Industry Matters

In this episode of Industry Matters Mandi Joyner, director of marketing and communications for VGM & Associates, talks with two members of the Heartland Conference planning committee, Sarah Conger and Jill Blaser about all things Heartland! Listen to find out what new is coming to Heartland, how the committee is keeping attendees, vendor partners, and employee owners safe amidst COVID-19, educational opportunities, and this year's farewell event! 

In this episode of Industry Matters, VP of VGM Live at Home, Jim Greatorex, talks with Darren Corcoran with Vets Access and Steve Dawson of Harmar about the challenges overcome in 2020 and the opportunities in 2021 for the home accessibility market. Tune in to find out about Supply chain constraints, shipping damages, and the forecast for the rest of this year. 

In this episode of Industry Matters Ronda Buhrmester, Senior Director of Payer Relations at VGM, interviews Dr. Meir Kryger, Professor of Medicine at Yale University of Medicine about the impact COVID-19 had, and is having on sleep, as well how the BodiMetrics CIRCUL Sleep and Fitness Ring can be used to accurately track oxygen levels. Dr. Krieger has more than 40 years of experience in sleep medicine and has seen more than 40 thousand patients. You won't want to miss this episode! 

For more information on BodiMetrics call 844-744-8800 or email [email protected]. 

In this episode of Industry Matters, Mandi Joyner, Director of Marketing Strategy and Communications for VGM & Associates talks with Rob Baumhover, Director of VGM Retail about how VGM Retail has REWIRED its services available to VGM members to help them adjust to the ever-changing landscape. Rob has been with VGM for more than 10 years, and prior to that was with big box retail for 20 years. Any questions, please reach out to Rob at [email protected] or call him at 319-504-6539.   

In today’s episode of Industry Matters Ronda Buhrmester, Senior Director of Payer Relations at VGM talks with two VGM members Stephanie Robinson, Chief Compliance Officer for Dynamic Healthcare Services and Shelia Roberson, Chief Compliance Officer for Great Elm Healthcare about how their organizations are navigating the Public Health Emergency by quickly adapting to change at the beginning of the PHE and now, continuing to be nimble while still providing their patients with outstanding service.

In this episode of Industry Matters, VP of Sales for VGM & Associates, Dave Lyman talks with National Account Manager of On-Board Communications, Bob Wagner. Here VGM Members will learn about how On-Board’s GPS fleet management system provides functionality, control and risk management not found in Mobile Delivery systems. 

In this episode of Industry Matters, we talk with Lindy Tentinger, President of VGM Forbin and Miriam Lieber, of Lieber Consulting to discuss what leadership looked like in 2020 and key lessons learned that we should keep as we transition to 'back to normal.' You won't want to miss these amazing women and their insight into authentic leadership. Be sure to get more details at their joint presentation at Medtrade West, "Patient Engagement and the Path to Value Based Care," on Tuesday, July 13th at 9:30am!

Director of VGM Wound Care, Heather Trumm talks with vendor partner, Dermarite about cost effective wound management without compromising the value of the products. The average cost to heal a wound is between $4,000 and $9,000. Listen to this episode to find out what impacts that cost, and how to improve wound healing. 

In this episode of Industry Matters, VGM’s Midwest Regional Account Manager, Jay Kopriva talks Harley and Beth with VGM Member, Advanced Medical DME about a study they conducted using the Afflovest and the astounding results they found in increase of quality of life and healthcare cost decrease. 

In today’s episode of Industry Matters Dave Lyman, VP of sales for VGM & Associates talks with Business Marketing Managers from Philips Respironics and the President of VGM Fulfillment about different options for fitting patients for CPAP masks as well as inventory management.