WellSpan Health sells durable medical equipment business to AdaptHealth

WellSpan Health has sold its durable medical equipment business, WellSpan Medical Equipment, to national firm AdaptHealth, effective June 1.

“WellSpan is constantly evaluating the rapidly changing healthcare landscape throughout the communities we serve to determine how to best continue providing high-quality care,” said a WellSpan spokesperson.

WellSpan said that the AdaptHealth acquisition should improve focus on the health system’s primary business of direct patient care.

According to its website, publicly-listed AdaptHealth operates 661 locations in 47 states. Regionally, it operates under several different brands, including TriCounty, which has locations in Reading and Camp Hill.

Existing WellSpan Medical Equipment locations are expected to close May 30, but customers should be able to access the same medical equipment through mail order, a customer service representative told LebTown on Monday, but those plans have not yet been confirmed.

WellSpan currently operates three WellSpan Medical Equipment locations, at 301 Schneider Drive in Lebanon, 1081 Sharp Avenue in Ephrata, and 2013 Springwood Road in York.

WellSpan said that Adapt has a national presence with state-of-the-art technology and services.

“This change will allow WellSpan’s patients and communities to have full access to a comprehensive product portfolio of medical equipment across central Pennsylvania,” said a WellSpan spokesperson.

WellSpan said its priority is supporting team members impacted through the acquisition, and that AdaptHealth “will be assimilating almost all of WellSpan DME team members into its organization.”

AdaptHealth did not respond to LebTown requests for comment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Schneider Drive location originally opened in August 1997 as GSH Home Med Care.