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HME Excellence Awards

2026 Provider of the Year HME News Excellence Awards

The HME Excellence Award for Provider of the Year recognizes an outstanding home medical equipment provider that demonstrates excellence in a highly competitive and challenging industry. 

Honorees are selected based on their overall performance, including financial strength, quality controls, staffing, and community involvement, highlighting organizations that deliver exceptional patient care while driving innovation and industry leadership.

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DEADLINE: 08/07/2026
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PROVIDER APPLICATION

APPLICATIONS DUE: 08/12/2026
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SELECTION PROCESS

Recognizing providers that deliver exceptional patient care while driving innovation and industry leadership. Applications are reviewed by a panel of industry experts and evaluated on:

  • Quality and patient care
  • Organizational strength and staffing
  • Financial performance
  • Community involvement

This year's winner will be announced LIVE at the HME News Business Summit in Louisville, KY.


AWARD PRIZE PACKAGE

Sponsored by ACU-Serve


AEROFLOW HEALTH NAMED PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Aeroflow Health

Congratulations! Aeroflow Health was named the 2025 HME Provider of the Year at the Network Reception at the HME News Business Summit in Cleveland, OH on October 21.

As part of the HME Excellence Awards hosted by HME News and sponsored by ACU-Serve, Aeroflow Health completed an initial application and finalist applications, providing information on financials, quality controls, staffing and community involvement.

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HME EXCELLENCE AWARD JUDGES

Miriam LieberMiriam Lieber

Miriam Lieber is a principal consultant and trainer specializing in home healthcare revenue cycle management. Her extensive experience with Medicare and other third party payers has brought her national recognition in the homecare industry. With over 25 years in the homecare field, Miriam has consulted with over 500 HME companies nationwide and is a featured author of many articles in the areas of operations management and leadership. She is also a nationally known speaker for many homecare trade associations. In her consulting practice, Ms. Lieber’s clientele includes, HME companies, managed care organizations, hospitals, wholesalers, pharmacists and manufacturers. She is known to have practical approaches to complex operational matters and assists her clients with the nuts and bolts of running a profitable business.

President, Lieber Consulting LLC 
P. 818-789-0670 | E.
 
miriam@lieberconsulting.com


Jonathan SadockJonathan Sadock

Jonathan Sadock is the managing partner and CEO of Paragon Ventures. He has more than 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in healthcare business development, sales, marketing, and mergers and acquisitions. Jonathan joined Paragon Ventures in 1999 and the firm has successfully completed over 180 transactions in 43 states across the country. In 1979 Jonathan founded PRN - The As Needed Company, a capital equipment rental and asset management services company and a master distributor for MEDIQ, Inc. Jonathan was also the founder of Medtech Biomedical Services Inc., a biomedical equipment maintenance and repair business. Medtech was subsequently merged with PRN and in 1990 the combined companies were sold to Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI), an international healthcare company. The merged companies were then sold to MEDIQ, Inc. in 1994. Today, the business resides within Hill-Rom, formerly a Hillenbrand Industries company. Jonathan also co-founded Associated Resource Management Services, LLC (ARMS), an asset management firm serving hospitals, nursing homes and home healthcare providers. Jonathan is a member of the American Marketing Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society. Jonathan frequently writes articles for healthcare trade journals and newsletters, and presents seminars on asset management, business development, and mergers and acquisitions.

Managing Partner/CEO, Paragon Ventures
P. 800-719-1555 Ext 201 | E. 
 jsadock@paragonventures.com

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