Tag: Home medical supplies
Cardinal Health showcases scalable growth of at-Home Solutions, diabetes market play
July 11, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
DUBLIN, Ohio – Cardinal Health’s at-Home Solutions business was given increased attention during a recent investor day, providing Rob Schlissberg, president, an opportunity to “tell our story.”
“It was the first time we did one of these under our current operating structure,” he said.
Cardinal Health is now comprised of five businesses: Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions, Global Medical Products and Distribution, and Other, which includes...
Gilgal ramps up national expansion
June 12, 2025HME News Staff
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gilgal Medical has opened two new strategic warehouse facilities in Los Angeles and Dallas in a move to expand operations nationally. Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., Gilgal Medical is positioning itself to become the gold standard in home medical supply distribution across North America with same days or next-day delivery of essential medical equipment and supplies directly to patients, hospitals and nursing homes. “There’s a growing demand for faster...
Medline inks partnership with TenderHeart Health Outcomes
May 29, 2025HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD Ill. – Medline has entered into a distribution and supply agreement with TenderHeart Health Outcomes, a Texas-based provider, to use the Medline Home Direct Program to ship medical supplies directly to TenderHeart's patients' homes, including enteral feeding, urology, ostomy and wound care supplies; breast pumps; pediatric mobility aids; and a range of incontinence brands. The partnership will help facilitate TenderHeart's commitment to delivering innovative, clinically...
Tech, cross-selling sustain supplies market
April 4, 2025Tracy Orzel
The medical supplies industry is at a turning point, driven by rising demand for home-based care and advancing technology to meet evolving patient and provider expectations. Leaders point to developments like supply chain modernization, AI-driven efficiencies and cross-category solutions as critical tools to not only propel the category forward but also address increasing costs and reduced reimbursement.
Amazon effect
Russ Hicks, senior vice president at Cardinal Health at-Home,...
Gilgal Medical ‘frees’ itself from insurance
February 7, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gilgal Medical Supplies recently transitioned to a retail sales and wholesale distribution model for medical supplies, a decision made necessary by the increasing burdens associated with billing insurance, says Tom Chacko, vice president.
“The time and the resources needed to do all (the required paperwork), when you consider the reimbursement, financially, it's not feasible,” he said.
Chacko spoke with HME News about the company’s decision.
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Cardinal Health CEO: ‘We delivered’
January 30, 2025HME News Staff
DUBLIN, Ohio – Cardinal Health has reported second quarter revenue for its “other” businesses, which includes at-Home Solutions, increased 13% to $1.3 billion.
The company reported profit for these businesses increased 11% to $118 million, driven by the performance of OptiFreight Logistics and Nuclear and Precision Health Solutions.
“We delivered strong second quarter financial results while taking significant strategic and operational actions to position...
Cardinal Health building new distribution center
January 15, 2025HME News Staff
DUBLIN, Ohio – Cardinal Health says construction is underway on a new distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas, to support its at-Home Solutions business, which provides medical supplies to more than 5 million patients annually in the United States. The new 340,000-square-foot distribution center will consolidate two existing warehouses into one larger facility, creating approximately 74,000 additional square feet of inventory capacity, and will retain the current workforce. Once open, the...
Medline eyes IPO
January 2, 2025HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Medline has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The offering is subject to market and other conditions and the completion of the SEC's review process.
In 2021, Medline announced it had received outside...
Gilgal drops insurance to focus on retail
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gilgal Medical Supplies will no longer accept insurance for medical supplies. The decision, effective immediately, comes after years of increasing challenges associated with insurance reimbursement processes. "Providing durable medical equipment and supplies for thousands of patients has always been at the core of our mission," said Thomas Chacko, vice president. "However, the constant denials, excessive documentation requests, unnecessary audits, and recoupment...
Direct Supply’s Nick Bush joins HIDA council
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
MILWAUKEE – Direct Supply has announced that Nick Bush, vice president of sales, homecare, has been appointed vice chair of the Health Industry Distributors Association's Home Care Advisory Council. The council builds the value of distribution channels to patients and providers in the home care setting and helps to develop the annual Home Care Market Report, according to HIDA’s website. “We are confident that (Nick’s) experience and vision will help drive meaningful discussions...