home medical equipment

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc., a service provider in post-acute health care industry, announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Barb Anderson, and president, Lindy Tentinger, have been named among the 2024 top 50 women leaders of Iowa by Women We Admire—a periodical publishing company that provides news and information on today's wo

SUNNYVALE, California & ASHEVILLE, North Carolina—HealthTap, a virtual health care provider, announced its launch into the durable medical equipment (DME) market with its first partner, Aeroflow Health, a provider of home medical equipment and supplies. By joining the DME market, HealthTap aims to help more patients access primary care and DME services. 

LIVINGSTON, Tennessee & WHITMORE LAKE, Michigan—Encore Healthcare, a software company specializing in home medical equipment (HME) management, announced a partnership with Trace Medical, a ventilator rentals company, to launch the “Vent360+,” a solution aiming to simplify and streamline the provision of ventilator services for HME providers.

IRVINE, California—Masimo, a medical innovation company, announced its partnership with Google to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building Google’s “Wear OS” smartwatches. The partnership will incorporate Masimo’s biosensing technologies and standardized smartwatch devices using the Masimo reference platform, enabling OEMs to build and bring Wear OS smartwatches to the market. 

WASHINGTON—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) released a comprehensive survey report detailing the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts for home medical equipment (HME) suppliers that took effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—As the home medical equipment (HME) market continues to expand, providers face growing challenges in revenue collection, impacting profit margins. Increased regulation and complexity in navigating payer reimbursement requirements, particularly with Medicare Advantage (MA) and commercial payers, are driving reimbursement down, while the challenges of recruiting and retaining skilled billing and collections staff have escalated costs.

DUBLIN, Ohio—Nymbl Systems, a software company dedicated to delivering better business outcomes for those who enable better health and mobility, announced the launch of the industry's first Single-Page Patient Intake capability.

CALIFORNIA—SG Homecare, Inc., a provider of in-home medical equipment (HME) and supplies, announced the acquisition of Western Drug Medical Supply. This move unites two industry leaders, creating a platform to dramatically scale a leading force in Southern California's homecare market.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Military medical equipment supplier JANZ Corporation is expanding into the consumer home medical equipment (HME) market through the acquisition of Mullaney’s Medical Supply, a locally owned and operated company that has served the Greater Cincinnati area since 1936.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri— Responsive Respiratory Inc. (RRI) announced the addition of a new oxygen analyzer to its portfolio of high-pressure respiratory oxygen products.

CINCINNATI—Quipt Home Medical Corp. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: QIPT; TSX: QIPT), a U.S.-based home medical equipment provider, focused on end-to-end respiratory care, today announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 financial results and operational highlights. These results pertain to the three months and year ended Sept. 30, 2023, and are reported in United States dollars ("$", "dollars" and "US$") and have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Joerns Healthcare, a vertically integrated, provider of medical equipment and services to U.S. post-acute care, announced it will refocus the entirety of its resources on its medical equipment sales and services business. The strategy requires a planned exit of its institutional long-term care rental services business and customer notifications began Nov. 20.

RICHMOND, British Columbia—On Tuesday, Nov. 1, HME Home Health, collaborating with Motion, held a one-day conference highlighting Pediatric Equipment at the Executive Inn in Burnaby.

BOULDER, Colorado—Quality Biomedical, a biomedical equipment service provider in the home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute markets, is expanding into larger facilities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to meet the growing demand for its services.

WHITMORE LAKE, Michigan—Trace Medical, a provider of advanced respiratory rentals and biomedical services, has announced a long-term distribution agreement with Outset Medical to rent the Tablo Hemodialysis System to home medical equipment (HME) providers.

As part of this agreement, Trace Medical will leverage its national distribution network to offer HME providers exclusive access to rent Tablo and meet the growing demand of dialysis patients seeking treatment at home.

FREEHOLD, New Jersey—Avalon GloboCare Corp.

PHILADELPHIA—Medical Guardian, a provider of personal emergency response systems (PERS) and health care engagement services, announced the launch of the newest product in its lineup of medical alert solutions—the MGMini Lite. Weighing less than an ounce, this device is designed to address the dynamic and evolving needs of aging adults and caregivers.

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland—Acuity Medical announced it is hosting a one-day event for its home medical equipment (HME) customers on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The event will combine education, new product launches, industry updates, sales training, panel discussions and peer networking time. Manufacturers attending include Golden Technologies, Nova, Stander, Pedifix, Strongback, Liviliti, ARJO and others.