Business Briefs: Bayshore HealthCare, Lincare Holdings

Bayshore HealthCare Acquires Alpha Home Health Care Victoria, BC-based home health care provider Bayshore HealthCare acquired Alpha Home Health Care, another home health care provider that has been based in Victoria for more than 40 years. The sale was completed May 31, and was prompted by the retirement of Alpha’s president and second-generation owner, Don […]

Lincare Offloads Specialty Pharmacy Biz for $75 Million

It’s been a busy few months for respiratory therapy giant Lincare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCR). The Clearwater, Florida-based subsidiary of German gases, engineering and health care company The Linde Group acquired home care company American HomePatient from Highland Capital Management in late 2015. Then, in early 2016, Lincare was ordered to pay $238,900 in civil monetary penalties […]

American HomePatient Acquired by Respiratory Care Giant

A German gases, engineering and health care company has moved to purchase one of the largest in-home respiratory care providers in the United States. Lincare Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of German corporation The Linde Group, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brentwood, Tennessee-based American HomePatient from Highland Capital Management. Lincare, based in Clearwater, […]