Archive - February 2021

From mid -October through mid-January, VGM Live at Home worked with an outside agency to measure the Google Review activity of 18 Live at Home members. We learned much about how engaged the industry is in pursuing online reviews and how it can affect business growth. Much of what we learned also translates and applies well to HME businesses.  Online Reviews: A study as how it relates to home accessibility contractors and HME companies In a former life as president...

Originally featured in “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2021” by VGM & Associates, Vice President of Live at Home Jim Greatorex discusses the evolution and opportunity of the home accessibility market in 2021. You can access the full playbook here. In the last three years, we have seen the beginning of the evolution of the home accessibility market. Many new entrepreneurs are entering the market, aging in place is gaining significant consumer awareness, and the global pandemic has increased...

It seems like we just had the holidays, and now we are about to enter March. As we review the effects of 2020, we are seeing some trends come into play that will influence the home access industry. Sadly, the long-term care industry had a devastating year with many facilities being forced to close. This trend will result in more families looking for home care options and living arrangements, so our industry needs to be tuned into that new demand. Another trend to be aware of is that with the economy...

VGM & Associates is excited to introduce our newest resource for members of VGM, U.S. Rehab, OPGA, Essentially Women, and VGM Live at Home, the Quarterly Buyer’s Guide. The first issue is available now. The Quarterly Buyer’s Guide is your one consistent place to find the products and promotions that our vendor partners and VGM services offer for each quarter. Each issue will feature products and services specific to this quarter's seasonal disease states, industry events, trends,...