BERLIN (AP) -- Linde AG, a German-based company that specializes in industrial gases, plans to acquire U.S. home care health company Lincare Holdings Inc. in a deal worth $4.6 billion. The companies ...

Lincare claimed it had not violated HIPAA rules because the protected health information was "stolen" by the individual who discovered it on the premises previously shared with the Lincare employee.

Lincare, a respiratory care company based in Clearwater, Fla., has been ordered to pay $239,800 in civil monetary penalties in relation to a HIPAA violation, according to a HME News report. On Feb. 3, ...

Indianapolis-based medical equipment firm Home Health Depot Inc.—one of the country's fastest-growing medical companies from 2004 to 2014—has been acquired by Clearwater, Florida-based Lincare Inc., ...

One of the country’s largest suppliers of oxygen and respiratory equipment has agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle allegations that it violated anti-kickback laws by reducing copayments for certain ...

Clearwater-based Lincare Holdings Inc. is being bought by a German-based company looking for a bigger slice of the growing health care market. Linde AG, which specializes in industrial and medical ...

Lincare Holdings, a provider of respiratory therapy services at home, reported lower net income and net revenue for 2009, as the Clearwater, Fla.-based company said Medicare cuts hurt results. The ...

The health care sector has lagged the broad market this year, with traders fretting over the effects of the protracted reform debate on Capitol Hill. The S&P Healthcare Index has shed 6.5% since the ...

June 27 (Reuters) - Linde AG's Lincare unit has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the company of fraudulently billing the U.S. government for oxygen and respiratory ...

> Charlotte, North Carolina-based Premier Inc. will be the first organization to conduct Innovator Research using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Virtual Research Data Center, it ...

Coram Healthcare Corp. has agreed to acquire Lincare Holdings Inc. in a $1 billion stock deal that will give Coram a big presence in the home respiratory market, the companies said Tuesday.