WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates and Rhythm Healthcare have recently executed a vendor partner agreement. This agreement provides the VGM membership community access to the Rhythm Healthcare portfolio of products, including respiratory solutions, bent metal and mobility products.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced Boone Lockard, CRT, has been promoted to vice president of clinical services. In his new role, Lockard will oversee and collaborate with the VGM Sleep Services team, aiming to ensure effective clinical and operational solutions for medical equipment providers.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Fulfillment, a VGM Group Inc. company, announced Peter Martin will serve as president beginning Jan. 15. Martin will also join VGM Group’s team of senior leaders.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Live at Home, a division of VGM & Associates, unveiled its newly redesigned website, vgmliveathome.com.
WATERLOO, Iowa— U.S. Rehab is excited to announce key leadership updates. Tyler Mahncke will now serve as president following the retirement of Greg Packer, and Ted Metcalf will serve as director of business development, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
WATERLOO, Iowa—In a virtual ceremony held on Dec. 21, Dana McLaughlin was awarded the 2023 Home Medical Equipment (HME) Woman of the Year. McLaughlin is the president at Medical Services Company based in Cleveland, Ohio.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates, a VGM Group Inc. company, announced that Lindy Tentinger will become president beginning in January. As part of her new role, Tentinger will also join VGM Group’s team of senior leaders.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced Mike "Ike" Isaacson has taken a new role as senior vice president of government relations. In this new role, he will focus on advocating for and elevating the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) industry.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has released the final playbook of 2023, “VGM Playbook: Elevating Performance: Harnessing Human Capital.”
Featuring insights from various human capital experts' perspectives, this resource contains valuable insights to enhance the understanding and implementation of human-centric strategies in the workplace. Areas of focus include enhancing workplace culture, developing new skills for a new generation and building leaders for tomorrow.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has released the third playbook of 2023, “VGM Playbook: Business Solutions to Optimize Success in DMEPOS.”
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced a new partnership with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. With the addition of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare to the VGM & Associates portfolio of vendor partners, VGM members now have access to F&P’s myAirvo line of products, in addition to F&P’s CPAP masks.
WATERLOO, Iowa—Essentially Women, a division of VGM & Associates, announced a partnership with Nymbl Systems, an all-in-one, cloud-based, billing and business management solution. Nymbl Systems said it prides itself on providing the best customer experience on an easy and desirable interface that is 100% cloud-based.
Sunset Healthcare Solutions announced it will build upon its founding tenet and sustained efforts to support and advocate for durable medical equipment (DMEs) through its new partnership with VGM.
WATERLOO, Iowa— VGM and Associates has released its first playbook of the year, “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2023.”
WATERLOO, Iowa (July 19, 2022)—VGM & Associates has released the third playbook of the year, “VGM Playbook: Emerging Opportunities in DMEPOS.”
This publication contains articles from industry experts on the trends seen as becoming prominent in the near future for durable medical equipment (DME) providers. Opportunities in DME highlighted in this playbook include e-commerce, care in the home, home accessibility, bariatrics and more.
WATERLOO, Iowa (May 19, 2022)—VGM Group, Inc. has begun the search for a president to head its VGM & Associates division, the nation’s largest member service organization for post-acute health care. This role leads a 70-person team serving VGM’s 3000 member organizations, as well as vendor partners and the broader home medical equipment (HME) industry. The candidate selected will also join VGM Group’s 10-person senior leadership team.
WATERLOO, Iowa (February 8, 2021)—VGM & Associates has released the first playbook of the year, “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2021.”
WATERLOO, Iowa (November 3, 2020)—VGM Insurance Services, a division of VGM Group Inc., is celebrating 30 years as a recognized leader in providing specialty insurance programs for a variety of niche industries.
“We’re excited to celebrate such an important milestone,” said Mike Mallaro, VGM Group’s chief executive officer. “VGM Group as a whole has experienced significant growth over the past three decades, and VGM Insurance has been essential to that progress.”
Patty Mastandrea is CEO of MedCare Equipment Co., LLC, headquartered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She has more than 30 years of experience in health care and has demonstrated expertise in business development and health care operations throughout her career.
WATERLOO, Iowa (January 2, 2020)—VGM & Associates, a division of VGM Group, Inc., is excited to unveil their newly redesigned website, vgm.com.
WATERLOO, Iowa (December 6, 2018)—VGM has announced changes to its wound care offerings with the rebrand of Wound Care Connection to VGM Wound Care.
With the new name and look, VGM Wound Care offers additional tools and resources to support those currently offering wound care products or looking at breaking into the market.
WATERLOO, Iowa (August 15, 2018)—VGM Group has released a new tool for suppliers to use as they assess where CMS has deemed rural, non-rural and competitive bidding areas to be. The interactive maps include all 50 states and allow providers to determine which category a ZIP code falls under.
