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|Founded=1987 | |Founded=1987 | ||
|Industry=Health | |Industry=Health | ||
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|ParentCompany=Linde | |ParentCompany=Linde | ||
|Type=Subsidiary | |Type=Subsidiary | ||
|Website=https://www.lincare.com/ | |Website=https://www.lincare.com/ | ||
|Description=Lincare is the largest distributor of respiratory homecare equipment in the United States, along with many other medical devices. | |Description=Lincare is the largest distributor of respiratory homecare equipment in the United States, along with many other medical devices. | ||
}}Lincare Holdings Inc. is the largest distributor of respiratory medical equipment in the United States. It is also a large distributor of many other types of medical devices, including wheelchairs, walkers, and medical beds. | }} | ||
'''Lincare Holdings Inc.''' is the largest distributor of respiratory medical equipment in the United States. It is also a large distributor of many other types of medical devices, including wheelchairs, walkers, and medical beds. | |||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
===Lincare admits to Medicare fraud (''August 28, 2023'')=== | ===Lincare admits to Medicare fraud (''August 28, 2023'')=== | ||
Lincare continued to bill patients for home respiratory and oxygen equipment after equipment was paid off: | Lincare continued to bill patients for home respiratory and oxygen equipment after equipment was paid off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|title=Lincare Holdings Agrees to Pay $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling Medicare for Oxygen Equipment in Largest-Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington|date=2023-08-28|work=United States Attorney's Office|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713024221/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|archive-date=2025-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen | |||
===Lincare negligence leads to the death of 27 year old man with Sleep Apnea (''July 2, 2025'')=== | ===Lincare negligence leads to the death of 27 year old man with Sleep Apnea (''July 2, 2025'')=== | ||
Lincare involved in the death of 27 year old man with Down Syndrome, announced a $50 million wrongful death settlement. https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen ... | Lincare involved in the death of 27 year old man with Down Syndrome, announced a $50 million wrongful death settlement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen|title=How Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw|first=Peter|last=Elkind|date=2024-11-13|work=Propublica|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714225305/https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-medicare-lawsuit-settlements-oxygen-equipment|archive-date=2025-07-14|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Preferred Home Care | *[[Preferred Home Care]] - acquired by Lincare in March 2019, has been in similar trouble in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azfamily.com/2022/12/16/medical-device-delays-many-outside-valley-wait-months-their-equipment/|title=Casa Grande patients wait months for prescribed assistive devices|first=Amy|last=Cutler|work=AZ Family|date=2022-12-15|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204163904/https://www.azfamily.com/2022/12/16/medical-device-delays-many-outside-valley-wait-months-their-equipment/|archive-date=2023-12-04|url-status=live}}</ref> This also impacts people with disabilities, who rely on Preferred Homecare to service and repair motorized and manual wheelchairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/03/valley-families-face-oxygen-delivery-delays-health-crisis/|title=Valley families face oxygen delivery delays in ‘health crisis’|first=Susan|last=Campbell|date=2024-04-03|work=AZ Family|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723012530/https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/03/valley-families-face-oxygen-delivery-delays-health-crisis/|archive-date=2025-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/03/valley-families-face-oxygen-delivery-delays-health-crisis/ | |||
https://www.azfamily.com/ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||