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CareCentrix chooses Overland Park for new Regional Care Center
Home Health Benefits Management Company Expands as Demand for Services Increases
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. and HARTFORD, Conn. – August 18, 2009 – CareCentrix, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of home health benefits management services, has chosen Overland Park for its newest regional care center. CareCentrix will employ 90 customer service, clinical and management personnel in its new center by February 2010, and anticipates having up to 150 personnel in place within two years. Growth in the company’s home care management business and emerging opportunities in the area of hospital-to-home transitional care are the driving forces behind its decision to open the center.
“CareCentrix has experienced significant growth over the past year. As home and transitional care management services play an increasingly important role in the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care and importantly, contribute to improved and clearly measurable health care outcomes, we fully expect our growth to continue,” said Eric Reimer, chief executive officer, CareCentrix. “Establishing an office here in Overland Park is another step in our business development plan to provide excellent service and care to our growing base of customers.”
CareCentrix chose Overland Park as the location for its newest center in large part because of the high caliber workforce in the community, a resource the company will be turning to as it prepares to open its center in October 2009. The new center will provide home care benefits management services to a growing list of health care clients as well as expand CareCentrix’s presence in the region. The company, which is headquartered and operates a care center in East Hartford, Connecticut, also operates care centers in Tampa, Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona.
“The skill level of the employee base in Overland Park made the community a natural selection for our expansion,” said Tom Boelsen, CareCentrix chief financial officer. “We performed a due diligence review of several markets from a financial and real estate perspective and Overland Park matched up well to our goals as a company that is focused on providing outstanding service to our customers.”
The Overland Park City Council provided consent approval at this past Monday’s City Council meeting for CareCentrix to lease approximately 25,000 square feet on the Sprint-Nextel world headquarters campus. Final real estate transactions are being completed with an anticipated move-in date of October 1, 2009.
“Health care-related businesses represent an increasingly important segment of our local and regional economy and that is further evidenced by CareCentrix choosing our community,” said Lavern Squier, Senior Vice President of the Overland Park Economic Development Council.
About CareCentrix
CareCentrix, Inc. is the leading coordinator of home health care services for managed care corporations. For more than 13 years the company has built its reputation on excellence in meeting the health care needs of more than 20 million Americans through its managed home health care partners. The company is majority-owned by Water Street Health Partners, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on health care.
Former CareCentrix parent company Gentiva, Inc. owns a minority stake in the company. CareCentrix is headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut, and has operations in Melville, NY, Tampa, Florida, Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
If you are interested in a possible position in the CareCentrix Overland Park office, please call 1-877-HIRE-CCX or e-mail your resume to careers@carecentrix.com. For more information about CareCentrix visit www.carecentrix.com.
About Overland Park Chamber of Commerce
The mission of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council is to attract, expand and retain the Overland Park business base. For more information on the Economic Development Council, call (913) 491-3600 or visit www.opedc.org.