ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) held its annual Advocacy in Action Day on Nov. 6, during which association members and patients met with members of Congress and their staff to advocate for a fix to the Medicare home infusion coverage gap. Over the course of the event, NHIA members held more than 130 meetings in support of the Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act (HR 2172 and S 1058).

According to data from the United States Census Bureau, there are approximately 19 million veterans aged 18 and older in the U.S., with about 13 million aged 50 and older, and this number is expected to continue growing as more veterans reach retirement age.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Netsmart, a provider of health care IT for post-acute and human services providers, announced the launch of AlphaCoding, an augmented intelligence (AI) solution designed to help transform clinical coding by driving accuracy, efficiency and compliance. 

ST. PAUL, Minnesota—Dependable Home Healthcare, a homecare company in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced it is closing its doors and will be laying off more than 360 employees. In a notice to the state’s Department of Employment and Economic Development, Dependable Home Healthcare said layoffs will include personal care assistants and support staff. 

PHILADELPHIA—This November, in honor of National Caregivers Month, Medical Guardian, a digital health and safety solutions provider for aging adults, announced a nationwide initiative to offer free medical alert devices to caregivers and their families who sign up for a new membership. 

MADISON, Wiscosin—Olli Health announced a $10 million Series A round to expand its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding and quality review managed service into a complete end-to-end solution. The funding will support new clinical documentation capabilities that begin at the start of care visit and connect final coding and quality review to optimize reimbursement and compliance.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, a trade association representing medical technology companies, praised a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz urging the agency not to finalize a proposal the lawmakers warned could reduce and complicate patient access to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and durable insulin pumps.

CHANGSHU, China, and GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Mölnlycke Health Care, a global provider in medical technology, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, announced the commencement of its new wound care manufacturing site in Changshu, China. The company said this investment marks a milestone in Mölnlycke’s growth and the beginning of localized manufacturing in one of the world’s "fastest-growing MedTech markets."

Alexandria, Virginia—Registration is now open for the National Home Infusion Association's (NHIA) 2026 Annual Conference. The event is set to be held April 18-22, 2026, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth Corp., a provider of health care-at-home solutions including home medical equipment (HME), medical supplies and related services, announced its financial results for the third quarter which ended Sept. 30, 2025. Included in the report was the announcement the company had signed a new capitated agreement to be the exclusive HME provider for a payer serving approximately 170,000 members.

Highlights from the company's report included: