May 10, 2022 / 05:00PM GMT
Michael Aaron Cherny - BofA Securities, Research Division - Director
Great. Thanks, everyone. Welcome to this session of the BofA Healthcare Conference. I'm Michael Cherny, the health care tech distribution analyst. It's my pleasure to welcome Owens Minor. We have Ed Pesicka, CEO; Andy Long, CFO. I think we're going to keep this in a pretty informal fireside chat. (inaudible) format. Obviously, you reported very strong results last week. We're going to work through it as we go. But maybe let's talk about some of the new stuff or newer stuff of the patient direct segment.
So over the last -- this year you've announced what has become a large deal in the company's history. Can you give a little sense on why Apria was the right fit at this point in time and how it expands, and I want to make sure everyone knows this, that's not a new entree, but expands your role into the patient direct space.
Questions and Answers:
Edward A. Pesicka - Owens & Minor, Inc. - President, CEO & DirectorYes, sure. So I think we really started to signal this back