Tag: Medline
Medline works to expand delivery capacity
June 22, 2026HME News Staff
TRACY, Calif. – Medline has boosted regional staffing and inventory, as well as transportation capacity through increased use of MedTrans trucks, third-party carriers, and truck relay operations, to accelerate product movement throughout the area impacted by a fire at its distribution facility in Tracy, Calif.
“Our command center has been operating since the incident, and the Medline team continues to execute our network contingency plan and leverage secondary and tertiary distribution...
Medline prioritizes employees, customers in wake of fire at distribution facility
June 15, 2026HME News Staff
TRACY, Calif. – Medline is prioritizing supporting its team after a fire impacted its distribution facility in Tracy, Calif., on June 11. The company says all employees and on-site personnel have been safely evacuated and accounted for. “We have connected with nearly all affected employees and are offering onsite and local support, resources including financial support and counseling services, and continued communication as we work through next steps together,” the company stated...
In brief: Medline responds to fire, former Drive execs return to HME, Florida cracks down
June 12, 2026HME News Staff
TRACY, Calif. – Medline is prioritizing supporting its team after a fire impacted its distribution facility in Tracy, Calif., on June 11.
The company says all employees and on-site personnel have been safely evacuated and accounted for.
“We have connected with nearly all affected employees and are offering onsite and local support, resources including financial support and counseling services, and continued communication as we work through next steps together,” the company...
In brief: VGM’s new collab, Kalogon’s funding, Medline’s milestone
June 5, 2026HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa — VGM & Associates has launched a collaboration with Resmed to help home medical equipment (HME) providers strengthen their sleep therapy programs. By combining VGM’s expanding Total Sleep Services offering with Resmed’s connected sleep health capabilities, the two companies say they create a more connected path from diagnosis to long-term therapy adherence.
The collaboration brings together VGM’s member community and category expertise with Resmed’s...
Medline marks six decades in business
June 3, 2026HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD, Ill. - Medline celebrates its 60th anniversary this month. Founded by brothers Jim and Jon Mills, the company began as a modest, family-run operation that manufactured health care apparel for providers in and around Chicago – a natural evolution from the meat-packing aprons, surgical gowns and nurses’ attire that the brothers’ grandfather, A.L. Mills, had started supplying local customers two generations earlier.
Today, the company:
Distributes approximately...
In brief: Latest UHC-Synapse deal, Dexcom stolen sensors, WeOxy debut
May 29, 2026HME News Staff
SKOKIE, Ill. – UnitedHealthcare has announced that Synapse Health will manage durable medical equipment (DME) orders for certain UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans in additional states beginning Sept. 1, 2026.
For individual HMO & PPO plans, Synapse Health will manage DME for members in Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
For chronic special needs plans (C-SNP), Synapse...
Medline grows partnership with T.J. Regional Health
May 27, 2026HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Medline has signed an expanded prime vendor agreement with Glasgow, Ky.-based T.J. Regional Health to provide care to patients across south-central Kentucky through its network of two hospitals and other outpatient and specialty care facilities. With this agreement, T.J. Regional Health will gain access to Medline’s portfolio of lab products, expanding its existing access to medical-surgical supplies. The agreement also provides access to Medline’s robust distribution...
Medline installs automated system in 24th distribution center
May 19, 2026HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Medline has unveiled a new AutoStore installation at its distribution center in Aurora, Colo., as part of an ongoing effort to drive efficiency, optimize fulfillment and increase order capacity amid growing customer demand in the region. This is Medline's 24th AutoStore installation nationwide. "Medline's continued investment in AutoStore technology is a good example of our relentless effort to drive operational excellence within our supply chain as demand grows,"...
Medline focuses on mitigation as oil prices, tariffs shift
May 15, 2026Liz Beaulieu, Editor
NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Medline is taking a “measured approach” to shifting oil prices and tariff rates, company officials say, as it prepares for potential impacts later this year.
The company saw minimal impact to its profit and loss from the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz in the first quarter but expects a larger – though still immaterial – effect in the second quarter, when diesel prices climbed above $5 per gallon.
“Consistent with how we have historically...
Medline positions for sustained growth
May 11, 2026HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Medline reported net sales of $7.4 billion for the first quarter of 2026, a 10.7% increase. Net income was $239 million, a 25.8% decrease.
Other financial results:
Adjusted EBITDA of $776 million, a decrease of 10.6%.
Diluted earnings per share and adjusted diluted EPS were $0.16 and $0.33, respectively.
Net cash provided by operating activities in the first quarter 2026 was $412 million, driven by net income, excluding the impact of non-cash items, partially...