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

Focus Conference 2023 took place from Feb. 4-6, 2023, and Essentially Women was so delighted at the high levels of energy, excitement, and engagement among all the attendees, exhibitors, and speakers. The apparent sense of “normalcy” was certainly felt, something that hasn’t happened since before the pandemic. From the spot-on education sessions to an immersive exhibit hall and amazing networking and social events, EW truly feels that attendees learned best practices for growing

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 of home oxygen in history.

Patsy Taylor was named the EW Ruth Addison Award of Excellence 2023 winner on Feb. 5, 2023, during a special ceremony at Focus Conference. Taylor, a former respiratory therapist, was thrust into the women’s health industry after two of her four sisters were diagnosed with breast cancer. They had a difficult time finding a place for a breast prosthesis fitting. After experiencing a fitting that was more like a medical procedure with one bra option and one prosthetic option, she opened her