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Sharks, Weddings and Pro Athletes! Here Are Our Latest Hidden Talents!
December 5, 2023-Welcome to the latest edition of Frontline’s “Hidden Talents”—featuring profiles of your colleagues with special skills you may not have known about! Do you have a hidden talent that you’d like to share in Frontline, or do you know someone else at VNS Health who does? We’d love to hear about it! Just send us a message by clicking here. Dodging Sharks and Going the Distance: Ultramarathon Swimmer, Lori King Lori King’s VNS Health colleagues know her as a dedicated Research Analyst at the Center for Home Care Policy & Research. To the world of athletics, however—and well beyond—Lori is a trailblazing open-water ultramarathon swimmer. Here are just some of her awe-inspiring achievements: Dangerous currents and nasty sea creatures aren’t the only challenges Lori has overcome in her swimming career. “I swam all the way through school and competed in college, but I always had terrible performance anxiety and stressed
Living the Mission: A Day in the Life of RN, Emperatriz Rivas
July 12, 2023-Welcome to “A Day in the Life”—the Frontline series that follows team members from different parts of VNS Health as they go about a typical day fulfilling our organization’s mission—to improve the health and well-being of people through high-quality, cost-effective health care in the home and community. When Emperatriz Rivas joined VNS Health last year as a Home Care nurse in Staten Island, she brought a wealth of nursing experience with her, having spent seven years working as an ICU nurse in her native Colombia and then as a visiting nurse after she emigrated to the U.S. in 2016. For Emperatriz—or “Em,” as her patients call her—nursing is all about the patient. “To see a patient improving under my care, and know that I’ve helped them, is incredibly satisfying to me,” she says. Here is how Emperatriz describes a typical day on the job: 5:00 a.m. I like to
Meet Our Latest Hidden Talents: a Documentary Filmmaker, a Blackjack Dealer and a TV Actor…
April 17, 2023-And They All Work Right Here at VNS Health! Welcome to the latest edition of Frontline’s “Hidden Talents” series—featuring profiles of your colleagues with special skills you may not have known about! Do you have a hidden talent that you’d like to share in Frontline, or do you know someone else at VNS Health who does? We’d love to hear about it! Paul Schneider, Film Documentarian: The Art of Making People Feel Safe Both in Film and Nursing In addition to being a hospice nurse at VNS Health, Paul Schneider can claim another talent on his resume: film documentarian. Paul fell in love with film cameras at an early age, he explains, when he bonded over home movies with his father. He collaborated on his first film as a college undergraduate at Antioch College and immediately found it was a great way to spread awareness about issues he felt passionately
VNS Health in 2022 — Year in Review
December 20, 2022-January MSO is launched. On January 1st, VNS Health launches its newest line of business, a Management Services Organization (MSO), which offers cost-effective solutions that deliver top-quality outcomes for health plan members while simplifying the healthcare experience for all. The MSO‘s launch represents an important new chapter for VNS Health, allowing expansion into other markets—and states! “20 Minutes with Dan” is rolled out. On January 12th, “20 Minutes with Dan” debuts, offering all of the excitement and information of the previous 30-minute editions in a shorter 20-minute video format. You can find all of the “20 Minutes with Dan” episodes here. NYS expands vaccine mandate. As the Omicron variant surges, New York State expands its vaccine mandate for health care workers to include COVID-19 vaccine boosters. To ensure we comply with the mandate, VNS Health helps impacted team members get boosted. HR rolls out People & Culture Strategy. The launch this
10 Things You Might Be Surprised to Know About VNS Health’s Data Experts—the Business Intelligence & Analytics (BIA) Team
October 20, 2022-This article is part of an ongoing series highlighting different teams across VNS Health. Our aim with this series is to enhance the VNS Health employee experience by spotlighting all parts of the organization, revealing things you may not know about another team and bringing our organization closer together. If there is a team that you think should be included in this series, please let us know by clicking here! VNS Health’s Business Intelligence & Analytics (BIA) department plays a vital role in the organization’s activities. Here are 10 things you may not know about the BIA department: 1) BIA has 46 employees spread across a number of diverse teams. BIA’s core teams are Data Science (which includes Health Economics), Business Intelligence, Operations, and Business Development Analytics as well as VNS Health’s unique Center for Home Care Policy & Research—the only free-standing, evidence-generating scientific arm to be located within a
VNS Health Joins Other Leading Organizations in Signing Mental Health Pledge
June 8, 2022-VNS Health recently joined hundreds of other leading U.S. organizations in signing the Mental Health Pledge. This pledge states: “As we continue through challenging times, we reaffirm that employee mental health and well-being remain as essential as ever. That’s why we’ve come together to pledge to continue prioritizing the well-being and mental health of our employees through the uncertain times that lie ahead—and maintain our investments and commitments in this critical area.” You can see the full pledge along with the organizations and companies that have signed it by clicking here. “We are honored to commit to the Mental Health Pledge,” says Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer Tracy Dodd, who signed the pledge on behalf of VNS Health. “We believe this is yet another way to communicate that we care about the well-being of our current and future employees, and we are strongly committed to supporting all aspects of
Meet Our Newest Lean Six Sigma Green Belts!
March 22, 2022-The Participants in VNSNY’s Second Lean Six Sigma Course Tackle Continuous Care Optimization, Hospitalization Rates, Capacity Constraints, and Turnaround Time VNSNY is now in its second year working with Lean Six Sigma—a set of management tools used by organizations worldwide to help them operate more efficiently and improve the quality of their services and products. Building on last year’s inaugural program, Tony Dawson, Senior Vice President of Quality and Performance Improvement, recently took another 20 team members through a six-month course that prepared them to become certified as Lean Six Sigma Green Belts. “Implementing a problem-solving tool like Lean Six Sigma improves processes throughout the organization,” says Tony. “At the same time, VNSNY team members learn critical thinking and managerial skills as they develop solutions to complex issues that will ultimately improve the customer experience for our patients, members and clients.” With participants from across VNSNY, the Lean Six Sigma
Good Samaritan Story: VNSNY Hospice Nurse Saves the Day
September 17, 2021-On a stifling Tuesday earlier this summer, Lisa* was looking forward to a late breakfast with her friend Alice* on the Upper East Side. They had only walked a block when Alice started feeling very woozy and in danger of passing out. “Alice couldn’t take the heat and couldn’t make it another step. We were right near an Italian restaurant with outdoor seating, so I sat her down and got her some juice, but she wasn’t getting any better,” says Lisa. “We were only a block away from her home but she wouldn’t have been able to walk back, and we couldn’t get a taxi. She absolutely refused to let me call for an ambulance or to go to the ER—and when Alice is adamant about something, she’s adamant!” Lisa was feeling increasingly desperate. Just then, as if on cue, help materialized—in the form of VNSNY Hospice nurse Vidya Hosein-Anderson,
Find Out What’s Happening… News Briefs from Around VNSNY!
March 19, 2021-Welcome to the latest edition of “News Briefs from Around VNSNY”— featuring quick updates on recent news and virtual events across the organization. If you have a news brief you’d like to be considered for an upcoming edition, please click here to submit your idea. VNSNY Welcomes EVP & Chief Financial Keith Patterson On January 25th, Keith Patterson joined VNSNY as our new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Keith has an extensive background in managed care and robust experience in provider and other healthcare services, including senior finance positions with Aetna and UnitedHealthcare. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Ready Responders, an on-demand community healthcare service. With his expertise and expertise in health care and finance, Keith will be an outstanding addition to VNSNY! Click here to read his Q+A interview on Frontline. VNSNY CEOs Named to 2021 City & State Health Power 100 Current VNSNY CEO