Critical Home Care, Inc. specializes in assisting physicians, hospitals and insurance carriers with the discharge and care of patients in the home care setting.  Critical Home Care, Inc. provides three types of services and products:

Home Respiratory Therapy

Home respiratory therapy primarily consists of the provision of oxygen systems, ventilators, sleep apnea equipment, nebulizers, respiratory medications and related products and services to patients for operation in the home environment.  Critical Home Care, Inc. provides home respiratory therapy services to patients with a variety of conditions, including:

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma

  • nervous system‑related respiratory conditions

  • congestive heart failure

  • lung cancer

Critical Home Care, Inc. employs a staff of respiratory care professionals to provide support to its home respiratory therapy patients, according to each patient’s physician‑directed treatment plan.  Critical Home Care, Inc. derives approximately 10% of its respiratory therapy revenues from the provision of oxygen systems, home ventilators and nebulizers, which are devices to aerosolize medication.  It derives its remaining respiratory revenues from the provision of:

  • apnea monitors used to monitor the vital signs of newborns

  • continuous positive airway pressure devices used to treat obstructive sleep apnea

  • noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; and other respiratory therapy products

Critical Home Care, Inc. estimates that the national home healthcare market, including home respiratory therapy,  home equipment supplies and related services) represents approximately $4.5 billion in annual sales. Critical Home Care, Inc. further believes that the market will experience annual growth in revenues similar to the 7% per year growth experienced by the market over the last five years.  This historical growth reflects the significant increase in the number of persons afflicted with COPD, which, in turn, is largely attributable to the increasing proportion of the U.S. population over the age of 65 years.  Growth in the home healthcare market is further driven by the continued trend toward treatment of patients in the home as a lower cost alternative to the acute care setting.

Home Medical Equipment; Other Products and Services.

Critical Home Care, Inc. also rents and sells patient safety items and ambulatory and patient room equipment.  Critical Home Care, Inc.’s integrated service approach allows patients and managed care systems accessing either respiratory or infusion therapy services to also access needed home medical equipment through a single, value‑added service source.  Rather than directly providing certain non‑core services itself, Critical Home Care, Inc. has affiliated itself with other segment leaders, such as home health nursing organizations, through formal relationships or ancillary networks.  Home medical equipment and other services provided by Critical Home Care, Inc. to its customers include:

  • hospital beds

  • wheelchairs

  • bathroom safety items

  • seat lift chairs; and three‑ and four‑wheel power scooters.

Orthotics and Prosthetics

Orthotics and prosthetics involves the supply of braces and artificial limbs.  These are commonly custom fabricated by others and fitted by a certified orthotist and/or prosthetist.  In fitting with Critical Home Care, Inc.’s plan, this segment will be expanded to become one of our specialty areas.  Our vice‑president, Bradley Smith, and the other professionals in his department, are a source of information regarding custom bracing to a number of insurance carriers.  This factor should strengthen the continuity of referrals to this segment of Critical Home Care, Inc.'s business.

 

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