Homecare Champions

Homecare Champions Exemplify Excellence

Each year the HME community recognizes a professional in the HME community who has made an exceptional contribution to the homecare sector throughout their career, as exemplified by:

  1. Longstanding record of service within the homecare community;
  2. Embodiment of the spirit of caring and generosity which are the hallmarks of this profession;
  3. Active membership and engagement in the American Association for Homecare. 

This award honors individuals with an outstanding record of accomplishment or leadership in various aspects of the business of HME and the care that is an essential component of it. The Homecare Champion award was renamed in 2016 in honor of VGM founder Van Miller, a visionary leader for the HME community who embodied the characteristics of this award.

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Previous award winners include:

2024: Joel Marx (pictured at right) 2016: Missy Cross 
2023: Kam Yuricich 2015: Joey Tart and Billy Tart 
 2022: Jim Walsh  2014: Cara Bachenheimer and Joel Mills 
 2021: Stephen Ackerman  2013: Scott Meuser and Shelly Prial 
2019: Karyn Estrella  2012: Alan Landauer and Van Miller 
 2018: Regina Gillespie 2011: Joseph Lewarski and Tom Ryan
2017: Gary Sheehan