Solara makes third buy, adds to nat'l network
By HME News Staff
Updated Tue December 11, 2018
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Solara Medical Supplies, a provider of diabetic devices, has acquired Pal-Med, a provider of insulin pumps and testing strips in South Carolina. It's the third acquisition for Solara following its investment from Linden Capital Partners in May. Jennie Jordan, vice president of Pal-Med, will remain with Solara. “We are proud of our commitment to our patients and are excited to enhance our offering by joining Solara,” she said. Pal-Med was founded by Harold Jordan in 1994. Earlier this month, Solara acquired Huey's Home Medical in Illinois�Solara has also added Sun Health, a community nonprofit, to its national network of diabetes prevention program (DDP) providers. Based in the metro Phoenix area, Sun Health offers a variety of wellness services, philanthropy and senior living programs. As of April 1, 2018, Medicare began paying qualified providers to deliver the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP), an evidence-based set of services aimed at preventing Type 2 diabetes through a year-long program. “With five locations across the greater-Phoenix area, we can impact more than a thousand local residents each year through the DPP classes we offer,” said Jennifer Drago, executive vice president of population health for Sun Health.
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