TROY, Michigan—Best Life Brands, LLC (Best Life Brands), a franchised organization with a portfolio of five brands dedicated to senior care, achieved significant franchise development milestones in 2024. The company added 166 new franchises, bringing its total to 775 locations—an all-time high in a calendar year—with 650 of those locations currently open and operating.
BALL GROUND, Georgia—CAIRE Inc., a manufacturer of oxygen equipment, announced the addition of Accurate Biomed Services to its CAIRE Authorized Service Network in the United States.
CHICAGO—The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) released its latest report on health care acquisitions, providing an in-depth analysis of private equity dealmaking in the health care sector throughout 2024. Titled "Private Equity Healthcare Deals: 2024 in Review" the report delves into key trends shaping the industry and raises important considerations for policymakers, regulators and patients.
DURYEA, Pennsylvania—Pride Mobility announced the release of the Go Go Elite Traveller 2 Platinum edition, a travel scooter with exclusive features and benefits to meet a wide variety of mobility needs.
"With the Go Go Elite Traveller 2 Platinum edition, we’re offering your customers a mobility solution that will help them live their best, both at home and wherever life takes them," Pride said.
The Go Go Elite Traveller 2 Platinum edition features include:
ELY—LeadingAge announced that Adam Masloski, executive director at Boundary Waters Care Center (BWCC), has been presented with LeadingAge Minnesota’s Outstanding Leadership award. Each year, the award recognizes an individual whose leadership is demonstrated through vision, servanthood, mentoring others and a commitment to older adults.
NEW YORK—CareConnect, a provider of homecare artificial intelligence (AI), software and services, and
WASHINGTON—ATA Action, the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association, submitted concerns and detailed recommendations on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s proposed rule to establish special registrations for the remote prescribing of controlled substances without requiring an in-person visit.
DALLAS—Kim Ng used to race motorcycles. Now, he’s blazing a new trail in mobility devices.
Skokie, Illinois—Synapse Health, a provider that focuses on advancing the durable medical equipment (DME) industry toward value-based care, announced the appointment of Shaw Rietkerk as chief operating officer. In this role, Rietkerk will lead Synapse’s core operations and revenue cycle management.
Waterloo, Iowa—VGM Group announced the promotion of Barry Thwaits to executive vice president of customer success with VGM & Associates. In this newly created role, Thwaits will continue developing a long-term vision for coordinated communication and strategies to help VGM’s customers scale their business. This includes aligning services across sales teams to create a seamless customer experience for home medical equipment (HME) providers.
