Hill-Rom, a leader in patient support systems and related technologies, brings its 80 years of expertise and innovation in the areas of therapeutic and prevention surfaces together with Encompass, a recognized leader in healthcare textiles and therapeutic and prevention surfaces, to form a new jointly-owned company, Encompass TSS, according to the release.
Encompass TSS will become the exclusive distributor of all but the most complex of Hill-Rom’s capital surfaces in the after-market replacement segment, and it is expected that the joint venture will serve as the primary distribution channel for surface replacement products that Hill-Rom develops in the future. The new company will continue to operate with headquarters at its current location in Pasadena, Calif., and the sales force will be expanded, according to the release.
“Encompass and Hill-Rom today both participate in the rapidly growing surface replacement business, each with a separate product portfolio. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ‘no payment rules’ for hospital acquired pressure ulcers and the rising acuity levels of patients, are driving significant category expansion,” Mike Grippo, vice president of corporate development and strategy at Hill-Rom, said in the release. “This combination will offer our hospital customers the most comprehensive and advanced portfolio of stand-alone replacement surfaces in the industry, while fielding the largest national sales force exclusively dedicated to this category.”
Read the release on Encompass TSS.
