CARSON AND U.S. MEDICAL TRANSFORM AN INDUSTRY
Scott P Carson brought U.S. Medical, Inc. from its humble beginnings in his basement office to its current status as a profitable pioneer in the medical equipment sales business. He felt that the selling, reselling, and purchasing aspects of the medical industry were too complicated for buyers, and aimed to create a one-stop shop of sorts.
Capital medical equipment is a very fragmented industry. There is no Home Depot in this industry. That’s what we’re doing. We want to ‘Home Depotize’ the medical equipment industry,” Scott P Carson said.Scott Carson and his business partner Doug Roesener created US Medical, Inc., from the ground up – literally – when they started the company in a home basement in 1996. Scott Patrick Carson noticed a missed opportunity in the medical equipment resale business. U.S. Medical, Inc. was designed to sell new and reconditioned medical equipment. The market responded, and U.S. Medical, Inc. grew from a five-employee business with no appreciable capitalization to topping $1 million in sales within its first six months.
Scott P Carson, president of U.S .Medical, Inc., was accepted into the Micro Enterprise Hall of Fame in (MONTH, YEAR). This award, developed by Fred DeLuca, the co-founder of SUBWAY® Restaurants, honors entrepreneurs who started their successful businesses with less than $10,000 and have a full-time staff of over 10 people or assets of over $1 million. The Micro Enterprise Hall of Fame was created to raise awareness of the microcredit movement and to honor business leaders who have reached an extraordinary level of success from humble beginnings.
Scott Patrick Carson thought health-care professionals needed a single source for all their capital equipment needs. Carson had worked in the automobile industry before getting into the medical equipment business, so it’s no surprise that he based his business plan on a distribution model similar to that of the automobile industry.
Scott Carson’s goal was to become a one-stop shop where health-care professionals could turn for any product or any service. Just as car dealers sell both new and used automobiles, can broker any make or model, service cars, take trade-ins, provide financing and transport products, Scott Carson’s company, U.S. Medical Inc., provides similar services for the health-care industry.
U.S. Medical, Inc. is the leading provider of capital medical equipment and supplies to medical practitioners. This pioneering company offers the industry everything from individual product sales to the ability to completely outfit medical offices and operatory projects. U.S. Medical, Inc. reached revenues of $15.3 million in the previous nine months.
U.S. Medical, Inc. offers new and used equipment, the option to purchase online or through traditional channels, leasing options, and training. They sell everything from tongue depressors to MRI machines. In addition to cornering the market through determination and patience, Carson attributes the success to surrounding himself with good people, developing a strong product, and providing top-notch service.U.S. Medical, Inc. is still a major player in the medical equipment business. Scott Carson is still heavily involved.