NEW YORK—Home medical equipment (HME) stakeholders in New York have worked with NYS Medicaid program leaders to adjust rates for standing frame/table systems that provide critical support for children with neuromuscular conditions that impair their ability to stand independently.
The new rates apply as follows:
PHOENIX – After three consecutive years in Dallas, Medtrade will head to the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona for the 2026 show. The nation’s largest HME-focused trade show is not a stranger to the venue, with past events happening there in 2021 and 2022.
The 2026 event will be held Monday, March 2 through Wednesday, March, 4. Why not Dallas?
Chillicothe, Ohio—Adena Health announced a joint venture partnership with DASCO Home Medical Equipment to enhance home medical equipment (HME) services across south central and southern Ohio.
The collaboration will be jointly owned by Adena and DASCO, and operate as Adena-DASCO Home Medical Equipment effective Tuesday, Feb. 18.
ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), a nonprofit organization advocating for home medical equipment (HME) services and supplies policies, announced a new HME benefit for provider members, the company wrote in a recent newsletter to members. The benefit, AAHomecare payer transparency portal, is set to launch in January.
CAMBRIDGE, England—Inotec AMD, a medical equipment manufacturer, announced the close of its $33 million Series C financing round. The company said this funding—led by investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Meltwind, Puhua Capital and the Wealth Club—intends to further its mission to heal chronic wounds and improve patients’ lives on a global scale.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc., a service provider in post-acute health care industry, announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Barb Anderson, and president, Lindy Tentinger, have been named among the 2024 top 50 women leaders of Iowa by Women We Admire—a periodical publishing company that provides news and information on today's wo
SUNNYVALE, California & ASHEVILLE, North Carolina—HealthTap, a virtual health care provider, announced its launch into the durable medical equipment (DME) market with its first partner, Aeroflow Health, a provider of home medical equipment and supplies. By joining the DME market, HealthTap aims to help more patients access primary care and DME services.
LIVINGSTON, Tennessee & WHITMORE LAKE, Michigan—Encore Healthcare, a software company specializing in home medical equipment (HME) management, announced a partnership with Trace Medical, a ventilator rentals company, to launch the “Vent360+,” a solution aiming to simplify and streamline the provision of ventilator services for HME providers.
IRVINE, California—Masimo, a medical innovation company, announced its partnership with Google to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building Google’s “Wear OS” smartwatches. The partnership will incorporate Masimo’s biosensing technologies and standardized smartwatch devices using the Masimo reference platform, enabling OEMs to build and bring Wear OS smartwatches to the market.
WASHINGTON—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) released a comprehensive survey report detailing the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts for home medical equipment (HME) suppliers that took effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—As the home medical equipment (HME) market continues to expand, providers face growing challenges in revenue collection, impacting profit margins. Increased regulation and complexity in navigating payer reimbursement requirements, particularly with Medicare Advantage (MA) and commercial payers, are driving reimbursement down, while the challenges of recruiting and retaining skilled billing and collections staff have escalated costs.
DUBLIN, Ohio—Nymbl Systems, a software company dedicated to delivering better business outcomes for those who enable better health and mobility, announced the launch of the industry's first Single-Page Patient Intake capability.
CALIFORNIA—SG Homecare, Inc., a provider of in-home medical equipment (HME) and supplies, announced the acquisition of Western Drug Medical Supply. This move unites two industry leaders, creating a platform to dramatically scale a leading force in Southern California's homecare market.
The combined entity boasts:
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Military medical equipment supplier JANZ Corporation is expanding into the consumer home medical equipment (HME) market through the acquisition of Mullaney’s Medical Supply, a locally owned and operated company that has served the Greater Cincinnati area since 1936.
ST. LOUIS, Missouri— Responsive Respiratory Inc. (RRI) announced the addition of a new oxygen analyzer to its portfolio of high-pressure respiratory oxygen products.
CINCINNATI—Quipt Home Medical Corp. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: QIPT; TSX: QIPT), a U.S.-based home medical equipment provider, focused on end-to-end respiratory care, today announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 financial results and operational highlights. These results pertain to the three months and year ended Sept. 30, 2023, and are reported in United States dollars ("$", "dollars" and "US$") and have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Joerns Healthcare, a vertically integrated, provider of medical equipment and services to U.S. post-acute care, announced it will refocus the entirety of its resources on its medical equipment sales and services business. The strategy requires a planned exit of its institutional long-term care rental services business and customer notifications began Nov. 20.
RICHMOND, British Columbia—On Tuesday, Nov. 1, HME Home Health, collaborating with Motion, held a one-day conference highlighting Pediatric Equipment at the Executive Inn in Burnaby.
