POINT Benefits
Point Insurance Program
www.vgminsurance.com
The experts at VGM Insurance have been writing the specific coverages HME providers and O&P practices require for more than 17 years.
- Products
- Completed Operations
- General and Professional Liability
Limits available up to $5,000,000 per occurrence.
Optional coverages available are:
- Property Coverage
- Employee Benefits Liability
- Hired and Non-Owned Auto Coverage
All Point Members are eligible for special insurance rates from VGM Insurance. VGM Insurance recognizes the importance of ABC accreditation and is therefore rewarding Point.
VGM Insurance policies are written with an A-rated company, and our staff is happy to work with local agents to ensure there are no gaps in coverage or duplicate dollars expended.
Customer service is the focus at VGM Insurance and most of our policies can be quoted and bound in the same day.
Contact David Oleson at (800) 362-3363 or david.oleson@vgm.com for more information.
Financial Services
www.vgmfs.com
For more than 15 years, VGM Financial Services has supported and designed flexible lease/financing programs for O&P practices. The employees at VGM Financial Services are experts at delivering equipment finance solutions that meet the needs of their customers. One-Call Service has become a trademark for this full-service finance company.
Contact Chad Hamann at (800) 532-4656 or chamann@vgmfs.com for more information.
Forbin
www.forbin.com
VGM Forbin is an effective and affordable Web site solution. They specialize in development and hosting of HME and O&P Web sites. They offer a personalized approach working directly with Point Members to custom design a Web site that is representative of your business and its style.
If you are looking for a new Web site or want to re-create your current Web site, VGM Forbin offers:
- O&P specific Web site design & service
- State of the art hosting technology
- Site design based on research findings
- Internet consulting to help market your Web site
- Search engine optimization
- Full tracking report
Forbin wants to reward Point’s ABC Accredited Facilities by offering All Point members a free “Meet Your Practitioner” section after employing Forbin to create or update your Web site. Point members are also eligible for a 25% discount for the cost of their web design.
AbilityPRO
www.ability-pro.com
AbilityPRO is a simple easy to use web-based follow-up system at an affordable price. AbilityPRO offers significant savings over other follow-up programs while remaining non labor-intensive and more cost efficient. AbilityPRO allows you to:
- Contact patients in a timely and efficient manner
- Identify and correct potential problems with devices quickly and efficiently
- Increase revenue from existing patients
- Increase patient referrals
- Identify changes in patient address, physician or insurance information
- Maintain high standards of customer service
AbilityPRO dramatically improves the patient follow up process while doing away with out-dated labor intensive and time-consuming patient monitoring and follow-up procedures.
POINT Member Pricing
Patients in database Monthly POINT price Annual
0-500 $50.00 $600.00
501-1500 $75.00 $900.00
1501-3500 $100.00 $1200.00
3501-5000 $135.00 $1620.00
5001-7000 $175.00 $2100.00
7001-10000 $200.00 $2400.00
10001-15000 $250.00 $3000.00
15001-25000 $300.00 $3600.00
Set up a FREE on-line demo any time.
Contact Joel Valenti at (866) 999-9469 or joelv@forbin.com for more information.
VGM Creative
www.vgmcreative.com
VGM Creative is an in-house graphic design and advertising agency that specializes in the home medical equipment industry and orthotic and prosthetic practices.
Although the agency’s focus is print work, VGM Creative designers work closely with our sister Internet company, VGM Forbin to ensure that our clients marketing materials are consistent across all media.
VGM Creative designers have set the industry standard for logos, brochures and corporate identity projects and in doing so, have helped raise the standard for marketing in the home health-care/orthotic and prosthetic professions.
VGM Creative produces custom design projects from conception through printing.
Contact Mary Avenanti at (800) 799-7402 or mary.avenanti@vgm.com for more information.
POINT U
www.point-u.com
POINT U internet-based education for independently owned orthotic and prosthetic practices offers continuing education designed in response to Member needs.
We currently have over 110 courses available that target specific job functions, including management and business development. All courses offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to help you and your staff maintain credentials. (ABC and BOC). Students may complete courses when it’s convenient, and maintain an individual, permanent record of courses taken and test results, which may be used as a performance management tool.
Member Pricing
1 to 4 users $25/month
5 to 12 users $50/month
13 to 24 users $75/month
25 to 75 users $100/month
76+ users $150/month
Set up a FREE on-line demo any time.
Contact Sara Bauer at (866) 227-8171 or sara.bauer@vgm.com for more information.
Managed Care Contracts
www.vgmhomelink.com
Point members have access to both Point and Homelink Managed Care Contracts.
- POINT Contracts at an 8% administrative fee with a $500 administrative fee cap
- HOMELINK Contracts at a 10% administrative fee with a $750 administrative fee cap- for Point Members only, non-members at an 18% administrative fee.
Homelink processes more than 77,000 referrals annually through a nationwide, community-based network of HME, custom rehab equipment, IV therapy, O&P, home health nursing and physical, occupational, and speech therapy providers. By contracting with all types of managed care entities, Homelink allows local companies to become participating providers on a national level.
Point has over 65 managed care contracts nation wide and Homelink has over 200 managed care contracts nation wide and is working every day to add more managed care coverage.
This agreement between Homelink and POINT exemplifies a partnership between these 2 powerful organizations dedicated to maintain POINT member access to the largest possible percentage of patients needing the quality services we provide.
Contact Homelink at (888) 820-0355 ext. 6695 or homelinkgh@vgm.com for more information about Homelink Managed Care Contracts.
Orthotic & Prosthetic Group of America
www.opga.com
Point Members have access to ALL OPGA manufacturer discounts and programs
OPGA is a nationwide network of more than 900 independently owned and operated orthotic and prosthetic facilities. Their goal is to help members receive manufacturer discounts similar to those received by multi-national companies. Such discounts provide you the opportunity to remain independent.
OPGA offers:
- Buying group discounts from Participating Manufacturers
- Clinically based revenue enhancement programs
- Access to Homelink Managed Care Contracts
- Policy and procedures manual
- Leasing/finance programs
- Telecommunications Insurance
Contact Jim Andreassen at (800) 214-6742 or jim.andreassen@vgm.com for more information.
Brightree
www.mybrightree.com
Brightree, on-line billing software, is now for O&P. Brightree is a proven solution to get you paid faster and manage all aspects of your business better than ever.
Brightree offers:
- State-of-the-Art Datacenter
- Billing
- A/R Management
- Patient Scheduling
- Patient Management
- Inventory
- Retail Sales
- Document Imaging Integration
- Reporting
POINT Members receive an additional five hours of free training when signing up with Brightree.
myBrightree
www.mybrightree.com
POINT members also have access to mybrightree.com. At mybrightree, members can check the Medicare status of any patient within seconds at no cost. This is a great time-saving tool for your administrative staff.
myBrightree benefits:
- Unlimited inquires on all Medicare jurisdictions
- Predetermines the deductible and thus ensures collection of 100% of the allowable
- Increase efficiency of patient billing
- Verify eligibility on every bill to prevent rejections and denials
- Improve cash flow and reduce DSO
- Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Completely FREE
Contact Linda Griffin at (866) 680-6518 or linda.griffin@vgm.com for more information. |