Tag: VGM Heartland Conference

WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM has announced the schedule for its annual Heartland Conference, which will take place in person this year on Sept. 13-15.    The two-day event, which will also feature a virtual component, will span about 70 education sessions on topics ranging from respiratory to accessibility to rehab to leadership to operations to sales and marketing to billing...

WATERLOO, Iowa - VGM is now accepting speaker proposals for its 2021 Heartland Conference, which takes place June 14-16 in Waterloo, Iowa. Organizers are looking for presenters to offer their expertise on a variety of topics, including business leadership and management, retail, sleep and respiratory, rehab, operations, sales and marketing, home accessibility, technology and regulatory. “There's no shortage of opportunity for presenters at the Heartland Conference,” said Kayla Mahler,...

WATERLOO, Iowa - VGM has announced the schedule for its annual Heartland Conference, including 70 sessions on topics such as respiratory, rehab, marketing, accessibility and business leadership. New additions to the event, June 15-17, include pre-conference sessions with registration. “The Heartland 2020 schedule has some great new additions this year,” said Jill Blaser, design and development manager at VGM Education. “We're always looking for ways to make Heartland an even more...

WATERLOO, Iowa - Registration is open for VGM's annual Heartland Conference, which takes place June 15-17 in Waterloo, Iowa. Early Bird Pricing is available to those who register before April 17. Passes are all-inclusive and include access to this year's pre-conference sessions, as well as all conference education, meals, entertainment and access to products and business solutions offered by VGM's vast network of vendors. “We're pleased to announce that registration is now open for Heartland...

ATLANTA - Brightree has expanded Brightree ReSupply to support categories other than sleep therapy. HME providers servicing a wide range of medical supply patients can now benefit from Brightree ReSupply, formerly called ConnectPRO, for incontinence, diabetic and enteral supplies. “We take pride in continually innovating based on the feedback and request of our customers, and the expansion into these new segments is an example of just that,” said CEO Matt Mellott. “Now providers...

WATERLOO, Iowa - Hannah Smith, one of six children who received specialized equipment during the VGM Heartland Conference in June, has also received a new vertical lift platform from Algona, Wash.-based EZ-ACCESS. VGM helped coordinate the donation and Nucara assisted in delivering the lift to nine-year-old Hannah's Evansdale, Iowa, home. “VGM and its partners and members always look to step in for someone who might need just a little help,” said Jim Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live...

As I trudged from the Ramada Inn over the humid skywalk to the Sullivan Brothers Convention Center I swore, I could smell the bacon. I was, after all, a weary traveller, in search of sustenance (and bacon) after a late check-in and a drive through the dark (very, very dark) Iowan countryside and some impressive rain to get HERE, the 2018 Heartland Conference. We missed the hog roast, something we seem to manage every other trip. However, once we get here, after all the sputtering and swearing and...

WATERLOO, Iowa - VGM Live at Home is slated to launch an upgraded digital platform for home accessibility companies at the Heartland Conference this week.A number of companies were beta testing VGM Live at Home Pro 2.0 prior to the conference, in April and May.“We had 26 companies sign up to beta test it and, although not all of them became active testers, it shows how much interest there is in the tool,” said Jim Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home.The first change VGM made...

James Rogers is not just here for the party. Oh yeah, he likes the parties: the hog roast, Fiesta in the Heartland. “You've got to go, it's lots of fun,” he tried to convince me (I do not like parties. There, I said it). He's also here for the education and to meet with fellow providers—and not just during the traditional networking stuff. He followed one such fellow provider out of the Washington Legislative Update Tuesday afternoon. During the session, she had expressed frustration...

WATERLOO, Iowa - Representatives from CMS and the Small Business Administration will participate in panel discussion at the VGM Heartland Conference in June. The discussion will focus on the future of the competitive bidding program, and provide an opportunity for audience members to ask questions and share feedback on the impacts to their businesses, according to a press release. “Providing platforms to share (provider) concerns and connecting VGM members with resources to navigate the regulatory...