Home Health Depot Draws Industry Recognition

October 8, 2012

News Release

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Home Health Depot, Inc. (www.hhdepot.com) has been named the best complex rehabilitation technology provider in the nation by HME News. Home Health Depot was chosen from more than 70 eligible companies around the country. Feedback from the patients Home Health Depot serves, a well as partner healthcare facilities, was taken into account by the judges in awarding Home Health Depot the top spot this year. Other criteria included community involvement and quality control.

Complex rehabilitation technology products are designed to meet the specific medical and functional needs of people with disabilities, including people with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and many other conditions. Products include modified or adapted manual and power wheelchair systems, adaptive and custom seating systems, alternative positioning equipment such as standers and gait trainers, as well as other mobility devices. Complex rehabilitation equipment requires a specially trained and credentialed assistive technology professional ("ATP") to evaluate, fit and provide the complex equipment. Home Health Depot employs 20 ATPs, more than any company in the Midwest and partners with hospitals, specialty rehabilitation hospitals and organizations such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the ALS Association to serve their patients’ requiring complex rehabilitation equipment.

"This is an extremely high honor for our entire company, especially our professionals who work every day with our patients who require complex mobility and seating equipment in order to maintain their independence and quality of life," stated David Hartley, CEO and co-owner of Home Health Depot. Nathan Feltman, President and co-owner of Home Health Depot added: "We strive every day to provide the highest quality of care and service to our patients. This award reaffirms that our team of professionals are among the very best in the country."

This award comes on the heels of Home Health Depot's recognition by Inc. Magazine as the 59th fastest growing healthcare company in America and 829th fastest growing overall. Last year, Home Health Depot was named to the Inc. 5000 list as the 736th fastest growing company in America, and was named the fifth fastest growing Indianapolis-area private company by the Indianapolis Business Journal. Home Health Depot was also named as a Top Workplace by the Indianapolis Star in 2011 and 2012.

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Home Health Depot is a privately held provider of home medical equipment with locations in Indiana (Ft. Wayne, Greenwood, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Muncie), Illinois (Bloomington and Chicago), Michigan (Brighton and Grand Rapids) and Iowa (Des Moines and Iowa City). Home Health Depot has four divisions: Specialty Mobility/Rehab - providing complex mobility and seating equipment for patients with disabilities through our team of RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professionals; Respiratory - providing the latest technology in oxygen and sleep therapy; Aging in Place - providing patients with products and services that enable them to stay in their home, including home modifications by our staff of qualified Construction Technology Professionals; Retail Outlets - locations in Indiana and Illinois which display hundreds of products for everyday medical needs. Due to the broad range of home medical equipment and services provided, Home Health Depot provides patients and referral sources a single point of contact for all of their home medical equipment needs.

Source: Home Health Depot Inc.