Tag: Maine
Mölnlycke Health Care breaks ground on $135M expansion of wound care manufacturing facility
September 24, 2025HME News Staff
BRUNSWICK, Maine, and Gothenburg, Sweden – Mölnlycke Health Care is celebrating the groundbreaking of a major expansion to its wound care manufacturing capacity in Brunswick, Maine.
This milestone marks the beginning of a $135 million investment aimed at significantly increasing Mölnlycke’s manufacturing capacity in the United States.
“This expansion is a bold step forward for Mölnlycke in the U.S.,” said Zlatko Rihter, CEO of Mölnlycke....
Acelleron celebrates sales tax exemption for breast pumps
September 15, 2025HME News Staff
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - Acelleron celebrates the passage of LD 145, which establishes a sales and use tax exemption for breast pumps and other essential home medical equipment in Maine. The legislation is now part of the state budget. By removing the sales tax burden, the state affirms that devices such as breast pumps are not luxury items, but essential tools for infant nutrition and family health, the company says. “This achievement is the result of years of dedicated advocacy,” said...
Aeroflow Health applauds Maine’s new law supporting new mothers with tax-free medical equipment
August 5, 2025HME News Staff
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Aeroflow Health is celebrating the passage of LD 145 to exempt durable medical equipment, including breast pumps, from sales tax in Maine. Effective Jan. 1, the bill supports residents and new mothers across the state by reducing financial barriers and improving access to the medical supplies they depend on for daily living and recovery at home. “This bill helps remove a key barrier to care patients face at the point of purchase, where added costs can prevent them from obtaining...
Last call to pass DME sales tax exemption in Maine
May 9, 2024HME News Staff
AUGUSTA, Maine – AAHomecare urges providers in Maine to contact their elected officials and ask them to support LD 1184, a bill that would exempt durable medical equipment, breast bumps and mobility equipment from sales tax. The Maine legislature will vote on the bill on Friday, May 10. The vote follows the Appropriations Committee passing the measure by a strong, bipartisan 8-2 margin on May 7. Providers can use AAHomecare’s Voter Voice advocacy tool to send a pre-drafted...
Maine: Bill introduced to exempt HME from sales tax
April 27, 2023HME News Staff
AUGUSTA, Maine – Democratic Maine Sen. Troy Jackson has introduced LD 1184, a bill that seeks to exempt medical equipment and supplies prescribed by a health care provider from state sales tax, AAHomecare reports. HME providers are currently paying a consumer sales tax on prescribed medical equipment, such as nebulizers and breast pumps, essentially taxing businesses. Other states have also moved to exempt medical equipment from sales tax, including Washington state, which recently got a sales...