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Our Most Vulnerable Health Plan Members Need Us More Than Ever! Here’s What You Can Do.
April 14, 2026–The New York State budget is being finalized—and funding for our Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) Health Plan that allows low-income Medicaid older New Yorkers and people living with disabilities to receive care at home is at serious risk. Here’s what you can do: First, contact your elected officials. It is easy to do—just click here and put in your name and address. It will automatically populate with your elected officials and then you tap “send.” Please take a few minutes to help our vulnerable health plan members. Then tune in to Dan’s CEO Zoom on Tuesday. On Tuesday, April 21, at 8:30 a.m. Dan will cover this and other organizational updates. And finally, catch up on what’s going on. over the past few months, CEO Dan Savitt, our Government Affairs team, as well as other team members from across the organization have ramped up our VNS Health advocacy efforts in Albany.
Team Members in the Media: March Highlights!
April 13, 2026–Spring is in full bloom and so was our media presence in March, with many news stories featuring our VNS Health team members, as well as articles on innovative technologies and exciting partnerships that are transforming and supporting the care we provide to the community. Read more below! Team members and teams featured in news stories last month include: National Media Spotlights How VNS Health–Vitalic Partnership Is Advancing Seniors’ Mental Health The VNS Health–Vitalic Health partnership has received strong national attention, with widespread coverage spotlighting how the collaboration is improving behavioral health outcomes for older adults. A featured U.S. News & World Report article highlighted the partnership’s approach, which focuses on proactively identifying seniors at risk of depression and connecting them to care. The piece included insights from Robert McAlonan, Director of Behavioral Health, Health Plans, and pointed to early results of a pilot study showing reduced emergency department visits
President & CEO Dan Savitt Joins the Capital Pressroom to Discuss the Urgent Need for Long-Term Care Funding
April 13, 2026–
President & CEO Dan Savitt Named to Crain’s “Notables in Health Care” List
April 6, 2026–
News of VNS Health Bringing AI Innovation to Home-Based Care Published in AP
April 1, 2026–
VNS Health Is Off and Running in 2026: Check Out Our Latest News Briefs!
March 3, 2026–We’re only a few months into 2026, and lots of great things are happening across VNS Health. How do you keep up with everything? One easy way is to read the latest batch of News Briefs, below. And remember, if you have any news or happenings that you’d like to share in an upcoming News Briefs, please click here. VNS Health Earns Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association VNS Health Home Care has earned the American Heart Association (AHA) Heart Failure Certification, a recognition that reflects excellence in delivering standardized, evidence-based treatment. With relatively few home care organizations in our service area holding this accreditation, this achievement further differentiates us as a provider of both home-based 4Ms Age-Friendly Care and expert heart failure care for patients living with heart failure. Among the steps taken to achieving the certification—and as part of VNS Health’s unwavering commitment to high-quality care—our Home
New Research Center Study Finds Benefits from Treating Previously Unmet Behavioral Health Needs
February 26, 2026–A new white paper co-authored by researchers at VNS Health highlights early results from a pilot designed to proactively identify and treat previously unmet behavioral health needs in clinically complex Medicare Advantage members. Led by Miriam Ryvicker, PhD, Director of Research Translation and Evaluation, the study is being conducted in partnership with Vitalic Health, a senior-focused behavioral health platform that VNS Health has enlisted to carry out the actual identification and treatment process. The early results found that participants experienced significant improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms and showed encouraging trends around reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations. The pilot also identified a number of previously undiagnosed psychiatric conditions. These findings suggest that proactive, telehealth-enabled behavioral health care is both feasible and impactful for a Medicare Advantage population. “Vitalic’s model demonstrates that we don’t have to wait for seniors with complex medical and behavioral health needs to fall into crisis,”
Gender Affirmation Program Awarded $92,000 Grant
February 25, 2026–Our Gender Affirmation Program (GAP) has been selected to receive $92,000 in funding through New York City’s TGNCNB Empowerment Fund, an initiative led by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in partnership with CitizensNYC and the NYC Unity Project. Reviewers praised the GAPprogram’s deep community trust and the thoughtfulness of its approach to serving transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary (TGNCNB) New Yorkers. The grant will help the GAP team provide gender-affirming post-surgical home care, including financial assistance for essential needs that impact healing such as food, transportation to follow up appointments, uninsured medical supplies, support surfaces, and basic living expenses like rent, utilities, phone bills, and housekeeping.
New Fellowship Program Creates Stronger Pipeline for Behavioral Health Social Workers
February 23, 2026–To help address the nationwide shortage of licensed social workers, VNS Health is launching a Social Work Graduate Internship and Early Career Social Work Fellowship (ECSWF) Program. The program, which was the recent recipient of a three-year, $300,000 grant from the van Ameringen Foundation, includes three tracks: 1) a graduate internship program aligned with degree requirements, 2) a nine-month post-graduate fellowship that provides structured supervision, mentorship, and 3) licensure support for Behavioral Health social workers. Through expanded school partnerships and standardized supervision protocols, the program aims to help more than 20 graduate interns per year transition to become licensed professionals while also enrolling 15–20 post-graduate fellows each year. Currently the Social Work Fellowship is available to VNS Health Behavioral Health team members only, and the first cohort is planned to start this September and go through May of next year. To learn more, please reach out to Lauren Hartman, Clinical