LAKE FOREST, Calif., Nov. 11, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apria Healthcare Group Inc. ("Apria") announced today that Chris Karkenny, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apria, is scheduled to present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. EST.
A live audio webcast of the presentation along with the presentation document will be available on the Investor Relations section of Apria's website at www.apria.com. For those unable to listen to the live audio webcast, a replay will be available on Apria's website shortly after the event.
About Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
Apria is a quality, cost-efficient provider of home healthcare products and services in the United States, offering a comprehensive range of home respiratory therapy, home infusion therapy and home medical equipment services to over two million patients annually in all 50 states through approximately 500 locations. We hold market-leading positions across all of our major service lines—making us a leader in the homecare market. By targeting the managed care segment of the population, we are better positioned than many of our competitors to minimize risks associated with changes in Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement rates. We are focused on being the industry's highest-quality provider of homecare services, while maintaining our commitment to being a low-cost operator. Our integrated product and service offerings, combined with our national scale and strong reputation, provide us with a strategic advantage in attracting customers, which include almost all of the national and regional managed care and government payors in the United States, and in retaining our referral base of more than 70,000 physicians, discharge planners, hospitals and third-party payors. Further information is available at www.apria.com.