AdaptHealth Appoints Suzanne Foster as Chief Executive Officer
2024年4月18日 - 5:15AM
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AdaptHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: AHCO) (“AdaptHealth” or the
“Company”), a national leader in providing patient-centered,
healthcare-at-home solutions including home medical equipment,
medical supplies, and related services, announced today that its
Board of Directors has named Suzanne Foster as its Chief Executive
Officer. Ms. Foster will assume leadership of the Company from
interim CEO and Chairman of the Board, Richard Barasch, on May 20,
2024.
Ms. Foster will join the Company from Danaher Corporation where
she served as President of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global
provider of biomedical technologies and laboratory instruments. Ms.
Foster brings over 25 years of healthcare experience as a
purpose-driven leader with a strong-track record of leading growth
businesses in the healthcare market, specifically in-home care,
life sciences, medical devices, supply chain and distribution, and
healthcare technology. Ms. Foster has a demonstrated history of
delivering consistent growth and improving profitability.
Previously, Ms. Foster served as the President of Cardinal Health
At-Home Solutions, President of Stanley Healthcare, a Stanley Black
& Decker business, and General Manager of Medtronic Advanced
Energy. Ms. Foster holds an MPH in Law and Health Policy from
Harvard University and a JD from Suffolk University Law School.
“We are delighted to welcome Suzanne to AdaptHealth,” said Mr.
Barasch. “Our board conducted an extensive search and Suzanne stood
out as the ideal candidate. I am confident that Suzanne has the
skills and experiences to lead AdaptHealth as it solidifies its
position in the epicenter of efforts to improve the health of
people with chronic conditions like diabetes, sleep apnea, obesity,
and COPD.”
“I am excited to join AdaptHealth and to lead the Company into
its next phase of growth, building on the positive momentum that
has been established and capitalizing on the many opportunities
ahead of us,” Ms. Foster said. “I look forward to leveraging the
lessons I have learned in my prior roles by working closely with
the AdaptHealth team to execute on key initiatives and to continue
to deliver value to the Company’s customers and stakeholders.”
Following Mr. Barasch’s transition of leadership to Ms. Foster,
he will remain as Chairman of the Board until June 30, 2024, when
he will step down from the Board of Directors. After June 30, 2024,
Mr. Barasch has agreed to serve as needed at the request of Ms.
Foster and the AdaptHealth Board of Directors as a Special Advisor
to the CEO. The Board of Directors is in the process of identifying
a replacement Board Chair.
“We want to express our sincere appreciation to Richard for
taking on the role of interim CEO,” said AdaptHealth Director Dale
Wolf. “Under his leadership, the Company delivered consistent
results in our core business, strengthened the management team and
established a strategy to seize on value-based care opportunities.
We are grateful for his dedication to AdaptHealth and know he is
delivering a healthy business to Suzanne. As Chairman, Richard has
been invaluable in taking AdaptHealth from a private company to a
public company, building a strong board of directors and guiding
the Company toward success.”
About AdaptHealth Corp.
AdaptHealth is a national leader in providing patient-centered,
healthcare-at-home solutions including home medical equipment
(HME), medical supplies, and related services. The Company provides
a full suite of medical products and solutions designed to help
patients manage chronic conditions in the home, adapt to challenges
in their activities of daily living, and thrive. Product and
service offerings include (i) sleep therapy equipment, supplies,
and related services (including CPAP and bi PAP services) to
individuals suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, (ii) medical
devices and supplies to patients for the treatment of diabetes
(including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps), (iii)
HME to patients discharged from acute care and other facilities,
(iv) oxygen and related chronic therapy services in the home, and
(v) other HME devices and supplies on behalf of chronically ill
patients with wound care, urological, incontinence, ostomy and
nutritional supply needs. The Company is proud to partner with an
extensive and highly diversified network of referral sources,
including acute care hospitals, sleep labs, pulmonologists, skilled
nursing facilities, and clinics. AdaptHealth services beneficiaries
of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance payors, reaching
approximately 4.1 million patients annually in all 50 states
through its network of approximately 680 locations in 47
states.
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