Tag: Bill Mixon
Seventh inning stretch? Bill Mixon’s just getting started
September 5, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – A new partnership with Waud Capital allows Bill Mixon, who previously served as CEO of National Seating & Mobility and Advanced Diabetes Supply, to help build a platform player in an emerging market within the home medical equipment (HME) industry.
“I’m in my first inning with Waud and it will evolve,” he said. “But the ability to work with a progressive private equity firm that is in the same space I’ve been in for 20 years is very attractive...
In brief: Waud Capital’s new partner, CMS’s warning to states, MedPAC’s spending analysis
July 23, 2025HME News Staff
CHICAGO – Private equity firm Waud Capital has announced a strategic executive partnership with Bill Mixon, former CEO of Advanced Diabetes Supply (ADS), to acquire a platform investment in the medical device and health care supply chain services market.
The firm plans to invest over $100 million in equity capital to support this initiative, targeting high-growth opportunities in the fragmented health care supply chain sector.
“We are thrilled to partner with Bill,”...
Mixon no longer leads ADSG
July 15, 2025HME News Staff
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Bill Mixon said farewell to the team at Advanced Diabetes Supply Group (ADSG) on July 14 “with confidence in the direction that they are heading under the ownership of Cardinal Health,” he wrote in a LinkedIn post. “As I reflect on the past several years spent with this incredible business, I have the most pride in the world-class team that brought my vision to life, positioning us as one of the leading diabetes distributors in the country,” he wrote. “Together,...
ADS gets ‘new eyes and ears’ to reach next phase of growth
August 2, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Advanced Diabetes Supply has never been in a stronger position for growth, company officials say, and with new CEO Bill Mixon at the helm, they’re confident about its future.
Leading ADS, a national distributor of specialty diabetes supplies, seems like a sharp divergence from Mixon's previous role leading National Seating & Mobility, a provider of complex rehab technology, but he says the two product categories have similar foundations.
“At...
In brief: ADS taps Bill Mixon as CEO, Coloplast buys Kerecis
July 12, 2023HME News Staff
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Advanced Diabetes Supply has appointed Bill Mixon, who previously led National Seating & Mobility, as its CEO.
The announcement follows the transition of the company’s co-founders and co-CEOs, Mark Howard and Tim Cady, to strategic advisory roles as members of the board of directors.
“Bill has provided valuable insight and support to the ADS leadership team as a board member for the last two years,” said Jeffrey Abramoff, a partner at Court Square,...
ADS names Bill Mixon CEO
July 11, 2023HME News Staff
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Advanced Diabetes Supply has appointed Bill Mixon, who previously led National Seating & Mobility, as its CEO.
The announcement follows the transition of the company’s co-founders and co-CEOs, Mark Howard and Tim Cady, to strategic advisory roles as members of the board of directors.
“Bill has provided valuable insight and support to the ADS leadership team as a board member for the last two years,” said Jeffrey Abramoff, a partner at Court Square,...
In brief: Invacare closure, NSM CEO, BOC honor
April 14, 2023HME News Staff
ELYRIA, Ohio – Invacare will close its production and distribution facility in Sanford, Fla., at the end of September 2023, in a move that will impact about 90 associates, according to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company will move the manufacturing and distribution activities that take place at the Sanford facility to other locations or have them conducted by third parties.
“This decision is supportive of the company’s...
NSM names new CEO
April 10, 2023HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has a new CEO effective today: Tony Ueber, who most recently served as CEO of 24 Hour Fitness.
Ueber, who replaces Bill Mixon, has a longstanding passion for mission-driven organizations, the company says, leading multi-unit businesses in the health care, retail and consumer product industries.
“I’m excited to be a part of a company that at its core is centered on serving others,” Ueber said. “NSM is founded...
NSM takes more proactive approach
April 7, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Bill Mixon and Stephanie Buckley spoke with HME News about “reimagining” National Seating & Mobility, a significant theme at the company’s recent annual conference, which was held in-person for the first time since 2020, as well as livestreamed.
“We’ve been more reactive throughout the pandemic and global supply chain issues these past few years, and in the current environment, we feel it’s important to be more proactive,”...
NSM expands diversity efforts
April 8, 2021Liz Beaulieu, Editor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – National Seating & Mobility is activating several initiatives to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion at the company, including appointing more women and minorities in senior leadership positions, says CEO Bill Mixon.
The company is also conducting sensitivity training and involving employee resource groups in ongoing plans to enhance DE&I, he says.
“The most critical of our four business pillars (people, growth, operational excellence and culture) is culture,”...