US Med-Equip, a company that specializes in serving hospitals with round-the-clock rental, sales, and asset management of moveable medical equipment, announces that HealthTrust, one of the nation’s largest hospital purchasing groups, has awarded the company its prestigious 2018 Supplier Excellence Award.

According to HealthTrust, award recipients were chosen based on a variety of factors including product quality, on-time delivery, billing accuracy, customer service and overall price/value. HealthTrust serves more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems and more than 31,000 other member locations. US Med-Equip was chosen from among hundreds of HealthTrust vendors in the medical-surgical category.

Tim Heck, VP of strategic accounts, Greg Salario, chief business development officer, and Pat Postal, national accounts rep, for US Med-Equip.

Tim Heck, VP of strategic accounts, Greg Salario, chief business development officer, and Pat Postal, national accounts rep, for US Med-Equip.

The award was presented to US Med-Equip executives by Michael Berryhill, HealthTrust chief operating officer, at the recent HealthTrust University Conference in Nashville, Tenn. In his letter of congratulations to US Med-Equip, Berryhill notes that “this award is in appreciation for outstanding performance on the metrics that matter most to our members and your customers.”

“Everyone at US Med-Equip shares the honor of this award, which was achieved through teamwork and dedication to our mission of promoting the healing process,” says Greg Salario, chief business development officer for US Med-Equip. “This honor recognizes our culture of service and our commitment to do whatever it takes to meet our customer’s needs. We are so proud to partner with HealthTrust and we know that our relationship with them has made US Med-Equip a better company.”

Headquartered in Houston, US Med-Equip ranks on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing companies, a ranking it has achieved five consecutive times. US Med-Equip primarily serves hospitals and long-term acute care centers, renting to them a wide range of moveable equipment across various clinical applications, including respiratory, infusion, patient monitoring, and neonatal. The company maintains a rental fleet of more than 27,000 pieces of equipment and serves its customers across 23 facilities throughout the U.S.

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