American Medical Response
American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is a medical transportation company in the United States that provides and manages community-based medical transportation services, including emergency (911), non-emergency and managed transportation, rotary and fixed-wing air ambulance services, and disaster response.
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Greenwood Village, Colorado |
Key people | Ted Van Horne, CEO[1] |
| Products | Ambulance services |
Number of employees | 29,000 |
| Parent | Global Medical Response |
| Website | www |
Corporate history
The company was founded in 1991 through the merger of Regional Ambulance (Alameda and Contra Costa counties, CA), Vanguard Ambulance (Santa Clara County, CA), and Buck Ambulance (Portland, OR). It was subsequently acquired by Laidlaw,[2] and sold to Onex in 2004.[3] With this acquisition, Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC) by merging AMR with EmCare.[4] In 2011, EMSC was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.[5]
On June 12, 2013, EMSC changed names to Envision Healthcare Corporation.[6]
On September 8, 2017, Envision Healthcare Corp. announced that American Medical Response would be sold to KKR & Co. LP in an all-cash deal worth US$2.4 billion.[7]
In March 2018, American Medical Response became a subsidiary of Global Medical Response.
Type II AMR ambulance at the 2014 Balloon Fest in Las Cruces, NM
AMR responding during Hurricane Sandy in New York City
AMR handling event medical at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
AMR NASCAR Safety Team at Daytona 500, February 2017
References
- "GMR - Leadership".
- Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw
- Onex will buy two health care units from Laidlaw
- EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation
- "EMSC Announces New Company Name, Unveils New Company Logo | Information from Envision Healthcare". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- Eric Snyder; Mark Harden (8 September 2017). "Colorado's American Medical Response ambulance business to be sold in $2.4 billion deal". DenverBusinessJournal.com. Denver, CO: Denver Business Journal American City Business Journals. Retrieved 15 September 2017.