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Thomas Babacan
Takes Reins at Sunrise
New president and CEO brings a long career of corporate leadership to
wheelchair and scooter maker.
Wheelchair and scooter maker Sunrise Medical has appointed Thomas Babacan, a leader
of various manufacturing companies, as the company’s president and CEO.
Sunrise tapped Babacan for his background as a leader in global, innovation-driven businesses. Before joining Sunrise Medical, Babacan was the CEO of commercial refrigeration and freezing systems maker AHT Cooling. Before that, he was CEO of water solutions manufacturer VAG-Group. Babacan’s other leadership positions included CEO of Leybold Vacuum, CEO of Oerlikon Textile and COO for OC Oerlikon.
“Thomas, with his global sales and operations experience, is well suited to lead Sunrise
Medical on its ambitious growth journey,” said Johan Ek, chairman of Sunrise Medical.
Babacan will start as president and CEO on Nov 1.
AAHomecare Adds
New Board Members
Scott Maughan of Alpine Home Medical and Josh Marx of Medical Service Company will help steer the industry’s
national association.
The American Association for Homecare has added two new board members, Scott Maughan and Josh Marx, who will fill two recently opened positions.
Maughan is president of Utah-based Alpine Home Medical, and brings more than 30 years in the HME sector to the Board. He started his career in 1987 at Glasrock Home Health, stayed through its purchase Praxair, and in 2007joined Alpine Home Medical, where he held various
positions including director of business development and payer contracting, COO, and eventually. president.
Marx is managing director of sleep and vice president of business development for family- owned Medical Service Company. He has
held positions in sales, payer partnerships, marketing, brand management, and operations. Currently, he helps forge new health system and payer partnerships, as well as works to expand MSC’s Sleep Division.
Maughan and Marx fill positions opened when Deb Silvers of Hoveround became chair of the Regulatory Council and Perry Bernocchi of Byram Healthcare resigned.
“We’re extremely fortunate to add these accomplished individuals to our leadership team,” said Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare. “Scott and Josh bring high levels of expertise in HME to the Board, and I know that the Association will benefit from their demonstrated passion and commitment to this industry.” n
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Health Mobius Merges
with Sister Company
Merging with HME buying group Red Moby positions the company to help providers compete, says CEO.
Health Mobius, which provides e-commerce services to HME providers and pharmacies, has merged operations with its sister company Red Moby, a no-fee buying group.
Red Moby offers more than 25,000 products from more than 300 brands across a variety of HME categories to providers at wholesale prices and can ship directly to patients. With the merger with Health Mobius, providers can offer these retail products without having to stock inventory, increase infrastructure, negotiate with vendors, or manage their e-commerce presence.
With competition from online retailers, and especially e-commerce giants such as Amazon. com, it’s imperative for the industry to start looking at how it can leverage these kinds of arrangements in order to stay competitive, said Kamal Haddad, CEO of Health Mobius.
“We are not here to compete with industry buying groups and distributors,” he explained. “Rather, we aim to partner with them to provide much needed enhanced services to help independents compete with online giants like Amazon.” n
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