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• Why Unique User Logins Are Essential in E-Prescribing Discover how unique logins in e-prescribing support HIPAA compliance, enhance accountability, and safeguard patient information.
• One VGM. Healthcare connected. VGM's unified brand makes it easier to access healthcare expertise, relationships, resources, & solutions that strengthen business performance & patient care.
• Keeping You at the Center in a Complex and Artificial World VGM President Lindy Tentinger shares how keeping people at the center is guiding VGM's evolution, strengthening connections, and simplifying the customer experience.
• 2026 National Health Expenditure Data Update The 2026 National Health Expenditure Data Update examines how DME spending growth aligns with the shift toward home-based care and value-based healthcare.
• Digging into Denials: Stop Fixing Denials and Start Preventing Them Learn how HME providers can reduce recurring denials by identifying workflow, payer, authorization, and documentation issues before they impact reimbursement.
• Telling the Patient's Story Through NIV Documentation Under CMS's new policy, NIV documentation requires more than a diagnosis. Learn key strategies for medical necessity, compliance, and reimbursement.
• Turning Unmet OSA Need Into Measurable Referral Growth Discover strategies for HME providers to convert undiagnosed OSA into referral growth by enhancing PCP relationships and improving patient care outcomes.
• Before You Add a New Product Line, Ask These Seven Questions Explore the key reimbursement, accreditation, compliance, and operational considerations DMEPOS providers should evaluate before expanding services.
• A Pattern We're Seeing Across Healthcare Insights on how healthcare providers can build trust, clarity, & confidence for patients, referral sources, & employees while navigating industry complexity.
• Medicare DMEPOS Compliance Updates: New F2F, WOPD, & Prior Authorization Requirements Medicare is expanding DMEPOS compliance requirements, with new Face-to-Face (F2F), Written Order Prior to Delivery (WOPD), and Prior Authorization rules taking effect in 2026 and 2027.
• What AI and Industry Leaders Predict for HME's Future Discover why HME growth remains strong despite reimbursement uncertainty, increased audits, staffing challenges, and operational pressures.
• How CRT Can Help HME Providers Diversify and Grow Looking to grow beyond traditional HME? Learn why more providers are turning to complex rehab technology and mobility services.
• What Suppliers Need to Know: CMS Expands Access to Non-Invasive Ventilation for COPD Patients While the new NCD creates additional opportunities for patients to receive medically necessary therapy, it also introduces new responsibilities for durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers.
• VGM Playbook: Emerging Markets and Business Growth Explore emerging healthcare markets, growth opportunities, and expansion strategies in pediatrics, sleep, home access, maternity care, and more.
• Why Signature Issues Continue to Trip Up DME Suppliers Discover why signature-related documentation issues continue to create claim denials, audit risks, and reimbursement challenges for DME suppliers.
• The Fortune Is in the Follow-Up The fortune is in the follow-up. Not because follow-up is exciting. Most of the time it's not. In fact, it's often the least glamorous part of the job. But that's exactly why it creates so much value. Most people are willing to start something. Fewer people are willing to stick with it until it's finished.
• Optimize Your Sleep Therapy Program: A Scalable, Patient-Centered Blueprint for HME Providers Discover how to optimize your sleep therapy business with scalable workflows, faster therapy starts, improved adherence, and predictable revenue growth.
• Adaptability Is Key to Long-Term Success in HME Industry leader Lisa Wells shares insights on growth, payer relationships, and AI and why providers must adapt to succeed.
• Unlearning Is Harder Than Learning—Especially in Billing & Reimbursement Outdated billing & reimbursement habits can increase audit risk. Learn why DME suppliers must unlearn assumptions, validate guidance, & strengthen compliance.
• DMEPOS Accreditation in 2026: How to Stay Compliant CMS's new accreditation requirements are raising the stakes for DMEPOS providers. VGM's Annual Accreditation Guide helps providers simplify their accreditation journey.