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The 2025 Impact Report details how advocacy shaped the home medical equipment industry in the past year

ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), the national trade association representing the home medical equipment (HME) community, released its 2025 Impact Report, offering an inside look at how advocacy and collaboration shaped policy outcomes during the past year.

AAHomecare said the report highlights the advocacy initiatives that shaped reimbursement, access to care and day-to-day operations in 2025.

The Parkville location of the senior care services provider has expanded into Fallston, Maryland under the leadership of Franchisee Haley Davis

ROCKLIN, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a provider of non-medical in-home senior care and assisted living referral services, announced the expansion of Always Best Care of Parkville, Maryland into Fallston, Maryland further extending the brand's reach throughout greater Baltimore, Baltimore City and Baltimore County.

The Accreditation Commission for Health Care has been renewed by CMS as a national accrediting organization for hospice & critical access hospital programs

CARY, North Carolina—Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has received continued approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a national accrediting organization for its hospice and critical access hospital (CAH) programs. The ACHC said the six-year renewal, effective until 2031, is the longest term available.


The medical equipment program will provide ACME clients with critical mobility & safety equipment for long-term care

MESA, Arizona—ACME Home Care, a provider of a wide variety of homecare services, has announced the launch of a fully integrated home medical equipment program that gives long-term care clients access to critical mobility and safety equipment including delivery, installation and ongoing support at no additional cost as part of their care plan. Companion care clients with temporary needs can also access equipment through low-fee leases.

The two organizations aim to expand home health, hospice, other in-home services in Southeast

TYLER, Texas—Senior Nannies Home Care Services and Senior Advantages Assisted Living Placement Services, announced it has joined forces with Choice Health at Home, a multi-state operator of home health, hospice, personal care, rehabilitation and specialty in-home services. The company said this transaction marks Choice’s entry into the Southeastern United States.

The companies are launching a new pilot program to expand access to remote care & preventive diabetes care solutions

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida—CCS, a provider of clinical solutions and home-delivered medical supplies for chronic conditions, has announced a new partnership with SweetSpot, a remote diabetes management company. Together, CCS and SweetSpot are launching a new pilot program across select United States markets designed to expand access to remote care, improve clinical outcomes and support providers with preventive diabetes care solutions.

The new facility will offer specialty pharmacy services & infusion care

FRISCO, Texas & CHESTERFIELD, Missouri—Soleo Health, a national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, announced the relocation to a new, larger facility in Chesterfield, MO. The company said this expansion will also further enhance the delivery of exceptional care and support for patients, prescribers, health systems, payers and manufacturer partners.


Prism Healthcare Group has invested in Mackworth USA to expand manufacturing operations of mobility solutions in the United States

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.

"VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2026" is designed as a guide for VGM members on upcoming trends in the HME & DMEPOS industries

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.

Apploi is a management & hiring platform that works with the health care industry to streamline recruiting, onboarding and staff credentialing

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.


DeltaWave's HCPCS approval now ensures the launch of nationwide distribution

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.

Interim HealthCare has named Mosai as its preferred workflow technology partner for home health care management

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. 

Joel French allegedly sold patient information & fake doctors' orders for orthotic braces patients did not really need

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.