Tag: Active Healthcare
In brief: Solara Medical Supplies acquires Active Healthcare, ResMed launches digital tool for selecting masks
May 22, 2020HME News Staff
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Solara Medical Supplies has acquired the diabetes division of Active Healthcare.The Raleigh, N.C.-based Active Healthcare, a provider of CGMs, insulin pumps and supplies, was founded in 1990 by Steven and Lisa Feierstein.“We are proud of what we have built at Active Healthcare and our diabetes team is excited to grow further with the capabilities that Solara provides,” said Lisa Feierstein.The deal is Solara's fourth acquisition following its investment by Linden...
Solara Medical Supplies acquires Active Healthcare
May 22, 2020HME News Staff
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Solara Medical Supplies has acquired the diabetes division of Active Healthcare.
The Raleigh, N.C.-based Active Healthcare,a provider of CGMs, insulin pumps and supplies, was founded in 1990 by Steven and Lisa Feierstein.
“We are proud of what we have built at Active Healthcare and our diabetes team is excited to grow further with the capabilities that Solara provides,” said Lisa Feierstein.
The deal is Solara's fourth acquisition following its investment...
Feierstein: 'For true health, it's sleep'
November 23, 2016Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
After more than a dozen years serving the CPAP and resupply market, Lisa Feierstein has sold that part of her business along with her IntegraSleep sleep lab business. Although she now plans to focus on other segments of HME, Feierstein, president of the Raleigh, N.C.-based Active Healthcare, says she will always stay up-to-date on all things sleep. Here's why.HME News: You've built a solid reputation for providing sleep services, but Active Healthcare now you are refocusing on diabetes ad asthma...
MedBridge builds regional provider of sleep therapy
November 23, 2016Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
GREENVILLE, S.C. - SleepWorks and MedBridge Home Medical got an especially strong book of business when it acquired the CPAP business of Active Healthcare and its IntegraSleep sleep lab business.“They've been operating in the Raleigh market for years and we knew they were one of the stronger companies,” said Robert Miller, vice president of operations for SleepWorks. “”We felt that would strengthen our position in the market to offer a lower cost option for the patient and...
In brief: Pride Mobility goes all in, four sleep companies merge
October 14, 2016HME News Staff
EXETER, Pa. - Pride Mobility Products has begun manufacturing its lift chairs in a wholly owned, vertically integrated manufacturing plant in Pontotoc, Miss.Pride's lift chairs are manufactured from start to finish at the plant, called Pride Mississippi.“We realize that the only way to achieve a win-win for all is to stay true to our 30-year roots in lift chairs and evolve our wholly owned, vertically integrated manufacturing here in the U.S. via Pride Mississippi,” said Joe O'Brien,...
Four sleep companies merge
October 11, 2016HME News Staff
GREENVILLE, S.C. - SleepWorks and MedBridge Home Medical, both subsidiaries of MedBridge Healthcare, have completed their acquisition of Active Healthcare's CPAP business and its IntegraSleep sleep lab business.
“We are thrilled that our award-winning diagnostic sleep and CPAP supply program is going to a great home that values the tremendous goodwill we have built up in our community,” said Lisa Feierstein, president of Raleigh, N.C.-based Active Healthcare, which will now focus...
In brief: ConvaTec shrinks manufacturing, Apria shifts order management
January 29, 2016HME News Staff
GREENSBORO, N.C. - ConvaTec, a manufacturer of wound care and ostomy products, will begin closing its manufacturing facility here, resulting in 250 layoffs, according to news reports. It expects to complete the closure during the first quarter of 2017. The company announced in 2014 that it would shutter its office in Skillman, N.J., resulting in 118 layoffs from its sales, marketing and human resources division. ConvaTec is owned by Avista Capital Partners and Nordic Capital. The firms have been...
Short takes: Active Healthcare, Executive Infusion Services
January 28, 2016HME News Staff
Lisa Feierstein, co-founder and president of Active Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., was selected from more than 5,000 submissions to be featured in “The 2016 Woman's Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar.” The calendar provides advice for women business owners from influential women leaders across the U.S. and Canada. Featured on Jan. 30 and 31, Feierstein's quote states: “Sleep is the ultimate detox”…Executive Infusion Services, an independent home infusion pharmacy based in Dearborn,...
Short takes: BOC, Active Healthcare
March 18, 2015HME News Staff
Owings Mills, Md.-based The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) has won a Stevie Award for sales and customer service for the third consecutive year. It earned a silver award in the “Innovation in Customer Service” category. BOC also received a bronze award for the “Business Development Achievement” category�Lisa Feierstein, co-founder and president of Raleigh, N.C.-based Active Healthcare, was selected from more than 5,000 women to be featured in the 2015 Woman's...
Sleep shenanigans
March 3, 2015Liz Beaulieu, Editor
I know I'm not the first person to have my sleep patterns interrupted by a new baby, but if you knew how I slept before said baby, you'd feel for me, I swear.
Before said baby, I was the type of person who went to bed at 9 p.m.—9:30 p.m. the latest. I'd read a few pages of The New Yorker and fall asleep uninterrupted until 6:30 a.m.—maybe 6 a.m. if I was going for a morning run.
That's right, I got about nine hours of sleep nearly every night.
Enter said baby, and I'm getting six hours...