DALLAS, TX — Aspen Healthcare Services, a Dallas/Fort Worth area provider of home health care, hospice and private duty nursing services, announced today it has been selected as winner of the Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Award. Awarded by Southern Methodist University’s Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, this honor recognizes Aspen Healthcare Services as the fastest growing privately held company in the Dallas Metroplex.

Each year the awards program identifies and analyzes the 100 fastest growing privately held companies in the Dallas Metroplex and aims to recognize innovative entrepreneurs who are successfully building their own businesses while creating new jobs. Companies are evaluated along a number of criteria and must meet the following requirements:

Are independent, privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships (not subsidiaries or divisions of a parent company) as of May 1, 2012. Must have at least 3 years history and not be a non-profit organization.

Be headquartered in the Dallas Metroplex area,
Have sales of more than $500,000, but less than $75 million in fiscal year 2009.

Have a three-year sales history which reflects growth during the three-year sales period, and
Have a credit report and character satisfactory to the Dallas 100, determined at the sole discretion of the Dallas 100.

“We are thrilled to receive this award and to be listed among such an impressive group of private companies from the Dallas area,” said Sukhu George, CEO of Aspen Healthcare Services. “All of the companies honored serve as great examples of how businesses can continue to grow and succeed, even during a recession. We are proud to continue hiring people during these times.”

Aspen Healthcare Services attributes its growth to innovation and efficiency. The company infrastructure provides for safety and quality patient outcomes. “We are one of the first agencies in the country performing outcome-based models of care to reduce avoidable hospitalizations,” said George.

ABOUT ASPEN HEALTHCARE SERVICES:

Based in Lewisville, Texas, Aspen HealthCare Services provides home health, hospice, personal assistance, private-duty nursing, and respiratory therapy services. Our care is defined by our clinical expertise and the compassion we deliver every day...one patient at a time...every time. More information is available online at AspenCares.com or by calling (972) 316-2035.

ABOUT THE DALLAS 100 ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS

Co-founded by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship in 1990, the Dallas 100 Awards is an annual event that identifies and honors the 100 fastest-growing privately held companies in the Dallas area. To qualify for the Dallas 100, a company must meet a number of criteria based on its legal status, location, sales history, credit report, and character.

Website: http://www.aspenhealthcareservices.com/