speaker spotlight

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 11:15 - 12:30 PM Where HIPAA Compliance & Cyber Security Intersect - Are You Protected? Carol Albaugh, Technical Solutions Consultant, VGM Group Inc. Kelly Grahovac, Senior Consultant, The van Halem Group Learning Objectives: Understand the current state of cyber threats, and those common in the healthcare industry Understand technology best practices and practical steps you can take immediately to help protect your business from cyber threats Discuss the

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 9:45 - 11:00 AM Understanding the Business of Compression Hosiery Evan McGill, Exective VP & Business Development, Therafirm Learning Objectives: Understanding venous disease and lymphedema and what happens to the body requiring it to need compression hosiery Understanding the THERAFIRM product line (upper and lower extremity) Measuring and fitting compression hosiery Building a referral source and growing your business with compression hosiery Session

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 11:15 - 12:30 PM Hope is Not a Business Plan Douglas Stallbaumer, Owner, Argosy Group Learning Objectives: Understand the basic concepts of  business plan Why should you prepare a business plan Why building Marketing and Sales into your budget is a necessity What is included in business plan. How a business plan can  assist your business in growth, compliance and organization. Session Description: How many times have you as started out

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 9:45 - 11:30 AM How to Make Operations and Billing a Success in Today's Environment: A Best Practice Approach Miriam Lieber, President, Lieber Consulting, LLC. & Ronda Buhrmester, Director of Reimbursement, VGM Group, Inc. Learning Objectives: Examine the implications of accepting assignment versus filing non assigned claims Discuss how to employ ABNs and product upgrades for specific customers Identify common billing mishaps and ways to avoid them Explain

Monday, February 4, 2019, 9:00 – 10:15 AM Keynote: If Disney Ran Your Company, Louis Feuer, President, Dynamic Seminars & Consulting Speaker Bio: Louis Feuer, MA, MSW is President of Dynamic Seminars & Consulting. Louis has been training and educating the healthcare industry for close to 35 years. He has been a social worker/case manager, referral source, hospital administrator and the director of professional development for one of the nation’s largest home care companies. Louis

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 8:00-9:30 AM Keynote: Exercise & Life After Cancer, Jenn Junk, Executive Directory, Recovery on Water Speaker Bio: Jenn founded Recovery on Water with Sue Ann Glaser in 2008. As a board member, a coach and the Executive Director of ROW®, Jenn has led the organization since its infancy. She brings her nonprofit background and coaching experience to manage the coaches, budget, assess programs and run the organization with the guidance of the Board Chair and Board

Maria Markusen is the Director of Development for VGM Retail and a thirteen year veteran #caretailer, speaker and healthcare retail thought leader.  Before joining VGM, Markusen was Co-Founder of Simply Shops and Chief Operating Officer of Simply Retail, hospital retail outsource partners.  A dynamic speaker and twenty year sales trainer in both healthcare retail and long-term care, Maria is a healthcare sales and product development visionary. Maria’s career is focused on capturing

Nikki Giamarino is the Business Development Manager at ABC and is an ABC Certified Fitter with 19+ years in the medical and breast care industry, including instructing education courses. She holds a BS in Health Administration from Auburn University. Her personal experience, industry knowledge and caring personality are the perfect combination for an exceptional learning experience. In her spare time Nikki enjoys traveling and riding her motorcycle. Session Overview: Are you looking for a new

Meet Beth Cox Hollingsworth, VGM's Director of Content Strategy for VGM Marketing. A member of the marketing leadership team, she oversees creative professionals who specialize in developing marketing strategies that are planned, sustainable and integrated with sales strategy. She also develops and coordinates educational opportunities VGM thought leaders.  Beth has a passion for empowering individuals to discover their personal mind-body well-being. She is a certified life

This week in the speaker spotlight we are featuring Patrice Sobcznski; she brings personal and professional experience to the Essential Meet Up in April in Philadelphia.  Meet Patrice Patrice is a 28-year breast cancer survivor and has worked in the breast care industry for 27 years. She is an 11-year member of the ABC sales and education team and is a certified mastectomy fitter with both ABC and BOC. Her personal experience, industry knowledge, and caring personality are the perfect