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THE COMPANY
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
THE COMPANY  
THE COMPANY

 

NOTE A - THE COMPANY

 

Hanger, Inc. (“the Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is a leading national provider of products and services that assist in enhancing or restoring the physical capabilities of patients with disabilities or injuries.  We provide orthotic and prosthetic (“O&P”) services, distribute O&P devices and components, manage O&P networks and provide therapeutic solutions to patients and businesses in acute, post-acute and clinic settings.  We operate through two segments, Patient Care and Products & Services.

 

Our Patient Care segment is comprised of Hanger Clinic, CARES, Dosteon, and Linkia, our contracting payor network providing contracting services to other O&P providers. Hanger Clinic specializes in the design, fabrication and delivery of custom O&P devices through 767 patient care clinics and 120 satellite locations in 45 states and the District of Columbia as of December 31, 2014.

 

Our Products & Services segment is comprised of our distribution and rehabilitative solutions businesses.  As a leading provider of O&P products in the United States, we coordinate through our distribution business the procurement and distribution of a broad catalog of O&P parts, componentry and devices to independent O&P providers nationwide.  The other business in our Product & Services segment is our rehabilitative solutions business, which develops specialized rehabilitation technologies and provides evidence-based clinical programs for post-acute rehabilitation to patients at approximately 5,000 skilled nursing, long-term care and other sub-acute rehabilitation facilities throughout the United States.