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Meet All Our 2026 VNS Health Award Winners!
November 2, 2026–Read Their Stories and See the Full List of Nominees! On Monday, October 26, team members from across the organization were recognized and celebrated as the very best of the best in exemplifying VNS Health’s mission and Core Values of Empathy, Integrity and Agility! The event included those who had received awards earlier in the year, as well as presentations to the newly announced winners of the Phyllis Mills Living Legend Award, the ESPRIT Awards, and the VNS Health Outstanding Team Performance Award. To see all the team members who were nominated for these awards, click here. Congratulations to all of this year’s award winners! Click on their names here below to read more about them and their award. Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Float team 2026 Outstanding Team Performance Award Maricel Bumanlag 2026 Physical Therapist of the Year Charlene Cano 2026 Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year Stephania Casimir 2026 ESPRIT
See the Photos, a Video, and a Recording of the 2026 VNS Health Annual Awards Ceremony!
October 30, 2026–On Monday, October 26, team members from across the organization gathered for a very special evening to celebrate more than 50 team members who were honored at our 2026 VNS Health Annual Awards Ceremony. Over 400 people also watched the celebration simultaneously through a live-stream link. Now you can see the celebration photos, watch a video about the event, and watch a recording of the full celebration. Congratulations to all the team members who were honored! Here is a slideshow of photos: Here is a video highlighting the event with Johvorne Samuels reporting! Here is a recording of the awards ceremony: To see our 2026 VNS Health Award winners and read their stories, click here! To see a complete list of all the 2026 award nominees, click here!
Forbes Names VNS Health One of America’s Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals
September 23, 2026–
Check Out the 2025 Halloween Selfies and Photos!
November 4, 2025–VNS Health team members — and their friends and family — certainly had a lot of fun this Halloween! Click through the slideshow to see the scary, creative, adorable, and funny costumes that were sent in from across the organization! Thanks to everyone who submitted their photos! If you have any additional pictures to share, please send them in by clicking here. Happy Halloween from VNS Health!
Fight the Flu, Get Your Flu Shot!
November 4, 2025–Flu season is here, and getting your flu shot is one of the best ways to protect yourself and the people you care for. Many of our patients are at higher risk for serious illness. All patient-facing staff need to get the flu shot or sign a declination form by December 1. If you’re not vaccinated once flu is declared prevalent in New York State, you’ll need to wear a mask around patients. It’s easy to get your shot, through your doctor, urgent care, or pharmacy. All patient-facing team members need to be vaccinated or sign a declination form by Monday, December 1. All non-Home Health Aide patient-facing team members, please submit your documentation to Health Services. For more information, click here. For Personal Care Home Health Aides, please click here.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident…
July 1, 2025–In this special 4th of July video, teams members from across the organization share inspiring words from the Declaration of Independence. To view, click here below!
A Little Piece of VNS Health History Is Now Hanging in Our 220 Office!
April 7, 2025–It’s the VNS Health Centennial Patchwork Quilt from 32 years ago! Michele Nation-Cupid, Regional Operations Coordinator, tells the story of how the quilt was created (including the hidden messages) in this short (2 ½ minute) video. To view the video, click here!
A Knife Is Lying on the Subway Floor. What Should You Do?
February 25, 2025–VNS Health is committed to keeping its team members safe, particularly those who work in the field. In fact, VNS Health has an individual on staff whose primary focus is to keep all team members safe. Lauren Campbell, our Emergency Management and Employee Safety Director, works with departments across the organization as well as outside agencies to implement and maintain policies and procedures designed to keep both team members in the field and those based in the office as safe as possible. What does this mean for you? To help answer that, here below are five true-life situations experienced by VNS Health team members. We’ve included how the team member responded, along with Lauren’s advice on what to do if something similar should ever happen to you. Do you have a safety-related question for Lauren that you’d like to be considered for our next safety article? If yes, click here to
How Will the New Administration in Washington Impact Health Care and VNS Health?
January 21, 2025–A new administration in Washington often means new Federal health care policies. With President Trump taking the presidential oath of office yesterday, what changes will there be and how will they affect VNS Health? Frontline put these questions to Dan Lowenstein, Senior Vice President and head of our Government Affairs (GA) team. We now have a new president who’s bringing in his own cabinet, including new leadership in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). What’s your big-picture view on how VNS Health will be impacted by this change? DL: VNS Health has been serving people in their homes and communities for over 130 years, through wars, economic upheaval, natural disasters, public health emergencies—and numerous elected leaders. Each administration will have its priorities, and we will develop relationships and advocate for the interests of our patients, clients and members, just