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|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. | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Ph-C-SA}} | {{Ph-C-SA}}Preferred Home Care, which was acquired by Lincare in March 2019, has been in similar trouble in Phoenix, Arizona. This also impacts people with disabilities, who rely on Preferred Homecare to service and repair motorized and manual wheelchairs. | ||
https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/03/valley-families-face-oxygen-delivery-delays-health-crisis/ | |||
https://www.azfamily.com/2022/12/16/medical-device-delays-many-outside-valley-wait-months-their-equipment/ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
# https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen | |||
# https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-medicare-lawsuit-settlements-oxygen-equipment | |||
# https://www.azfamily.com/2022/12/16/medical-device-delays-many-outside-valley-wait-months-their-equipment/ | |||
# https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/03/valley-families-face-oxygen-delivery-delays-health-crisis/ | |||
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