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A Man Is Sitting on the Hood of Your Car. What Should You Do?
April 16, 2024–VNS Health is committed to keeping its team members safe, particularly those who work in the field. To that end, VNS Health has an individual on staff whose primary focus is to keep team members safe. Our Emergency Management and Employee Safety Director, Lauren Campbell, works with departments across the organization as well as outside agencies to implement and maintain ways to keep both team members in the field and those based in the office as safe as possible. Here, below are four true-life situations experienced by VNS Health team members. We’ve included how the team member responded, and 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 in our next safety article? If yes, click here to submit. “A man was sitting on the hood of my car.“ “Around 4:30
Sue Caputo, Former SVP of Business Development, Awarded Prestigious HCA Ruth F. Wilson Award
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How Well Do You Know This Iconic VNS Health Mission-in-Action Photo? Take Our Quiz!
August 1, 2023–VNS Health is 130 years old this year. That’s 13 decades of providing care to vulnerable New Yorkers! Clearly, helping others isn’t just our mission, it’s in our organization’s DNA. Here is a famous mission-in-action photo from VNS Health’s early days. How much you know about this photo and our early days? Take our quiz and find out!
Summer News Briefs: Catch Up on What’s Happening Around VNS Health
July 25, 2023–Summer is here! And so is the latest edition of News Briefs—a quick and easy way to catch up on news, updates, and happenings across the organization over the past few months. If you have any news or announcements that you’d like to submit for consideration in an upcoming edition, please click here. Health Plans Launch New Provider Portal On July 13th, VNS Health implemented a “soft launch” of its new Health Plans Provider Portal. During this first phase, a select group of 12 providers will take the portal for a test drive and offer feedback. After making any needed adjustments based on their input, use of the portal will be extended to the Health Plans’ entire provider network in August. The online portal offers providers a wide range of features, including 24/7 access to authorizations, claims, eligibility, and more—all without picking up the phone. Additional features and functions will be
CEO Dan Savitt Weighs in On Proposed CMS Payment Rule in Home Health Care News
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Team Members in the News: June Highlights!
July 7, 2023–When it comes to news stories about the expertise and impact that home health care is having in our community—and beyond—journalists are quick to turn to VNS Health for important evidence…and inspiration. Whether celebrating and reflecting on accomplishments and challenges within the LGBTQ+ community during PRIDE month, or spotlighting mission, innovation and a gold standard in care delivery, VNS Health and our many health care heroes are clearly recognized as trailblazers in a changing and challenging industry. Team members featured in June news stories include: Univision 41 Spotlights PEARLS and How Outreach Counselor German Buitrago Impacts the Lives of His Clients A feature news story on Univision 41 put the spotlight on the PEARLS Program from VNS Health, focusing on how the program meets the needs of the Latino community. The reporter spoke with one particularly grateful PEARLS client, Sandra, as she shared her story of how German Buitrago, PEARLS
How Well Do You Know Our Patients, Members and Clients? Take Our Quiz!
June 22, 2023–On any given day, VNS Health has over 49,000 patients, members and clients in our care. To test your knowledge on all the people whose lives we touch each day, take our quiz!
Over 70 Team Members Created the Most Amazing Consumer Experiences!
June 13, 2023–You can read them all here in our most recent batch of Letters and Commendations. Our VNS Health team members continue to prove how empathetic, resilient, dedicated and, really, how just plain amazing VNS Health team members are! The following are excerpts from a few of the many recent letters, phone calls, and emails we’ve received from grateful patients, members and clients as well as family members that reflect an outstanding consumer experience. For patient letters and member commendations by geography, click on the area below: Bronx “Very professional and has a great personality.” “She was outstanding!” said a patient who called to give a glowing review of home health aide Faith Wilson. “She was very helpful with all my needs, very professional and has a great personality.” “Guidance, patience, coaching, and support.” A patient called to praise physical therapist, José Hernandez. “He was so professional,” she said. “I appreciated his guidance,
Wow! Check Out All the Awards VNS Health Team Members Have Won Since January!
June 6, 2023–The first half of 2023 brought an extraordinary amount of recognition and success to our team members and programs here at VNS Health! Over that time, we’ve received a variety of awards and honors that put a spotlight on the important contributions and efforts our teams make each day. Let’s give a big round of applause for everyone who has been recognized—and for this truly remarkable list of accomplishments! Click on the links below to read more about each honor. June 2023: It has been announced that Arthur Fitting, VNS Health LGBTQ Program Manager, will be included on the 2023 LGBTQ Power Players List, published yearly by PoliticsNY, Gay City News and amNY Metro. The list honors New York’s LGBTQ+ leaders in government and policymaking, education, health care, corporate industry, and social and civic advocacy. To read more, click here. In addition, Shannon Whittington, Clinical Director, Gender Affirmation Program, and
VP of Managed Care Contracting, Devin Woodley Speaks with Home Health Care News on Breaking into Value-Based Care
May 31, 2023–
Making a Difference: VNS Health Nurses Share Some of Their Most Memorable Cases
May 23, 2023–May is National Nurses Month. Every day, VNS Health nurses make a tremendous impact on the people, families, and communities we serve. The theme of this year’s National Nurses Month is “Making a Difference.” With that in mind, we asked ten VNS Health nurses to recall an experience in which they made a difference in their patients’ lives—and vice versa. As you’ll see, every one of these stories features a component of one of our Core Values—Empathy, Agility, and Integrity. To read a specific individual’s story, click on their name or scroll below. “I’m so glad that my instincts were correct. This is just one of the many rewarding parts of what I do.” Antoinette Brown, RN, Home Care, Bronx “A little over a decade ago I had a patient who had cancer, and who’d been in and out of the hospital. At one point the doctors told her that