Tag: Jay Broadbent
Alpine Home Medical ‘strikes balance’ for success
December 8, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
SALT LAKE CITY – Alpine Home Medical’s 11th and newest location surpassed expectations in its first month of business, says CEO Jay Broadbent.
Located in Tooele, in the fast-growing Tooele Valley just west of the Salt Lake Valley, the location offers a full line of durable medical equipment, including lift chairs, oxygen equipment, CPAP supplies, bathroom safety equipment, wheelchairs, walkers and power scooters.
“The medical community is super excited...
Alpine Home Medical: Still going and still growing
March 18, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
SALT LAKE CITY - Alpine Home Medical is turning 25 this year and is growing faster than ever, many thanks to its independent spirit, says CEO Jay Broadbent.
“Being an independent provider gives us a lot of freedom to do things the way we think they ought to be done,” he said. “We’re much more nimble than a large national company, so we can make a decision and go with it immediately."
Today, Broadbent leads 10 Alpine Home Medical locations in Utah and Idaho,...
Alpine throws tech at costs
February 24, 2017Kelly Bothum
SALT LAKE CITY - Alpine Home Medical Equipment's motto is, “We bring wellness home,” but CEO Jay Broadbent admits that going the extra delivery mile hasn't always been the most efficient task for the provider, which has seven locations in Utah and Idaho.
In the past, the company operated on a paper-based system. Patients routinely signed multiple papers for each delivery, creating an often-unwieldy stack for staff to manage.
“We could see the writing on the wall,”...
SBA honors Alpine founder
May 20, 2016Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
SALT LAKE CITY - When HME provider Jay Broadbent started out in 1997, he was just one man with a van.
Fast forward 19 years and the founder and CEO of Alpine Home Medical Equipment has been named by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the Small Business Person of the Year for Utah.
“I look at this as an Alpine Home Medical award rather than a Jay Broadbent award,” said Broadbent. “I really look at it as our company and all of the really good people that work hard day...
Provider takes No. 1 SBA spot in Utah
April 20, 2016HME News Staff
SALT LAKE CITY - The Small Business Administration has named provider Jay Broadbent Utah Small Business Person of the Year. Broadbent founded Alpine Home Medical in 1997, with a single employee operating out of a delivery van. Today, it is the largest independent HME provider in Utah with nearly 200 employees. Broadbent, CEO, also heads up the B in Motion Foundation with his wife Kristie to provide wheelchairs and other mobility equipment to users who can't afford it. Broadbent and the winners...
Alpine branches out of Utah
December 20, 2013Elizabeth Deprey
SALT LAKE CITY - On the surface, it may not seem that a rural Idaho HME company and one based in the most populous city in Utah have much in common, but Jay Broadbent, president of Alpine Home Medical, says they're a perfect fit.
Alpine acquired Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Eagle Rock Oxygen and Medical Equipment Nov. 1.
“They are a solid company that does the right thing for people,” said Broadbent. “Having to do business under today's rules makes it harder, but it doesn't...