COMPANYHISTORIES
NAIC 62161

Home Health Care Services

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

15companies1901–1996founding years15still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedISS A/S
1901
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedSwedishAmerican Health System
1911
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedBeverly Enterprises, Inc.
1964
FoundedCommunity Psychiatric CentersFoundedDiscount Drug Mart, Inc.
1969
FoundedATC Healthcare Inc.
1971
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
FoundedKinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI)
1976
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
TechnologyThe first US in-vitro fertilization baby is born.
FoundedAmedysis, Inc.
1982
FoundedNew York Health Care, Inc.
1983
FoundedOption Care Inc.FoundedSierra Health Services, Inc.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedPediatric Services of America, Inc.FoundedVivra, Inc.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
FoundedMatria Healthcare, Inc.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
FoundedSelect Medical Corporation
1996
1997
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

ISS A/S →
Active · founded 1901 · Denmark
ISS A/S runs the largest cleaning business in the world.
SwedishAmerican Health System →
Active · founded 1911
Located in Rockford, Illinois, SwedishAmerican Health System is a non-profit, locally governed organization serving 12…
Beverly Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1964
Beverly Enterprises is the largest nursing home chain in the United States.
Community Psychiatric Centers →
Active · founded 1969
Community Psychiatric Centers was one of the largest chains of investor-owned psychiatric hospitals in the United…
Discount Drug Mart, Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
Discount Drug Mart, Inc.
ATC Healthcare Inc. →
Active · founded 1971
ATC Healthcare Inc.
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) →
Active · founded 1976
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Amedysis, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Amedisys, Inc., with its main office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operates 60 home-care nursing locations in nine…
New York Health Care, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
New York Health Care, Inc.
Option Care Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Bannockburn, Illinois-based Option Care Inc.
Sierra Health Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Overseeing the largest and oldest health maintenance organization (HMO) in Nevada, Sierra Health Services, Inc.
Pediatric Services of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Pediatric Services of America, Inc.
Vivra, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Vivra, Inc.
Matria Healthcare, Inc. →
Active · founded 1995
As the leading provider of high-risk, home health care obstetrical services in the United States, Matria Healthcare,…
Select Medical Corporation →
Active · founded 1996
Based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Select Medical Corporation specializes in two niches of the hospital and…
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