust social media presence and serving referral sources with exemplary service to outstanding fiscal management and leadership, Rehab Medical is a brilliant example of excellence in HME.”
HME News has hosted the HME Excellence Awards since 2002.
The application window is now closed. The winner was announced at the HME News Business Summit, October 21-23 in Portland, ME. To learn more about the Summit, visit: www.hmesummit.com.
The Provider of the Year Award will be back in 2025, so if this wasn’t your year, we encourage you to apply next spring!
Miriam Lieber is a principal consultant and trainer specializing in home healthcare revenue cycle management. Her extensive experience with Medicare and other third party payers has brought her national recognition in the homecare industry. With over 25 years in the homecare field, Miriam has consulted with over 500 HME companies nationwide and is a featured author of many articles in the areas of operations management and leadership. She is also a nationally known speaker for many homecare trade associations. In her consulting practice, Ms. Lieber’s clientele includes, HME companies, managed care organizations, hospitals, wholesalers, pharmacists and manufacturers. She is known to have practical approaches to complex operational matters and assists her clients with the nuts and bolts of running a profitable business.
Miriam Lieber
President, Lieber Consulting LLC
(818) 789-0670, [email protected]
Jonathan Sadock
Jonathan Sadock is the managing partner and CEO of Paragon Ventures. He has more than 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in healthcare business development, sales, marketing, and mergers and acquisitions. Jonathan joined Paragon Ventures in 1999 and the firm has successfully completed over 180 transactions in 43 states across the country. In 1979 Jonathan founded PRN – The As Needed Company, a capital equipment rental and asset management services company and a master distributor for MEDIQ, Inc. Jonathan was also the founder of Medtech Biomedical Services Inc., a biomedical equipment maintenance and repair business. Medtech was subsequently merged with PRN and in 1990 the combined companies were sold to Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI), an international healthcare company. The merged companies were then sold to MEDIQ, Inc. in 1994. Today, the business resides within Hill-Rom, formerly a Hillenbrand Industries company. Jonathan also co-founded Associated Resource Management Services, LLC (ARMS), an asset management firm serving hospitals, nursing homes and home healthcare providers. Jonathan is a member of the American Marketing Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society. Jonathan frequently writes articles for healthcare trade journals and newsletters, and presents seminars on asset management, business development, and mergers and acquisitions.
Jonathan Saddock
Managing Partner/CEO, Paragon Ventures
800-719-1555, ext 201, [email protected]
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