Home Care Products & Pharmacy history

In 1964 the Smithsonian also opened a brand new museum—the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History)—which greatly expanded exhibition and storage space, as well as curatorial staff.

Since 1971, CarePro Health Services’ mission has been to provide you with the services and products you and your family need for a happier, healthier life.

1973 – Fifth Avenue Pharmacy opens as a full-service community pharmacy and later develops compounding, medical supply (ostomy) and equipment, and nursing home pharmacy.

1980 – Shutts Pharmacy is purchased and renamed Shepley Pharmacy.

1984 – C.R. IV Service, Inc. begins as Claxton's Home IV Service, providing alternate-site infusion therapy services, supplies and nursing.

1986 – Claxton's Home IV Service joins the national network of Option Care offices, changing its name to Claxton's Option Care.

1989 – Liberty Pharmacy in North Liberty opens as a full-service community pharmacy.

1990 – Company purchases Paramount Pharmacies.

1991 – Claxton Pharmacy conducts one of the first national studies on a new concept in pharmacy known as Pharmaceutical Care - providing patient-centered pharmacy services.

1992 – Claxton's Option Care expands into Central Iowa, relocates to 402 10th Street SE and undergoes another name change, becoming Option Care of East & Central Iowa.

In December 1997, Preferred Homecare started as a small company with 27 employees and 9 branch locations in Arizona.

1998 – CarePro Pharmacy Tipton is purchased and operates as a full-service community pharmacy.

1999 – Pharmacy Care Associates, a pharmacy providing services to 1,700 nursing home beds in Eastern Iowa, is sold to Omnicare.

2000 – CarePro Advance Health opens, providing natural health consultative services, preventive screenings, vitamin and herbal supplements, natural skin care products, organic and specialty foods.

2003 – Worksite Wellness is developed as one of the early programs in the country offering pharmacist directed corporate wellness.

CarePro Health Services became 100% employee-owned on January 14, 2004.

2006 – Fifth Avenue Medical and the five retail pharmacies become accredited to provide durable medical equipment.

In addition to organic growth, Preferred Homecare set forth a plan to grow through acquisitions and in 2007 purchased Park InfusionCare in Texas.

2008 – CarePro Home Infusion remodeled to provide a state-of-the-art facility for preparing specialized forms of medications including a new space for CarePro Compounding.

In 2010 to grow our Colorado presence, Centura, a hospital-based durable medical equipment company (DME), was acquired.

2011 – Liberty Pharmacy was remodeled and expanded.

2012 - Reynolds & Reynolds acquires MED-PASS.

2013 - MED-PASS move to Reynold & Reynolds corporate office.

2016 - MED-PASS introduces Patient Information Handbooks that allow for customization of material to meet state regulations and agency polices/procedures.

2017 - MED-PASS introduces new documentation and manuals created in response to the most significant changes to the SOM and related F-tags in preparation of PDPM (Patient-Driven Payment Model) for Long-Term Care.

George Blackburn is the winner of the 2018 VGM HME Woman of the Year Award! Georgie Blackburn, vice president of the Government Relations and Legislative Affairs for BLACKBURN’S has served as a passionate advocate for improved health care policies for over 10 years.

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