Archive - February 2023

By Barry Thwaits, VP, Business Development, VGM & Associates Like other business owners, you are likely busy making plans for the coming year, focusing on growing your business, and bringing in new customers. As you prepare for 2023, your plans will  have to include consideration of ongoing challenges that have plagued our industry for the last two years. Providers will have to find a way to sustain, or even grow and expand their business while working through supply chain issues, increasing...

We have some exciting announcements this month that we want to share, as we have two new events to promote and a new vendor partner to introduce. Welcome a New Overhead Lift Vendor Partner We have recently entered into an agreement to partner with Human Care USA. For LAH members, they manufacture an excellent line of overhead lifts and have a 100% emphasis on the homecare market. They are positioned well to participate in this market that has had some volatility in the last two years....

VGM Live at Home strives to build a best-in-class membership group that will help our country provide individuals with safe and accessible homes for all who require them, including veterans.    Chris Moore, president and founder of Solid Rock Enterprises and 2020 Certified Aging in Place Designee of the Year, has extensive training and experience in the home access industry. Moore is an expert on using universal design principles to build and remodel homes to help individuals age in...

Early bird pricing ends April 14. Registration for VGM’s 22nd anniversary Heartland Conference is now open. The educational event will be held in person June 12-14 in Waterloo, Iowa.     Special Early Bird pricing is available to those who register prior to April 14. Passes are all-inclusive and provide access to every educational opportunity Heartland has to offer, including three pre-conference sessions. This year’s passes also cover meals, entertainment, and access...

By Mike Mallaro, CEO, VGM Group, Inc. We have been through three tumultuous years, ignited by a pandemic and exacerbated by supply chain disruptions, recalls, an upside-down labor market, and inflation. And while predicting the future is a fool’s errand—given that most predictions are wrong—allow me to offer my outlook on the next 24 months in the DMEPOS space.

Despite the maladies mentioned in my opening, we are coming off the greatest period...

What better way to spend Valentine's Day than with some #VGMLove from Heartland Conference? VGM Heartland Conference has always delivered a one-of-a-kind learning experience with the best education in the industry. And we are so excited to share what’s in store for you at this year’s conference.  Premier Education at Heartland Conference 2023  Some highlights of the schedule include:  Pre-conference Sessions    Don't miss...

This article was originally featured in HomeCare Magazine. The home access industry has seen a turning point arrive in the last 18 months. There has been a great deal of investment into the industry, public awareness has grown, legislation has been introduced and, most of all, the increased demand for our services has resulted in our estimation an 18% to 20% industry growth rate for 2022.  We believe that double-digit growth will continue through the next four to six years fueled by the...