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Modern Healthcare Spotlights VNS Health’s Positive Growth in Special Needs Health Plan Enrollment
March 4, 2025–
What Our Health Plans Are Focusing on in 2025
March 4, 2025–INSIDE HEALTH PLANS with John Burke Welcome to my Frontline column, “Inside Health Plans.” Sometimes you can just sense that things have shifted into a higher gear. That’s how I feel about our Health Plans—and all the team members involved with them. Midway through the first quarter of 2025, we’re on a real roll. Our three Medicare plans—EasyCare, EasyCare Plus, and Total (our integrated Medicare-Medicaid plan)—had a hugely successful annual enrollment period last fall, bringing in over 10,000 new members! What’s more, our Total plan earned the highest MAP plan quality rating in New York State! Meanwhile, our Medicaid MLTC plan continues to grow, adding nearly 1,000 members from Kalos Health this past December. This was our fourth MLTC plan acquisition of 2024. So what’s ahead in 2025? Here are the areas we’re focusing on: See what I mean about things shifting into a higher gear? And with our amazing Health Plans team,
Yonkers Times Features Health Advice from RN and Care Coordinator Edleen Sarette-Exama for Heart Month
February 24, 2025–
Albany Business Review Spotlights Adam Lichtenberg, Market Performance Manager, Upstate Health Plans
February 20, 2025–
Associated Press Reports on VNS Health’s Latest Work with Kalos Health to Expand MLTC Networks in Western New York
February 12, 2025–
One Tells Stories. One Runs Marathons. One Collects Memories. Meet Our Latest Hidden Talents!
February 11, 2025–VNS Health has some truly talented team members! 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. To go directly to a Hidden Talent, click on the names below—or just scroll down. Michelle Antonucci, Podcast Storyteller Kathy Holloman, Elite Marathon Runner Erika Eskowitz, Photo Album Designer Sharing Her Experiences as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults): Storyteller Michelle Antonucci Sometimes you have a life story so unique, filled with experiences so important to share, that you get up on a stage and tell it—and in so doing, you discover a hidden talent you didn’t know you had. Such was the case with Director of HR Shared Services Michelle Antonucci, who last year did just that: She got up in front of an
Carlos Londono Speaks with Opcion TV on the Ways the Health Plans Team Support the Community
December 12, 2024–Host: We’re here today With Carlos Londono, to learn how some local organizations are helping our community. Carlos: As a community outreach representative for VNS Health, my team and I focus on caring for the whole person. Today, at the Dominican Medical Center in Upper Manhattan, we are conducting a free turkey giveaway for community members who are in need. Just being there for them the best we can. Within our company, we have different senior programs, and I dedicate myself to providing the community with the support they need. VNS Health also has insurance plans that help people receive medical care at home—no matter where they live in the community. We have different specialized health plans, such as our Medicare plans for vulnerable seniors. VNS Health also is also a home care provider. We are also dedicated to helping homeless individuals, those with mental health issues, the LGBT community,
McKnight’s Names Rosa Marcus, Margaret McDonald, and Grace McGhee as 2025 Pinnacle Awardees
December 10, 2024–
Supporting Our Washington Heights Community with Over 300 Thanksgiving Turkeys!
November 26, 2024–Last Thursday, November 21, our Health Plans team partnered with Centro Médico Dominicano to make a rainy day bright by giving out more than 300 Thanksgiving turkeys to residents in Washington Heights. This is the third straight year that the Health Plans team has given out free turkeys (as well as hot coffee and donuts to keep people warm on a cold, wet day) to the Washington Heights community. To quote Alex Diaz, Medicare Sales Director for the Health Plans, “We want to support the Washington Heights community any way we can.” Added New York State Senator Robert Jackson, who was also there that day to hand out turkeys, “We’re all in this together.” To see this uplifting 1-minute video – and to lift your Thanksgiving spirits – click on the image below!