Apria Healthcare Group Inc. · Lake Forest, CA United States

With about 550 branches nationwide, Apria Healthcare Group is one of the country's largest home health firms and provides services, and equipment to patients in all 50 states. Its staff provides supplemental oxygen, ventilators, nebulizers, and sleep monitoring equipment and medication to patients with emphysema, sleep apnea, and other respiratory conditions. Its infusion therapy nurses administer intravenous or injectable therapies -- including pain drugs, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition -- at home or in one of the company's 30 outpatient infusion clinics. Apria also delivers home medical equipment such as walkers and hospital beds. Blackstone Group took Apria private in a $1.7 billion deal in 2008. To read the full description, subscribe now.