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.
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.
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.
GRAND PRAIRE, Texas—Alex Orthopedic, an essential medical supplies company, has acquired Essential Medical Supply, a home medical equipment company.
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.
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.
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.
SOUTHLAKE, Texas—Gauge Capital announced that it has acquired Reliable Medical to provide growth capital and complete a recapitalization of the business.
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.
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."
DALLAS—Enhabit, Inc., a home health and hospice care provider, reported its results of operations for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025.
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.
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:
MINNEAPOLIS—As part of November's Homecare Month, Governor Tim Walz officially proclaimed the second week of November as Home Medical Equipment (HME) & Services Appreciation Week in Minnesota to highlight the value of HME professionals, products and services in making home-based care possible.
WASHINGTON—AAHomecare has issued a statement regarding the United States Department of Commerce investigation of potential national security impacts of importing some medical devices and consumables, including durable medical equipment (DME) and personal protective equipment.
ORLANDO, Florida—Rotech Healthcare Inc., a national provider of home respiratory and medical equipment, has announced the acquisition of Baptist Home Medical Equipment’s business, based in Memphis, Tennessee, with services extending to neighboring communities. Baptist Home Medical Equipment was owned by Baptist Memorial Health which is comprised of 23 hospitals.
HOUSTON—HME360, a consulting firm that specializes in home medical equipment (HME) and durable medical equipment (DME) inventory management, announced the release of a new industry report which reveals that outdated, manual inventory practices are costing HME|DME providers more than $4 billion annually in wasted labor, lost revenue and trapped cash.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced that Jeff Bowman has joined VGM & Associates as senior vice president of strategic partnerships.
