PSS World Medical, Inc. provides medical products and supplies, diagnostic equipment, healthcare information technology, pharmaceutical products, and professional and consulting services in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Physician Business and Extended Care Business. The Physician Business segment distributes approximately 164,000 products, such as disposable supplies, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostic and non-diagnostic equipment, as well as offers healthcare information technology and physician dispensing solutions to office-based physicians specializing in internal medicine, family practice, primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, cardiology, orthopedics, general practice, and other specialties; and operating under the ownership of private or public companies or acute care facilities. As of March 30, 2012, this segment operated a distribution network comprising 33 full-service distribution centers, 39 break-freight locations, 2 other operations-related facilities, and 2 redistribution facilities. The Extended Care Business segment distributes approximately 46,000 medical and related products, such as medical supplies, incontinent supplies and personal care items, enteral feeding supplies, point of care testing devices, wound care, home medical equipment, and other supplies to independent, regional, and national nursing home facilities; home health agencies; assisted living centers; hospices; and home medical equipment dealers. This segment also offers its own store brands, including Select Medical Products and other specialty brand products; Medicare Part B and Medicaid billing services to the nursing home and assisted living market; and consulting services to extended care providers. It operated a distribution network consisting of 18 full-service distribution centers, 10 break-freight locations, 2 other operations-related facilities, and 2 redistribution facilities. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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