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Better Life is a home medical equipment provider that provides services across the state of Florida
NORTHFIELD, Illinois—Medline has signed a new supply agreement with Better Life Medical & Surgical Supply, a home medical equipment (HME) provider based in Hallandale Beach, Flordia, that provides services to patients and customers across Florida.
The new collaborative workflow allows home medical equipment providers to submit authorization requests digitally
PHOENIX—At Medtrade 2026, Parachute Health, the order management platform for home medical equipment (HME) providers, announced a new initiative designed to strengthen collaboration between HME providers and health plans through a unified digital authorization workflow.
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Medtrade 2026 will take place March 3-4 in Phoenix, Arizona
MONTVALE, New Jersey—Dynarex Corporation will present a lineup of newly launched and priority products at Medtrade 2026, a conference for home medical equipment (HME) providers, taking place March 2–4 in Phoenix, Arizona. Attendees can explore solutions across respiratory care, wound management, mobility and durable medical equipment.
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 Van Miller Homecare Champion award recognizes leadership & service in the home medical equipment industry
ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) announced John Quinlan as this year’s Van Miller Homecare Champion, an award that recognizes leadership and service to the home medical equipment (HME) community.
Essential Medical Supply customers can now buy products under the Alex Orthopedic umbrella
GRAND PRAIRE, Texas—Alex Orthopedic, an essential medical supplies company, has acquired Essential Medical Supply, a home medical equipment company.
Moody's Ratings has changed AdaptHealth's corporate family rating from Ba3 to Ba2
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.
Craig Douglas will succeed Rhonda Pearce who served as executive director for the past 21 years
WATERLOO, Iowa—The Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) announced the appointment of Craig Douglas as its next executive director, succeeding Rhonda Pearce, who is retiring after 21 years of dedicated leadership and service to the organization.
Stance & MediStreams partnered to automate EOB conversion, accelerate cash posting & streamline revenue cycles
ATLANTA & IRVINE, California—Stance Health Solutions, a provider of home medical equipment (HME) and respiratory services in California, has selected MediStreams to automate its explanation of benefits (EOB) conversion processes, accelerating cash posting and reducing manual workload for the revenue cycle team across its growing operations.
Reliable Medical provides complex rehabilitation technology & HME solutions across the United States
SOUTHLAKE, Texas—Gauge Capital announced that it has acquired Reliable Medical to provide growth capital and complete a recapitalization of the business.
Sherry Kesler will be placed in charge of home health, hospice & home medical equipment services at WVU Medicine
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia—Sherry Kesler has been named vice president of post-acute services at WVU Medicine, overseeing home health, hospice and home medical equipment.
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BFLOW Solutions provides cloud-based HME & DME equipment software to providers in the DME industry
FRESNO, California—BFLOW Solutions, a provider of cloud-based home medical equipment and durable medical equipment (HME and DME) software announced it officially celebrated 10 years in business on Jan. 1, 2026.
"From the beginning, we believed DME teams deserved tools that supported the way work actually gets done," said Ted Jones, founder and CEO of BFLOW. "Not more complexity—clarity, structure and control."
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Enhabit's third quarter results revealed a net service revenue of $263.6 million as well as an adjusted EBITDA of $27 million
DALLAS—Enhabit, Inc., a home health and hospice care provider, reported its results of operations for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025.
Dependable Home Healthcare announced it will be laying off more than 360 personal care assistants & support staff with its closure
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.
AdaptHealth also announced it had signed a new preferred provider agreement to be the exclusive HME provider for a major health care system
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: