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Latest Professional Solutions News
VP of Managed Care Contracting Devin Woodley Speaks to HHCN about Value-Based Care Strategies
January 22, 2024–
MobiHealthNews Shares Latest on Partnership Between VNS Health and Helpful
October 24, 2023–
Crain’s Health Pulse Spotlights VNS Health Partnership with Helpful on Caregiver App
October 24, 2023–
From HHA to RN: Donna Wilson’s Inspiring Journey
August 15, 2023–When Clinical Care Manager Donna Wilson started working as a home health aide (HHA) at VNS Health, she had a vision that she would one day become a registered nurse (RN). As a child growing up in Guyana, health care became her passion thanks to her paternal grandmother, who was a nurse. Her grandmother would often take Donna with her to work, where she mostly cared for elderly patients. “That’s where my love for the geriatric population began,” says Donna. “That feeling continues today. I have a love for seniors, and the sentiment seems to be mutual.” From HHA to RN Donna served as a teacher and an assistant tax inspector in Guyana prior to moving to the United States in 1989. In the U.S., she worked in insurance and banking before becoming an HHA in Personal Care (then known as Partners in Care). Donna was drawn to the position
Josie Aquino, Director of Product Management Featured in Hospice News on Exciting New Collaboration Between VNS Health and Compassus
June 7, 2023–
Associated Press Publishes News of VNS Health and Compassus Collaboration on Administering VBID Model
June 6, 2023–
Yahoo Finance Shares News of VNS Health and Compassus Alliance to Implement VBID Models
June 6, 2023–
VNS Health Extends Its Mission to Other States
January 10, 2023–On January 1st, in a ground-breaking step that will help our organization grow and diversify, VNS Health began managing hospice benefits for Medicare Advantage (MA) members of Vantage Health—a health insurer based in Louisiana that offers MA plans in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. This collaboration is one of the first initiatives to be launched by our Professional Services team. It includes a third partner as well, the nationwide palliative and hospice care provider, Compassus, who will deliver palliative care and hospice services to Vantage MA plan members in their homes. Why It Matters Under its contract with Vantage Health, VNS Health is managing the 2023 hospice benefit for several thousand Vantage MA plan members in the three states where Vantage operates. “This is exciting news for our organization,” says Dan Savitt, President and CEO of VNS Health. “It’s the first example of taking what we do so well here in
Josefina Aquino, Director, Product Management, Shares with Healthcare Business Review How a New MA Model Could Transform End-of-Life Care
November 17, 2022–