WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group announced the promotion of Chris Wendland to chief legal officer. In this newly created role, Wendland will oversee all legal matters for VGM Group, ensuring compliance and providing strategic legal guidance to support the company's growth and innovation. With this promotion, Wendland also joins VGM’s senior leadership team.
Waterloo, Iowa—VGM Group announced the promotion of Barry Thwaits to executive vice president of customer success with VGM & Associates. In this newly created role, Thwaits will continue developing a long-term vision for coordinated communication and strategies to help VGM’s customers scale their business. This includes aligning services across sales teams to create a seamless customer experience for home medical equipment (HME) providers.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc. announced the acquisition of SleepGlad, a sleep technology solutions provider. The acquisition aims to enhance VGM Group's portfolio in sleep technology solutions.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc., a service provider in post-acute health care industry, announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Barb Anderson, and president, Lindy Tentinger, have been named among the 2024 top 50 women leaders of Iowa by Women We Admire—a periodical publishing company that provides news and information on today's wo
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc., a service provider in post-acute health care industry, announced that its chief information officer (CIO), Jeremy Kauten, has been recognized as a winner of Info-Tech Research Group’s 2024 CIO Award in the large and enterprise organization division.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc., a business and professional services provider, announced the ninth Home Medical Equipment (HME) Woman of the Year Award celebration will be held during its Heartland Conference. The conference will take place on June 9-11, 2025, in Waterloo, Iowa.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group announced its board of directors recently elected two new members: Steve Ryan, senior vice president of client services at GreatBanc in Chicago, and Rebecca Ehretsman, president of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. These two new members replace VGM co-founders John Deery, Jr., who resigned from his position on the board at the end of 2023, and the late Jim Walsh, who passed away on Oct. 12, 2023.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group is excited to announce the merger of two of its marketing agencies, Two Rivers Marketing and Moxie, effective Jan. 1. The combined team—which will operate as part of Des-Moines based Two Rivers Marketing (2RM)—expands the services and capabilities that each agency has been known for, and provides our clients a true powerhouse of a marketing partner.
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—On Monday, Oct. 16 VGM Group, Inc. announced both the passing of the company co-founder and board chairman, Jim Walsh as well as a series of planned leadership transitions expected to take place in the coming months.
According to VGM, Walsh died of natural causes in his home on Thursday, Oct. 12, surrounded by his family. He was 74.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group, Inc. recently announced that the entire team in its human resources department has achieved Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) certification. MHFA is a program of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Similar to physical First Aid and CPR, MHFA helps people assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis until professional assistance is obtained or the crisis is resolved.
WATERLOO, Iowa (January 14, 2021)—VGM Group, Inc., has merged three of its businesses into one and created Moxie, a powerful new force in the world of marketing and events. Hellman, a well-established marketing agency acquired by VGM in 2018, has joined with VGM Marketing and VGM Events to bring a team of close to 30 professionals together for the benefit of internal VGM clients and external clients alike.
WATERLOO, Iowa (May 7, 2020)—Heartland At Home organizers announced that registration for VGM’s virtual conference is now open.
Slated for June 15 through July 10, Heartland At Home will feature five tracks dedicated to billing and reimbursement, rehab, business operations and leadership, respiratory and accessibility. One day during each of the four weeks will feature a session from the five tracks.
WATERLOO, Iowa (October 30, 2019)—VGM Respiratory has announced the release of two new resources: the Sleep Program Guide and the Home Ventilation Management Program manual. The guides were developed to help those interested in expanding into the sleep or ventilation markets decide if it’s right for their business. These resources can also be used by industry professionals who aim to improve their operational efficiency.
ATLANTA (October 24, 2019)—Wendy Russalesi, AdaptHealth’s chief compliance officer, has been named the 2019 HME Woman of the Year.
Russalesi received the award during a ceremony at the Medtrade Home Medical Equipment Conference and Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. She was one of four finalists selected to attend the conference and the special award presentation.
WATERLOO, Iowa (September 23, 2019)—Four finalists have been named for the 2019 HME Woman of the Year. The winner will be announced during a special ceremony at the Medtrade Home Medical Equipment Expo & Conference in Atlanta Oct. 21-23, 2019.
The HME Woman of the Year finalists are:
WATERLOO, Iowa (September 17, 2019)—For the third time in five years, VGM Group has been selected as Iowa’s Top Workplace among large employers. The company has taken the top spot in each of the three years it has participated: 2015, 2017, and 2019.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 2, 2019)—The VGM Group, Inc., a member service organization for post-acute care and home medical equipment (HME) providers, has purchased United Publishers, which puts out the industry news monthly HME News.
The purchase was completed April 1, VGM CFO Jim Nygren said in a written statement. The May 1 digital edition of HME News reflected the change, displaying the VGM logo in its masthead.
WATERLOO, Iowa (April 10, 2019)—VGM has announced the schedule for its annual Heartland Conference, which takes place June 10–12, 2019.
VGM’s Heartland Conference, now in its 18th year, is a two-day, members-only conference and networking event. This event offers education related to the home medical equipment (HME) industry in areas such as retail, rehab, marketing, accessibility, compliance and leadership, among others.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 2, 2019)—AAHomecare has partnered with other leading home medical equipment (HME) stakeholders to develop comprehensive online educational resources to help suppliers understand the rules and requirements for competitive bidding (CB) Round 2021, which can be found at dmecbpeducation.com.
