Tag: Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care
Providers' DTC fears mount
July 27, 2018Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - HME providers fear Philips' recent decision to step into the direct-to-consumer space for cash-paying customers for POCs is a “gateway drug” to other product categories.“I don't want our manufacturing and vendor partners to become our competitors,” said Josh Marx, managing director of sleep and vice president of business development for Cleveland-based Medical Service Company. “At this point, it's the POC going retail, but I think there's a larger blue...
Philips shakes up respiratory business
July 13, 2018Liz Beaulieu, Editor
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. - Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care has overhauled its website www.COPDinfo.com to allow insurance customers to find local HME providers and cash customers to buy directly from the manufacturer.The website now features a locator tool that prompts insurance customers to enter their zip code for a list of authorized providers that carry the SimplyGo and SimplyGo Mini portable oxygen concentrators.“We're facing a new type of consumer who is increasingly seeking information and...
Philips Sleep and Respiratory taps Pittsburgh for new headquarters
July 2, 2018HME News Staff
PITTSBURGH - Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care has reached an agreement with Walnut Capital Partners to acquire 20,000 square feet of space in a new $30 million, nine-story office building being built in Pittsburgh, according to the Post-Gazette. Philips, which currently headquarters this business in Murrysville, Pa., plans to relocate about 1,250 of 1,700 employees in the region to the new building, the newspaper reported. The company plans to keep its manufacturing, distribution and service associates...