SOUTHLAKE, Texas—Gauge Capital announced that it has acquired Reliable Medical to provide growth capital and complete a recapitalization of the business.
BIRMINGHAM, Michigan—Assured Home Nursing (AHN), a provider on at-home senior care based in Birmingham, Michigan, announced it is officially certified as a Medicaid Home Help provider in the state.
AHN's services include helping Medicaid eligible seniors and people with disabilities with activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing and dressing, as well as instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) like cooking and managing medications.
WASHINGTON—Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated several lists that cover durable medical equipment (DME) reimbursement authorization. The three lists updated were the required face-to-face and written order prior to delivery list (Required F2F/WOPD), the required prior authorization list and the master list.
SAN DIEGO—Jake Leach has officially taken over as the new president and CEO of DexCom, Inc., a glucose biosensing corporation. Leach assumed his expanded responsibilities on Jan. 1.
AUDUBON, Pennsylvania—AIROS Medical, a medical technology manufacturer specializing in compression therapy solutions for lymphedema and venous disorders, announced a longer warranty for its line of pneumatic sequential compression devices.
The AIROS 6P and AIROS 8P sequential compression devices now have a five-year warranty. The previous warranty for these devices was three years. All devices sold after Jan. 1, 2026 are subject to the five-year warranty.
WASHINGTON—David Totaro, former chief government affairs officer for BAYADA Home Health Care, has joined the Liberty Partners Group team, effective Jan. 5, 2026, and will be serving the firm as a principal.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The National Alliance for Care at Home says the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) draft recommendations to cut home health payment rates by 7% for calendar year 2027 and eliminate payment updates for hospice care in fiscal year 2027 are "dangerous and misguided."
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it is expanding the provisional period of enhanced oversight (PPEO) for newly enrolled hospices in Ohio and Georgia. This expansion adds to the list of states that have implemented the PPEO including Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.
WASHINGTON—Independence Blue Cross (IBX) has teamed up with tango, a provider of post-acute benefit enablement services, to build on the network of home health options it offers Medicare Advantage members.
DUBLIN, Ohio—Cardinal Health has introduced ContinuCare Pathway, a pharmacy-to-supplier referral pathway program designed to help retail pharmacies refer patients to Cardinal Health at-Home Solutions.
