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Originally featured in “VGM Playbook: Growing Your Business in Today's Environment," Mike Isaacson, Senior VP of Business Development of VGM & Associates, discusses what five questions to ask yourself before you spend your personal, professional, or business capital on pursuing the “next big thing” to ensure you’re on the right path. As business owners and/or leaders, you are pulled in many different directions and wear multiple hats on a daily

Originally featured in “VGM Playbook: Growing Your Business in Today's Environment" by VGM & Associates, Nikki Jensen discusses how to grow your women's health business. You can access the full playbook here.  The women’s health market can be a rewarding, profitable, and worthwhile business. While there are many different paths to define women’s health, in this segment we define women’s health as serving the post-mastectomy patient. Checklist to Consider

During the recent Focus Conference, hosted by Essentially Women, Director of VGM Retail Rob Baumhover presented on product merchandising and coaching your retail staff. Speaking at conferences is only one way that VGM Retail works to educate you! Below is look at a section of Rob’s presentation.   Prior to VGM, Rob spent more than 20 years in the big box retails stores, and one of the questions he was consistently asked was, “What products should

Originally featured in “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2021” by VGM & Associates, director of VGM Retail, Rob Baumhover, discusses the opportunity of developing an e-commerce platform to help businesses grow and become more profitable. You can access the full playbook here.  As the calendar turns to a new year, leaders spend time analyzing the good and bad that occurred during the previous one. They also evaluate opportunities they want to take on to help their business grow

Originally featured in “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2021” by VGM & Associates, vice president of Essentially Women, Nikki Jensen, discusses how telehealth will most likely continue to be used in the women's health industry post-pandemic. You can access the full playbook here.  The past year has been hard. There was no guidebook to reference, and no amount of Google searching could have predicted the entirety of what 2020 would bring. This past year has also introduced us to

By: Brittney Gray, Founder and Owner, Revamped Beauty Revamped Beauty is a 501c3 public charitable organization in Birmingham, Alabama. Our mission is to empower men and women to live their most beautiful lives in the face of a breast cancer diagnosis by providing access to specialized medical equipment and services. Revamped Beauty works in our community to spread awareness of the obstacles that patients endure after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. We focus on providing resources that help

We are excited to announce the latest installment of the Essential Advantage publication is now available! Available digitally, this publication reflects upon the latest news and updates that have been happening in the women's health industry.  This edition's focus is all about business best practices and how you can do business better! You can access this publication by logging into the myEW portal and clicking on the "Resources" tab.  Download your copy today!

With change comes great opportunity. Essentially Women is incredibly excited to provide more education than ever before at this year’s Focus Conference. When planning Focus Conference, we usually consider the conference venue and time constraints when scheduling our sessions. Because we are going virtual this year, we have the opportunity to offer more education than ever before.   Focus: The EW [Virtual] Conference will offer 8 live sessions beginning

In enacting the CARES Act, Congress did not specifically address the taxation of the Relief Payments. Although the IRS’s position is that its FAQ guidance is not citable as legal authority, it seems clear that the IRS expects taxpayers to rely on these FAQs and other recently issued FAQs to meet their federal income tax obligations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has frequently updated its Relief Payments FAQs since April

The deadline to apply for the HHS Provider Relief Fund for Medicaid/CHIP providers who did not receive any relief payments during the Medicare-based General Distribution has been extended until September 13th, 2020. Providers who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19, meet all of the other eligibility requirements, and can agree to the terms and conditions associated with the program are encouraged to apply for this relief fund. Originally, the application deadline was August 28th. Click here