THE COMPANY	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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 primarily comprised of Hanger Clinic, which specializes in the design, fabrication and delivery of custom O&P devices through 682 patient care clinics and 112 satellite locations in 44 states and the District of Columbia as of December 31, 2017. On a regular basis, we have been opening, closing and merging patient care locations and satellite locations. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we have opened 31 and closed or consolidated 58 patient care locations. Our Products & Services segment is comprised of our distribution and therapeutic 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 Products & Services segment is our therapeutic solutions business, which develops specialized rehabilitation technologies and provides evidence-based clinical programs for post-acute rehabilitation to patients at approximately 4,000 skilled nursing and post-acute providers nationwide.

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 primarily comprised of Hanger Clinic, which specializes in the design, fabrication and delivery of custom O&P devices through 682 patient care clinics and 112 satellite locations in 44 states and the District of Columbia as of December 31, 2017. On a regular basis, we have been opening, closing and merging patient care locations and satellite locations. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we have opened 31 and closed or consolidated 58 patient care locations.

Our Products & Services segment is comprised of our distribution and therapeutic 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 Products & Services segment is our therapeutic solutions business, which develops specialized rehabilitation technologies and provides evidence-based clinical programs for post-acute rehabilitation to patients at approximately 4,000 skilled nursing and post-acute providers nationwide.