• Meridian
Opens Winters Garden RespAcute
™ Center
(Tallahassee, FL / March 14, 2008)
Meridian Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Meridian") has entered into an agreement
to develop and operate a RESPACUTETM sub-acute ventilator program in Winter
Garden, Florida. The RESPACUTETM program will be part of the services
offered by Colonial Lakes Health Care, a 180 bed skilled nursing facility
operated by Sea Crest Health Management. The Winter Garden program is
scheduled to commence operations in March 2008.
"The Winter Garden RESPACUTETM center will join Meridian’s network of
Florida facilities," said Tom Futch, Meridian's President & CEO. Meridian’s
RESPACUTETM program is an innovative approach in the care of patients that
require long-term mechanical ventilation. We have been shaping the future of
respiratory care for over four decades and are pleased to expand our
services to the residents of Winter Garden.” Meridian Healthcare Group,
headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, is a nationally recognized leader in
the field of pulmonary medicine providing services to patients in
thirty-eight states.
As one of the largest providers of contract therapy and disease state
management in the United States, Meridian has built a national network of
clinical programs in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient
clinics, homecare centers, polysomnography laboratories and respiratory
pharmacies.
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