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M&A Update: Is DME Still Attractive to Investors?
Panelists at the HME Business FUTURE conference on what’s changed in mergers and acquisitions interest.

From a home medical equipment insider’s perspective, 2026 has been a year largely driven by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ongoing priority of curbing fraud, waste and abuse. That focus led to February’s six-month moratorium on enrolling new durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, as well as CMS’s rollout to restart Medicare competitive…

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Frazier Healthcare Acquires MatrixCare, Appoints CEO
MatrixCare was owned by Resmed.

MatrixCare is now an independent company with a new CEO. In a Sept. 1 announcement, Frazier Healthcare said it acquired MatrixCare from Resmed, and appointed Jonathan Lujan to take over as MatrixCare’s CEO. The announcement described MatrixCare as a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions for out-of-hospital…

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M&A Update: Is DME Still Attractive to Investors?
Panelists at the HME Business FUTURE conference on what’s changed in mergers and acquisitions interest.

From a home medical equipment insider’s perspective, 2026 has been a year largely driven by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ongoing priority of curbing fraud, waste and abuse. That focus led to February’s six-month moratorium on enrolling new durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, as well as CMS’s rollout to restart Medicare competitive…

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Vote in HME Business Product of the Year Competition
Celebrate the technology and services making a difference to patients and providers.

Innovation is the lifeblood of the durable medical equipment industry. It’s not technology for technology’s sake — it’s improving the outcomes, quality of life, inclusion and everyday abilities for patients across the country. Here’s your chance to directly recognize innovations you think are moving the industry — and most importantly, its patients — forward. Voting…

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Stakeholders React to End of New Supplier Enrollment Moratorium
Organizations emphasized curbing fraud without restricting patient access.

Healthcare stakeholders are applauding the Aug. 27 ending of Medicare’s new home medical equipment supplier enrollment moratorium — but also tempering that approval by noting that work to effectively curb fraud and abuse should not impact patient access to care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the six-month moratorium was expiring on…

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OPGA Announces Finalists for 2026 O&P Woman of the Year
The women will be honored at the AOPA National Assembly next week.

The Orthotic Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA) has announced its 2026 O&P Woman of the Year Award finalists, being honored at the AOPA National Assembly, being held in Las Vegas starting on Sept. 9. This year’s finalists are Brianna Sehrer, CPO, Orthotic & Prosthetic Specialists; Cody McDonald, Ph.D., CPO, assistant professor, department of rehabilitation medicine,…

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New Medicare DME Supplier Enrollment Moratorium Expires, Competitive Bidding Remains on Track
The moratorium was lifted after six months.

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the expiration of the six-month moratorium for new Medicare durable medical equipment (DME) supplier enrollment, current suppliers and other stakeholders are waiting to see what comes next. CMS made the announcement on Aug. 27, six months to the day of the start of the moratorium.…

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Urgent Call: AAHomecare Seeks Input on Competitive Bidding RID Model for CGMs, Supplies
The survey closes Friday, Aug. 28.

The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) is urgently seeking supplier input on a time-sensitive survey to gauge “the potential business and workforce impact” of the Remote Item Delivery (RID) model recommended by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) for Medicare competitive bidding. The survey focuses on suppliers of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), insulin…

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Hike Medical Raises $22.5 Million in Seed, Series A Funding
The company seeks “to reimagine the entire supply chain for orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) and durable medical equipment.”

Hike Medical — a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform and device lab for orthotics, prosthetics, podiatry and durable medical equipment (DME) — has announced that it’s raised $22.5 million in seed and series A funding “to reimagine the entire supply chain for orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) and durable medical equipment so more people can…

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TBO Promotes Lauren Barranti to VP of Payor Relations
Barranti joined Tactical Back Office earlier this year.

Tactical Back Office (TBO) has promoted Lauren Barranti to vice president of payer relations, effective Sept. 1. The Las Vegas-based provider of healthcare staffing, business process outsourcing and operational infrastructure for healthcare businesses made the announcement on Aug. 25. Barranti joined TBO in February. “The promotion reflects TBO’s continued investment in expanding its integrated healthcare…

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OIG Publishes White Paper on Medicare DME Fraud
The report discussed the three factors needed to commit fraud and how CMS can guard against them.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has published a white paper describing how durable medical equipment (DME) fraud occurs and how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responding. The report — White Paper: The Nation’s Challenge to Combat Durable Medical Equipment Fraud in Medicare…

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