Meridian Health Care Group

What Meridian Health Care Group does

Meridian Health Care Group, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, is a privately held respiratory care services company operating as an affiliate of Lincare. The company delivers turnkey pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory diagnostic programs to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics, and physician practices across the United States, with a network of 40+ contracted facilities spanning the Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, and Northeast. Meridian supplies the clinical staff, working capital, equipment, medical supplies, and management required to operate credentialed pulmonary rehabilitation programs, enabling rural and community hospitals to launch or expand respiratory services without bearing the capital and staffing burden directly.

Core service offerings include a comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (progressive exercise, education, counseling, and behavioral change interventions for chronic lung disease), Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostic Services (pulmonary function testing and cardiopulmonary stress testing), Hospital Therapy Management, Physician Practice Services, and Medical Gases and Equipment Distribution. The company has expanded into advanced diagnostics with Airway Oscillometry Testing, a pulmonary function modality that superimposes sound waves on normal tidal breathing to measure airway resistance and lung compliance, enabling earlier detection of small-airway abnormalities and assessment of patients unable to perform traditional spirometry.

Meridian's revenue model is contract-based, providing managed services and professional services to healthcare providers under arrangements where pulmonary rehabilitation is a defined Medicare benefit and oscillometry is covered by Medicare and most commercial insurance. Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales targeting hospital executives and physician practice leadership, supplemented by participation in healthcare industry conferences and a national footprint under the Lincare corporate umbrella. The company employs 11–50 staff and has grown organically, without disclosed external funding rounds.

Name

Meridian Health Care Group

Legal name

Meridian

Website

https://meridianhg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

All Other Outpatient Care Centers (621498), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (6219)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs (HLAKANAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pulmonary Function & Respiratory Diagnostic Centers (PFT/Spirometry) (HLAFAKAJ), Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs (HLADAJAK), Home Ventilation, Oxygen Therapy & Respiratory DME Clinical Management (HLAKANAM), Ventilator & Respiratory Care SNFs (HLADADAD)

Keywords

• Pulmonary rehabilitation services
• Respiratory therapy services
• Cardiopulmonary diagnostics
• Hospital therapy management
• Medical equipment distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallahassee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services: Meridian provides pulmonary rehabilitation services to healthcare providers through contracted clinical programs in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient clinics. Revenue is generated through service contracts with healthcare facilities.
2. Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostic Services: Meridian contracts with healthcare providers throughout the country for delivery of respiratory therapy and pulmonary diagnostic services. The collaborative approach to therapy management includes professional staff and medical equipment for cost-effective care.
3. Oscillometry Testing Services: Advanced lung function assessment services covered by Medicare and commercial insurance, representing a new clinical service offering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Meridian Health Care Group contracts with hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physician practices, and outpatient clinics to operate turnkey pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory diagnostic programs. Services include progressive exercise therapy, education and counseling interventions, pulmonary function testing, cardiopulmonary stress testing, airway oscillometry testing, and the supply of clinical staff, equipment, working capital, and program management needed to run credentialed respiratory care programs.

Product overview

Meridian Health Care Group is a healthcare services company operating as an affiliate of Lincare. The company offers a national network of Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs delivered through hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient clinics. The core offerings consist of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (including progressive exercises, education, counseling, and behavioral interventions), Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostic Services, and Airway Oscillometry Testing. The company also provides Hospital Therapy Management (turnkey pulmonary rehab center operations for hospitals), Physician Practice Services, and Medical Gases and Equipment Distribution. Services are delivered through clinical staff partnerships and include pulmonary function testing, structured exercise training, disease management education, personalized care planning, and emotional/lifestyle support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation services for patients with chronic lung diseases, delivered as a turnkey contracted program through hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient clinics. Includes progressive exercise therapy, disease management education, counseling, and behavioral change interventions, and is covered by Medicare as a defined benefit and by most commercial insurance plans.
• Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostic Services Respiratory therapy and pulmonary diagnostic services comprising pulmonary function diagnostics and cardiopulmonary stress testing to assist healthcare providers in the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases and in monitoring patient response to therapeutic interventions. Delivered under collaborative therapy management arrangements that include professional staff and medical equipment.
• Airway Oscillometry Testing An advanced pulmonary function test that superimposes sound waves onto physiological breathing to obtain measurements of airway resistance and lung compliance. Suitable for patients unable to complete traditional spirometry, detects small-airway abnormalities at earlier stages of respiratory disease, produces results within about five minutes, and is covered by Medicare and commercial insurance.
• Hospital Therapy Management Turnkey development and operation of pulmonary rehabilitation and diagnostic centers within hospitals, providing clinical staff, working capital, equipment, medical supplies, and management so that healthcare partners can add or expand pulmonary rehab services without bearing the financial risk of standing up a new clinical service line.
• Physician Practice Services Services enabling physician practices to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory diagnostic services to their patients without having to develop the underlying clinical programs and infrastructure independently.
• Medical Gases and Equipment Distribution Distribution of medical gases and equipment as part of Meridian's comprehensive respiratory care services for healthcare provider partners and the patients they serve.

Quantifiable outcome

• 37% decrease in mortality rates when pulmonary rehabilitation is received within 90 days of hospital discharge
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Cedar County Memorial HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Meridian expanded its clinical services at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, marking its 40th facility to provide airway oscillometry testing. This partnership enhances rural healthcare access to advanced lung function assessment technology.
• Hillsboro Community HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2023Meridian opened a Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Diagnostic Center at Hillsboro Community Hospital in Hillsboro, Kansas, expanding its network of hospital-based pulmonary rehabilitation services.
• William Newton Memorial HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Meridian opened its Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Diagnostic Center at William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield, Kansas in December 2022. The program has shown significant success with patients achieving improved health outcomes.
• Wayne County HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Meridian opened a Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Diagnostic Center at Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa, providing rural healthcare facilities with comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation services.
• Hodgeman County Pulmonary Rehabilitation CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022Meridian opened a Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Diagnostic Center at Hodgeman County Hospital in Jetmore, Kansas in February 2022, expanding services to rural communities.
• LincareflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeridian is an affiliate of Lincare, a major respiratory care company. Lincare provides home oxygen therapy and other respiratory services. Meridian operates as a Lincare company with shared resources and brand association.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves25 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Option Care Health: National home and alternate-site infusion and respiratory services provider, comparable to Meridian in delivering contracted clinical respiratory services to healthcare facilities and home-based patients.
• Apria Healthcare (Owens & Minor): Provides home respiratory therapy, home medical equipment, and clinical respiratory services; competes with Meridian across both home-based and facility-based respiratory care delivery.
• Encompass Health: Largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S., offering pulmonary rehabilitation among its therapy lines, comparable to Meridian in rehab delivery model and patient populations.
• AdaptHealth: National provider of home medical equipment with a significant respiratory product and service portfolio, including oxygen therapy and sleep — competing with Meridian's respiratory DME and equipment distribution offering.
• Rotech Healthcare: Provider of home medical equipment and respiratory therapies (including oxygen and ventilation), overlapping with Meridian's medical gases and equipment distribution and respiratory care service lines.
• Select Medical Holdings: Operates specialty hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation programs, including pulmonary rehabilitation services, competing with Meridian for hospital partnership and patient referrals across similar geographies.

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based health services provider with respiratory therapy and home health lines, comparable to Meridian in delivering clinical respiratory services through a national network.
• Lincare Holdings: Meridian's parent platform and one of the largest U.S. providers of home respiratory care, oxygen therapy, and DME — directly comparable service lines, with broader home-care scope than Meridian.

Emerging players

• Propeller Health: Digital respiratory health company offering connected inhaler sensors and analytics for asthma and COPD management — adjacent to Meridian's diagnostic and pulmonary rehab offering with a technology-led approach to the same patient population.
• Wellinks: Digital pulmonary rehabilitation platform delivering virtual cardiopulmonary rehab programs, representing an emerging channel that overlaps with Meridian's in-person pulmonary rehab and could become a substitute or complement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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