Tag: rollator
Consolidation creeps on, but mom-and-pops keep on rollating
October 17, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
We talk a lot in this industry about consolidation. This month was no different, with the specter (such a seasonal word, as I write this mid-October) of competitive bidding looming over providers large and small.
Take our story on a recent HME Newspoll (page 3) that showed 90% of respondents believe the bidding program will further consolidate an already-shrinking industry.
That’s certainly looking like a safe bet. Large national providers are reporting an increase in...
Beyond Accessible debuts
May 13, 2025HME News Staff
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Scott and Lara Vineyard are rebranding from a Mobility Plus franchise to Beyond Accessible. “We’re continuing our mission to improve how individuals access mobility and fall prevention equipment and are expanding our product line to help more people with innovative products,” said Scott Vineyard. Beyond Accessible, which was recently awarded its fifth Best of the Desert Community Choice Award, provides a wide range of products, including scooters, power wheelchairs,...
Medine expands portfolio of mobility products
December 13, 2022HME News Staff
NORTHFIELD, Ill. - Medline has expanded its portfolio of mobility products to include the new byACRE Overland Carbon Fiber Rollator, a lightweight assistive walking device durable and agile enough to operate in snow, sand and mud, as well as on sidewalks, curbs, unpaved trails and thick grass. "We wanted to create a rollator that aligns with people's hopes and dreams," said Anders Berggreen, founder and owner of byACRE. "When you get challenged on your mobility, it shouldn't be the rollator...
Combo rollator wins award
January 7, 2020HME News Staff
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Free2Go Rollator, which combines the benefits of a raised toilet seat, safety frame and rolling walker, has won a TravelAbility Launchpad award. The competition included 15 disability product entrepreneurs and potential investors. “The Free2Go beat the competition because it identified and solved a common problem: finding a portable, discreet and dignified way to use the toilet independently,” said Jake Steinman, founder and CEO of TravelAbility's Launchpad....
Walking fast and not coming in last
August 24, 2012Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Provider Scott Lloyd sent me an email recently saying, “Here is an HME feel good story waiting to happen.” Attached was the July 2012 edition of Footnotes, “the award winning publication of the Knoxville Track Club.”Are you confused as to what all of this has to do with HME? So was I.But on p. 26, below a headline that reads “Coming Labor Day 2012: Hal Canfield Memorial Mile and 5 Miler” was a picture of an older gentleman participating in a 1-mile event using...
I haven't seen so much HME in one place since my last visit to Black Bear Medical.
December 22, 2009Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
They came clutching Medicare cards, fingers wrapped firmly around cane handles and rollator grips.
I haven't seen so much home medical equipment in one place since my last visit to Black Bear Medical.
This morning a couple of hundred seniors—and me—descended on a local church for flu shots. What does this have to do with HME News, you ask?
This morning reminded me of just how much people depend on HME in order to stay mobile, active and healthy. I don't think most people really...