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WATERLOO, Iowa (September 5, 2018)—Industry advocates can now leverage a new platform to educate and activate end-users, family caregivers and their community through People for Quality Care’s e-newsletter. The monthly newsletter features advocacy and lifestyle articles peppered with current opportunities to self-advocate on key legislative initiatives.

WATERLOO, Iowa (June 19, 2018)—Organizers of Essentially Women’s annual conference, FOCUS: The EW Conference, are accepting presentation submissions from interested speakers.

WATERLOO, Iowa (May 9, 2018)—Advocacy efforts are on the rise as we near the Washington Legislative Conference as the industry pushes for relief for non‐bid areas, structural reforms to the competitive bidding program, and a critical exemption of CRT accessories from bidding‐derived pricing.

WATERLOO, Iowa (May 2, 2018)—VGM Fulfillment, a division of VGM Group, Inc., announced the launch of its new compression stocking resupply program.

The addition of a flexible enterprise resource planning system and more than 20,000 square feet of additional warehouse and office space has led to the expansion the new program, complimenting VGM Fulfillment’s existing CPAP resupply program, which packs and ships more than two million orders to customers’ doorsteps annually.  

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WATERLOO, Iowa (March 28, 2018)—VGM recently helped solidify an important win for providers of sleep-related equipment in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.

VGM took action after members raised concerns over a letter received from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. In the letter, CareFirst notified providers of its intentions to reduce the number of durable medical equipment providers participating in the network authorized to dispense CPAP equipment.

WATERLOO, Iowa (March 14, 2018) VGM Group, Inc. has announced the development of VGM Respiratory, a new program specifically for providers of respiratory equipment.

VGM Respiratory is under the direction of Dave Lyman, BA, RRT-SDS. The program is available to VGM members and offers additional resources and vendor programs to support those offering respiratory products and services.

WATERLOO, Iowa (January 31, 2018)—VGM Group, Inc. announced the official release of its latest playbook, Industry Snapshots: Forecasting 2018.

The playbook is the first in a series of comprehensive, downloadable resources that will highlight issues, trends and opportunities facing the HME community.

WATERLOO, Iowa (December 5, 2017)—VGM & Associates has announced changes to roles within their leadership team.

Scott Owen will be transitioning from vice president of sales to vice president of contracting. Owen has been with VGM for three years and will now have oversight over its vendor contract division.

ATLANTA (October 24, 2017)—Barbara Smith has been selected as the winner of the 2017 HME Woman of the Year award.

The award was presented to Smith at a ceremony held 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.

ATLANTA (October 20, 2017)—The rumor is true. Show organizers are concluding this year’s Medtrade with a $5,000 cash giveaway. Qualifying to receive the prize is fairly easy.

To enter the cash giveaway drawing, attendees will receive cash giveaway cards at registration, along with their badges. Attendees must take their cards to the booths of 10 sponsors and get the cards stamped at each sponsor’s booth. The list of sponsors will be shown on the cards.

ATLANTA (September 27, 2017)—Medtrade attendees asked for more retail/caretail-themed educational sessions, and organizers responded. One session in particular will address the crucial transition from a reimbursement model to retail and/or partial retail. The first step is often the most difficult, but Medtrade presenters Rob Baumhover and Maria Claire Markusen are experts in helping HME providers to take the leap.

LAS VEGAS (September 20, 2017)—VGM Group’s Ryan Ball received the Sam E. Hamontree Business Education Award during the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association’s (AOPA) World Congress.

The award, voted on by attendees, recognizes the best business education paper, idea and/or proposal presented at the annual education event for O&P professionals. Ball presented to a large audience who chose his presentation as the best among the finalists.      

WATERLOO, Iowa (June 1, 2017)—VGM Group, Inc.’s president and chief operating officer, Jim Phillips, has retired after 25 years with the company.

Phillips has served as the membership service organization’s COO since 2008 and was selected as president of VGM Group, Inc. in January of 2016. Phillips’ last day in the office was May 19.

WATERLOO, Iowa (March 21, 2017)—VGM Group, Inc. has submitted a formal letter of regulatory priorities to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price.

The letter outlines three top priorities that VGM's membership has identified that require immediate action from the administration in order to prevent reductions of access to care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

WATERLOO, Iowa (March 17, 2017)—Essentially Women’s annual conference, FOCUS: The EW Conference, is more than six months away, and event organizers announced that they’re now accepting presentation submissions from interested speakers. 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 14, 2017)—The University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology (RST) recognized industry advocates during its Reach of RST Reception on March 3, 2017.