🚨New news: 🏢Philips Respironics plans to lay off nearly 200 employees at three facilities in Westmoreland County, Pa., according to a WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. 🔗hmenews.com/article/respir…

➡️CMSGov, among other things, moves skin substitutes under physician fee schedule as incident-to-supplies.

💙The proclamation, the first of its kind for a state government, AAHomecare says, underscores the value of HME professionals, products and services in making high-quality, home-based care possible.

🚨New news: 💊Apnimed has announced The Lancet has published positive results from the Phase 2 FLOW study evaluating sulthiame, a differentiated, once-daily oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). 🔗hmenews.com/article/apnime…

🚨New news: 🩹Convatec says CMS’s revised payment rate for skin substitutes represents an estimated headwind of about 1% to 2% of Group revenue for 2026. That is unchanged from the company’s guidance from the first half of 2025. 🔗hmenews.com/article/convat…

The acquisition: ☑️Strengthens Bruno’s market position; and ☑️Expands its reach into new geographic regions and complementary product categories

📢“We maintained our momentum, with AI-powered innovations and long-term partnerships making a real difference for patients and consumers,” said Roy Jakobs, CEO. “We drove strong order intake and accelerated sales growth, with sustained strength in North America."

In August, AdaptHealth also announced it had signed a $1B capitated agreement with a major health system, a move it said would accelerate growth in 2026. 📢“We delivered strong financial results that ... continued building foundational capabilities to drive sustainable growth."

📢“Whether that delay is tied to the HME’s all-out advocacy efforts on CBP provisions in the rule is not clear. What is clear is that all stakeholders have an extended opportunity to reach out to Capitol Hill & ask them to weight with CMS & the administration on the CBP.”

📢"As we started working with some of the largest health care institutions, helping them get patients in the door while defeating care backlogs & leakage, it became clear we needed someone that has been there more than a few times,” said Trey Holterman. “And Maulik is that guy.”

💥With participant consent & authorized disclosure, Tidepool will pair biometric data from ŌURA – sleep, activity, heart rate, temperature trends & menstrual cycles – with diabetes device data, including CGMs & insulin pumps.

Elliott, who will report directly to CEO Chuck Witkowski, previously served as vice president, quality, for Permobil’s Americas region. In that role, he demonstrated deep expertise and exceptional leadership in advancing the company’s quality framework.

The insurer tried the same move earlier this year, but after the HME industry pushed back, saying providers can’t bill these codes, it pulled back the change.

🚨New news: 👣Orpyx® has announced that its sensory insoles, analytics platform and remote monitoring program will be used in a new clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 🔗hmenews.com/article/orpyx-…

🚨New news: 💰The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMSGov) has issued preliminary guidance for states on how to implement new federal requirements on health care-related taxes in Medicaid. 🔗hmenews.com/article/cms-is…

📣"The challenge isn't treatment. It's recognition. Too many people simply don't realize their poor sleep has a medical solution," said Dr. Michael Howell, MD, chief medical officer of GEM Sleep and professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota.

📈The annual deductible for all Medicare Part B beneficiaries will be $283 in 2026, an increase of $26 from the annual deductible of $257 in 2025.

🚨New news: 📉Medicaid enrollment declined by 7.6% in FY 2025, driven primarily by the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision, according to a new issue brief from KFF. 🔗hmenews.com/article/medica…

The expanded coverage, which better aligns with current clinical evidence, will help to reduce serious urinary tract infections (UTIs), AAHomecare stated in a bulletin.

📣“(This) is an important recognition of the deliberate actions we are taking to strengthen our balance sheet, improve our risk profile & increase our financial flexibility,” said CEO Suzanne Foster. “Since the end of Q3, we have reduced the balance of our term loan A by $275M.”