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WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM announced it will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its annual VGM Heartland Conference from June 8–10, 2026, in Waterloo, Iowa. Registration officially opens on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and attendees can take advantage of a special one‑day $225 anniversary rate—the lowest price of the year.
INDIANAPOLIS—Olio, a care coordination platform for post-acute and behavioral health, announced it is hosting a Care Coordination Engagement Summit to tackle what Olio says is one of health care's most pressing challenges: coordinating care across the continuum.
ST. LOUIS—Mackworth USA, a United States manufacturer of safe patient handling equipment and mobility solutions, has announced an investment from United Kingdom-based Prism Healthcare Group. The company said the investment will enable Mackworth USA to establish its own U.S. manufacturing operations.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced it has released a new playbook aimed towards guiding VGM members through the upcoming changes and trends in the home medical equipment (HME) and durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics supplies (DMEPOS) industry.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—Steve Landers has stepped down as CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home, the organization announced Wednesday.
OKLAHOMA CITY—Senior Helpers a national provider of in-home senior care services, announced Senior Helpers of Greater Oklahoma City joined the list of Senior Helpers CHAP Age-Friendly Care at Home Certified locations.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, New Jersey—Viventium announced the acquisition of Apploi, creating the human capital management (HCM) provider for the post-acute market. This move establishes a system of record that combines recruiting, credentialing, onboarding, payroll and workforce management, including scheduling and time and attendance, with a foundation in health care compliance.
BLACKSHEAR, Georgia—REMSleep Holdings, Inc., a developer of the Food & Drug Administration-cleared DeltaWave nasal pillow system, announced that it has received Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) approvals from the pricing, data analysis and coding (PDAC) contractor for the entire DeltaWave product portfolio. This approval allows durable medical equipment (DME) providers to bill Medicare and private insurance payers for all configurations of the DeltaWave system.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana—Superior Health Holdings, a provider of home health and hospice services across Louisiana, announced the acquisition of the Pulse Home Health and Hospice, a community-based provider of care to patients and families in Louisiana.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida and NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Mosai, the connected care coordination platform, announced that it has been named the preferred workflow technology partner for franchise members of Interim HealthCare, Inc., a network of home health and staffing services that span the care continuum.
Interim said it selected Mosai for its unified platform that allows agencies to see, manage and track every referral, order, lab and clinical document in one place.
FLORIDA—A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted the owner of a marketing company, and former NFL player, for his role in a years-long scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by allegedly selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need.
BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services agencies across the country have been recognized with the 2026 Best of Home Care awards from Activated Insights. These national awards recognize top-performing homecare agencies based entirely on verified client and caregiver satisfaction surveys.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth Corp., a national provider of providing patient-centered, health care-at-home solutions including home medical equipment (HME), medical supplies and related services, announced that Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has recently upgraded the ratings of AdaptHealth, LLC, including the corporate family rating to Ba2 from Ba3 and the senior unsecured notes rating to Ba3 from B1.
NEW YORK—The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) announced it is offering scholarships of up to $5,000 to college-bound high school seniors whose families have been affected by Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia-related illnesses as part of its annual Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship.
DALLAS—Findings in the new 2026 Axxess Industry Growth Insights Report show 60% of care-at-home leaders believe artificial intelligence (AI) will have the greatest impact on the industry by 2030, but fewer than one in four organizations have made AI-specific investments.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has announced that Boone Lockard has been promoted to vice president of HME (home medical equipment), respiratory and wellness.
Lockard joined VGM in 2022 with frontline experience as a respiratory therapist, and he has more than 16 years of experience spanning clinical practice, operations, billing, sales and management.
INDIANAPOLIS—Rehab Medical, a provider of complex rehab technology (CRT), announced the acquisition of Boomer Medical Equipment, doing business as Risch Home Health Care, a home medical equipment provider serving Central Ohio. The acquisition was finalized Jan. 1, 2026.
TYLER, Texas—Choice Health at Home, a provider of home health, hospice and personal care services across the Southwest United States, announced the acquisition of Cy-Fair Health Care in Texas and Alliant Home Health, Palliative and Hospice Care in Colorado (“Alliant”).
