>>> Hanger, Inc. provides orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) patient care services, distributes O&P devices and components, manages O&P networks, and offers therapeutic solutions in the United States. It operates through Patient Care, Distribution, and Therapeutic Solutions segments. The company owns and operates O&P patient care clinics. It designs, fabricates, fits, and maintains a range of custom-made braces and other devices, such as spinal, knee, and sports-medicine braces that provide external support to patients suffering from musculoskeletal disorders, including ailments of the back, extremities or joints, and injuries from sports or other activities. The company also provides custom-made artificial limbs for patients, who are without limbs as a result of traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer or congenital disorders. In addition, it manages an O&P provider network and develops programs to manage various aspects of O&P patient care for insurance companies; and distributes O&P products, components, devices, and supplies to independent customers, its patient care clinics in the O&P, and the post-acute rehabilitation industry. Further, the company fabricates and distributes therapeutic footwear for diabetic patients in the podiatric market; and provides specialized rehabilitation technologies and clinical programs for post-acute rehabilitation to long-term care facilities and other sub-acute rehabilitation providers. Additionally, it offers WalkAide system, which benefits patients with foot drop condition; and V-Hold, a vacuum technology used in lower extremity prosthetic devices. As of December 31, 2012, the company provided O&P patient care services through approximately 740 patient care clinics and 1,300 clinicians in 45 states and the District of Columbia. The company was formerly known as Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. and changed its name to Hanger, Inc. in June 2012. Hanger, Inc. was founded in 1861 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. <<<
