Tag: California Home Medical Equipment
In brief: Tennr’s $101M boost, Drive’s NexStride, One Health Direct’s rebrand
June 20, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Tennr has announced a $101 million Series C led by IVP, with participation from new and existing investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, GV, ICONIQ, Foundation Capital, and Frank Slootman.
Tennr has built an orchestration platform and language models designed to automate the labor-intensive workflows of referral-based care.
The company is now launching Tennr Network, a new coordination layer that it says connects referring providers, receiving...
CHME promotes two executives
June 18, 2025HME News Staff
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – California Home Medical Equipment (CHME) has announced the promotion of two key executives: Alan Oiwa to president, and Shyam Sunderam to vice president of operations. Since joining the company at its inception, Oiwa has overseen six critical accreditations that ensure CHME meets the highest industry standards. His comprehensive management of regulatory compliance ensures the company operates by all applicable health care regulations. "Alan's strategic vision...
CHME: ‘We’re trying to be a little bit different’
April 25, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – California Home Medical Equipment’s dual role as a DME provider and now a pharmacy well positions the company to meet a new contract with Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.
“We were supplying enteral nutrition and blood glucose testing supplies to patients and those things got switched over to a pharmacy benefit within Medi-Cal, so a lot of people were kind of lost on where to go for that that type of thing,” said Diane Tackaberry,...
CHME starts year on high note
January 12, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – California Home Medical Equipment kicked off the new year by acquiring a local pharmacy, part of its strategy to grow the business.
CHME, which was founded in 2003 by Bernie Zimmer and which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023, offers a full line of HME, including respiratory, custom mobility, nutrition and negative pressure wound therapy, to seven counties in the San Francisco area through two locations.
“This is a huge win for us,” said...
In brief: New hires, new contracts and a new app
January 5, 2024HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa - U.S. Rehab has named Tyler Mahncke president of U.S. Rehab following the recent retirement of Greg Packer. Since 2022, Mahncke has served as vice president of U.S. Rehab. He is also vice president of the DMERT Group, an industry non-profit organization that provides continuing education programs for service technicians in the DME and CRT space. “We are extremely excited for Tyler’s promotion to president of U.S. Rehab,” said Lindy Tentinger, president of VGM & Associates....
CHME hires new director of marketing
January 4, 2024HME News Staff
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – Melodie Shabat has joined California Home Medical Equipment as director of marketing and business development. Shabat has more than two decades of experience, including more than a decade dedicated to the health care industry and another decade focused on building market-penetrating strategies in the high-tech sector. "Her commitment to customers and the companies she represents is evident in her tireless energy and desire to bring products and services to customers...
CHME’s Ed Ettleman to retire
December 29, 2023HME News Staff
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – Ed Ettleman will retire after more than 17 years with California Home Medical Equipment and 45 years in the HME industry. Throughout his career, Ettleman has consistently gone the extra mile for patients, clinical partners and referrals. “After 17 years with CHME and 45 years in our industry, Ed Ettleman continues to strive to ensure we are all doing our very best to serve the needs of our patients, clinical partners and referrals,” said Bernie Zimmerman, CEO....