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American Medical Response, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEmergency services
Founded1991
HeadquartersGreenwood Village, Colorado
Key people
Nick Loporcaro, CEO[1]
ProductsAmbulance services
Number of employees
29,000
ParentGlobal Medical Response
Websitewww.amr.net

American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is a private ambulance company in the United States that provides and manages emergency medical services, non-emergency and managed transportation, rotary and fixed-wing air ambulance services, and disaster response across the United States.[2]

History

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AMR responding during Hurricane Sandy in New York City

The company was founded in 1991 through the merger of Regional Ambulance (Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California), Vanguard Ambulance (Santa Clara County, California), and Buck Ambulance (Portland, Oregon). It was subsequently acquired by Laidlaw,[3] and sold to Onex in 2004.[4] With this acquisition, Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC) by merging AMR with EmCare.[5] In 2011, EMSC was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.[6]

On June 12, 2013, EMSC changed its name to Envision Healthcare.[7]

On August 8, 2017, Envision Healthcare announced that AMR would be sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in a deal worth US$2.4 billion.[8][9]

In March 2018, AMR became a subsidiary of Global Medical Response. Also in 2018, AMR was the main campaign contributor in support of California Proposition 11 (2018),[10] a bill that modified California labor law to allow for EMS workers to be on-call during breaks.[11]

In 2022 AMR got a five-year contract with FEMA to provide medical transport and support for national disasters in the United States.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leadership". GMR.
  2. ^ "AMR Awarded Five-Year $1.2B Contract As FEMA's National Medical Transport and Support Provider". GlobalMedicalResponse.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw". The New York Times. January 7, 1997.
  4. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Onex Will Buy Two Health Care Units from Laidlaw". The New York Times. Reuters. December 7, 2004. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  5. ^ "EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares". Denver Business Journal. December 21, 2005. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation" (Press release). Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. May 25, 2011.
  7. ^ "EMSC Announces New Company Name, Unveils New Company Logo" (Press release). Envision Healthcare. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  8. ^ Snyder, Eric; Harden, Mark (August 8, 2017). "Colorado's American Medical Response ambulance business to be sold in $2.4 billion deal". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Envision to sell ambulance business to KKR in $2.4 billion deal". Reuters. August 8, 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017.
  10. ^ "Paramedic Break Time". Cal Matters. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  11. ^ Murphy, Eric (10 October 2018). "Prop. 11: Ambulance company has spent nearly $22M on state ballot measure that could shield it from lawsuits, save it millions". Mission Local. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  12. ^ Merrill, Leila. "AMR inks $1.2B, 5-year contract to serve FEMA". EMS1. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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