Tag: Cindi Petito
Cindi Petito on bridging the gap between CRT, home access
February 7, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WATERLOO, Iowa – Cindi Petito, the new director of VGM Live at Home, has worked in both the complex rehab technology and home access industries as a clinician, provider and business owner, making her the perfect fit to lead the company’s efforts to better connect the two markets.
Petito was originally named clinical networks for VGM & Associates in October of last year and is transitioning into this new role following Jim Greatorex’s retirement.
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VGM’s Greatorex to retire
February 3, 2025HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – Jim Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home, a division of VGM & Associates, has announced his plans to retire in early 2025. He began his career with VGM in 2015, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the HME and home accessibility industry to the company. As vice president of VGM Live at Home, he spearheaded many projects, services and tools to address the various needs of home access providers, the company says. “Jim’s many years of dedicated service...
Grace, Petito join VGM & Associates
October 23, 2024HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – Nikki Grace will join VGM & associate as director of OPGA and Cindi Petito will join as director of clinical networks.
Grace previously worked as the director of North American Operations for Osseointegration International, where she offered support to amputees worldwide. Grace, the 2023 O&P Woman of the Year, established Central Illinois Amputees, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and addresses the specific challenges faced by amputees in rural areas,...
NSM expands workers' compensation team
October 20, 2020HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has added Cynthia Petito and Robert Davies to its National Workers' Compensation Program service team. Petito will serve as program manager, workers' compensation & centralized access; and Davies as general manager of home access solutions/general contractor. “Our NSM360 National Workers' Compensation Program exists to ensure a fully integrated solution to help NSM clients who are injured at work gain self-reliance and independence...
Telemed to the rescue
October 20, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
MIDDLEBURG, Fla. - An important part of the growth strategy of CHAS Group is what Cindi Petito calls “telemed.”The physical and occupational therapy practice sometimes uses thera-LINK, which provides HIPAA-secure video and file sharing, as a “virtual office” to evaluate the needs of its patients remotely.“If we don't have a therapist covering an area, or the patient lives in a rural area and they can't get to a clinic because they're homebound, we'll do telemed,”...
CHAS Group hits sweet spot
September 22, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
MIDDLEBURG, Fla. - CHAS Group, a physical and occupational therapy practice specializing in wheeled mobility and complex seating evaluations, has nearly all of Florida covered and is in the process of entering the Georgia market.In Florida, the company is still trying to fill gaps in coverage in the Naples area and in Citrus County, but it has the rest of the state covered with 20 contract PTs and OTs. In Georgia, it's waiting for licensure approval.“For several years, I've been asked...
Apply now for specialty certification
January 28, 2010Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ARLINGTON, Va. - Assistive technology professionals (ATPs) can now apply to become seating and mobility specialists (SMSs).
RESNA in January posted the application for the specialty certification to www.resna.org (click on "certification" then "seating and mobility certification").
"We've had inquiries from OTs, PTs, suppliers and even some academics," said Anjali Weber, an ATP and RESNA's director of certification, in January.
Applicants for the specialty certification must have...