Home Care Team Completes Successful CHAP Site Visit

In late October, CHAP made its triannual on-site visit, a key step in our accreditation process. While their formal report is still pending, the CHAP team praised the quality of care that our Home Care clinicians are providing to patients and also commended the compassion and dedication of all our team members.

Before departing, the CHAP inspectors verbally confirmed that, thanks to our strong showing, VNS Health Home Care will be approved for Deemed Status, which exempts us from separate tri-annual inspections by New York State’s Department of Health, and Age-Friendly Care at Home Certification—a designation indicating that our clinicians are consistently utilizing the Age-Friendly 4-Ms protocol in delivering care. Formal approval of both designations is expected in several weeks.