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VNSNY’s New CMO Takes Home Care to the Next Level
June 26, 2019–Aimed at Reducing ER and Hospital Visits for High-Risk Populations, VNSNY Launches Care Management Organization VNSNY has added a new business unit—a Care Management Organization (CMO) that will work with insurers to provide their high-risk members with enhanced care management services in a home-based setting. Following approval from the New York State Department of Health, the new unit officially launched on May 6th. “With this new CMO, we’re providing insurers what they need most—a cost-effective way of keeping their high-risk plan members out of the ER and the hospital,” says Rose Madden-Baer, VNSNY’s Senior Vice President for Population Health and Clinical Support Services. The CMO is currently contracted with VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans to manage members of its two integrated Medicare-Medicaid plans, CHOICE Total and CHOICE FIDA Complete. “We’re actively exploring arrangements with other integrated Medicare-Medicaid plans in our service area as well,” adds Rose. To be eligible for the
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VNSNY’s Strategy for Success Video Series. Part Two: The Process
September 12, 2018–“Care is moving out of the hospital and into the home – and that’s where we are.” – David Rosales, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer As an important next step in VNSNY’s strategic planning process, dozens of staff members from across the organization came together over the past few weeks in a series of strategy workshops, generating hundreds of ideas. This four-minute video brings you inside these workshops, offering a look at how staff input is impacting our strategy. As David Rosales notes in the video, “The focus of our work going forward will be identify opportunities, to redesign our processes, and really invest in the tools and technologies that will really allow our staff to spend more time on what they’re passionate about.” The Take-Away: This short video takes you inside the process that will shape VNSNY’s strategic vision for the future.
An Interview with David Rosales, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
August 2, 2018–David Rosales is already familiar to many VNSNY staff members from his previous service with the organization, which included eight years in VNSNY’s Performance and Innovation Department—most recently as the department’s Vice President. This June, after several years with a national healthcare consulting firm, David returned to head up VNSNY’s Strategy division. Q: Welcome back! What has it been like returning to VNSNY? It’s been thrilling to be back at VNSNY. This place is like family, and the work we do remains vital to the healthcare fabric of this city. Coming back has been a homecoming of sorts, but there has also been a lot of change since I was here last. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind—meeting staff from across the organization, re-connecting with old colleagues, getting up to speed on our current challenges and opportunities, engaging with my new team, supporting our strategic planning process, and jumping
VNSNY’s Strategy for Success Video Series. Part One: Introduction to the Framework
July 12, 2018–“We are one organization…Our strategy needs to be at the enterprise level.” — Marki Flannery. As President and CEO Marki Flannery and other senior leaders begin rolling out VNSNY’s strategic framework for the future, this three-minute video captures the key elements of the new strategy — including its focus on growth, quality and synergies.
A Personal Message from Marki Flannery, President and CEO
April 17, 2018–Hello, everyone—it is wonderful to be back! I want to thank those of you who I have personally met for the wonderful, warm welcome you’ve given me. Having been in my new position for one week now, I want to share with you how very pleased I am to be back at VNSNY, collaborating with an incredible group of leaders, clinicians, and staff as we move into our next 125 years. I couldn’t be prouder of the great people and the great work that we do here. I’m also looking forward to the next year. As I told the VNSNY Board when I agreed to take on this position for one year, I am hopeful that during this time the organization will continue to solidify the leadership team that will carry VNSNY into the future. In the meantime, I very much need your support over the coming year, as we