OptionCare Buys CareMax

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens subsidiary OptionCare
Enterprises announced last month it has acquired Tampa, Fla.-based
home care provider CareMax Medical Resources, which offers home
infusion, respiratory and DME in seven communities in Colorado,
Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas. Terms of the deal were not
disclosed. With its $850 million blockbuster purchase of OptionCare
in 2007 — the largest in its history — Walgreens
catapulted into the top eschelon of the nation’s home infusion
players. For more, see Walgreens to Buy Option Care for
$850 Million, HomeCare Monday, July 9, 2007.