VMD

Viemed Healthcare, Inc.

A Louisiana-based company that brings respiratory care into people's homes, renting non-invasive ventilators to patients with COPD and other breathing conditions and dispatching licensed respiratory therapists for hands-on support, along with sleep apnea testing, oxygen therapy, women's health equipment, and healthcare staffing. It began in 2006 when friends Casey Hoyt and Michael Moore started a CPAP sleep-lab business, then launched their own in-home sleep testing company after that first venture famously "failed." Its name blends the French word "vie" (life) with "med" for medicine, echoing its "Live Your Life" mission.