Tag: MedCare Equipment Co

GREENSBURG, Pa. - When Patricia Mastandrea first came onboard with Excela Heath System, she made note of “this little DME” division during a review of expenses vs. revenues.“We had to decide if that was a market where we wanted to be and where did we see health care going long-term,” she said. “We decided hospital-to-home was something we wanted to continue to be a leader in.”That little DME was MedCare and Mastandrea soon moved there as director of operations,...

GREENSBURG, Pa. - Patricia Mastandrea has been appointed CEO of MedCare Equipment Co., after serving as acting CEO since April. Previously, she was MedCare's COO for 15 years and before that the company's director of operations. She is also a member of the Executive Advisory Board for Brightree. Mastandrea has worked closely with John Sphon, MedCare's former president, who was recently named CEO of Excela Health, which owns MedCare.

GREENSBURG, Pa. - MedCare Equipment Co.'s new company, MedCare Susquehanna Valley, further aligns its post-acute services with health systems to provide a full continuum of care for patients, says CEO John Sphon.MedCare partnered with UPMC Pinnacle to open the company May 1 in Mechanicsburg, Pa.“It gives hospitals an opportunity to provide another service for patients that they have involvement in,” he said. “It helps that transition from hospital to home.”Owned by both entities,...

GREENSBURG, Pa. - MedCare Equipment Co. has partnered with UPMC Pinnacle to open MedCare Susquehanna Valley LLC in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The new company will provide respiratory and other home medical equipment to patients in the central Pennsylvania area. “MedCare's focus is on patients and how best to assist them in transitioning from the hospital to home in the most effective and caring manner possible,” said John Sphon, CEO of MedCare Equipment Co., who will also serve as the CEO of...