Tag: Direct Diabetic Source
Liberty Medical liberates itself
January 4, 2013Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - It may have come as a shock to many when Liberty Medical in December exited the Medicare fee-for-service diabetes supply business, but there was some behind-the-scenes movement leading up to that decision.
In December, a group of Liberty executives bought the company from its parent company, pharmacy benefit giant Express Scripts, which inherited Liberty as part of a $29 billion merger with Medco Health Solutions. From the get-go, Express Scripts made it clear that it had...
Liberty Medical exits Medicare market
December 20, 2012HME News Staff
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Mail-order provider Liberty Medical Supplies is getting out of the fee-for-service diabetes supply business, according to local news reports.
Liberty will reportedly sell its Medicare diabetes business to Coral Springs, Fla.-based Arriva Medical. As a result, Liberty will also lay off approximately 250 employees at its location here, and another 200 at its Salem, Va., location, according to multiple reports.
The announcements come just days after a group of Liberty...