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This course introduces the concept of “consultative selling” whereby the customer is given the sense that he or she is always in control of the decision-making process.

This third module addresses neuromuscular electrical nerve stimulation (NMES). This series of modules is provided by Rehabilicare.

With an advance directive, patients can make known their wishes for future medical care in the event they become unable to make their own decisions about health care. This course provides information about the types of advance directives available.

Understanding financial statements provides insight into the financial health of a business, and guides leaders to make better decisions using that information. This course is geared toward new managers and leaders, providing the basics of reading and comprehending financial statements. Experienced managers will also benefit for review purposes.

There are no CEUs for this course. 

To present health care professionals with a comprehensive understanding of advance directives. The medical community must know the various types of advance directives in order to assist patients with their legal right to make their own decisions concerning their care.

The Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage (ADMC) is a process by which your local Medicare carrier will provide you and the beneficiary with a coverage decision prior to delivery of an item. This course describes the ADMC process.

This course covers the topic of business ethics. Ethics is a challenging topic in the workplace because not every problem has a single correct solution. This course is intended to give you guidelines and get you thinking about ethical decisions in business.

Learn to lead with intelligence, compassion, motivation and purpose through VGM Education’s Leadership Mastery Program. Designed for both new and seasoned leaders, this concise 12-module program offers strategies to bring out the best in you and your team. From balancing the books to connecting more consciously, you will acquire practical, essential skills to make an immediate, positive impact within your role and workplace. Titles include:

• Making Meetings Meaningful
• From Doer to Manager
• Crucial Conversations
• Employee Engagement
• Leading for Financial Fitness
• The Paragon Principles: Rethinking Your Professional Image
• Emotional Intelligence 101
• Mixing and Matching Working Styles
• Conducting Evaluations and Tracking KPIs
• Keys to Effective Communication
• Using Financial Statements as a Management Tool
• Smart Hiring

Significant discount is available to VGM Members! 
Call us prior to purchase for your discount code: 866-227-8171.

Any place of work is susceptible to violence in the workplace. An active shooter is a person actively engaged in killing or attempting to keep people in a confined space or other populated areas. This course guides nurses to respond in an active shooter wherever they are, including a hospital, nursing home, outpatient clinic, or any other health care facility.

This guide details clinical and reimbursement criteria, Medicare’s documentation expectations, and billing codes to help ensure proper coverage for wound-related durable medical equipment (DME), including surgical dressings, support surfaces, hospital beds, and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). This can be downloaded to help educate referral sources.

NOTE: Unit price includes shipping to a single location.  Please allow 7-10 business days to process your order.

The purpose of this course is to understand the cultural importance of the individual and those directly affected, including family and friends, in dealing with illness and death. As the U.S. becomes more ethnically and racially diverse and culturally complex, there is a need for understanding how to work with individuals who have different values, health beliefs, and perspectives about health and wellness than your own or those you are familiar with.

Continuing Education: VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression, whether it is in person, over the phone or via email. This course provides you the tools for handling those first impression opportunities.

This course provides an overview of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, symptoms, testing, prevention, available treatments, and outcomes.

This course reviews the relationship between aging and multiple sclerosis.

This course provides you strategies to look a little deeper into your accounts to - “dissect” them - to find out what makes them tick.

This course addresses the importance of applying industrial hygiene principles, developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to make the workplace a safe environment for all employees.

This course introduces the new home medical equipment staff member to standard ambulatory aids (canes, crutches and walkers). Because of the multitude of brands of ambulatory aids and accessories on the market, this course will cover ambulatory aids in the broadest generic terms. For specific information related to a particular brand of ambulatory aid, please consult the vendors.

This course introduces the biller to the intake process. It offers suggestions to help make the process more efficient and effective to reduce delays and denials.

This is the first in a two-part series of modules which make up a course on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a serious breathing disorder characterized by periodic cessation or markedly diminished breathing during sleep. Part 1 explains how OSA is identified and diagnosed.

This course reviews the effects of immobility on the human body.

This is the second in a two-part series of modules which make up a course on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a serious breathing disorder characterized by periodic cessation or markedly diminished breathing during sleep. Part 2 will discuss treatment options, comorbid conditions, and consequences if OSA is untreated.

The Antibiotic Stewardship Program is required to be incorporated in the overall infection prevention and control program.

The health care administrator will increase their knowledge of corporate compliance and their responsibility to report fraud, waste, and abuse. In health care facilities, all employees are expected to follow certain standards of behavior. These standards should influence the way patient care, daily business, interaction with others, and everyday decisions are accomplished. This course includes information to assist the administrator in developing the facility’s compliance program.The National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) has approved the above named program for continuing education credit.

This course addresses those TSA guidelines and provides you, the home medical equipment supplier, with information that you can in turn provide to your supplemental oxygen customers.

This course discusses strategies you can use when working on healthcare teams.