VNS Health in the News: December Highlights!

2022 was a year of big headlines and positive news stories for VNS Health. December was right in step, with a number of significant news articles, including:

• Teresa Lin, Vice President of Cultural Market Development, and Hing Lin (Helen) Sit, Chinatown NNORC Manager, were named to the prestigious Crain’s New York Business“Notable Asian Leaders in Health Care List”
• Three inspiring VNS Health team members were named as finalists for McKnights’ first-ever Pinnacle Awards. Jennifer Brullo, SVP of Patient Care Services is a finalist for the “Setting the Standard” award, Carol Odnoha, Director of the Nurse-Family Partnership is a finalist for the “Agent of Change” award, and Yvonne Eaddy, VP, Regional Patient Care Services, is a finalist for the “Unsung Hero” award.
• CEO Dan Savitt provided Home Health Care News with valuable insight on what 2023 holds for the home health care industry  
• Local media featured guidance during the holidays from Hospice Nurse Berkis Oken, Hospice Social Worker Leona Abrams, and Behavioral Health Program Manager Susan Clayton Meyer
• And our new Flushing and Sunset Park Community Centers made front-page news!

Read these stories – and more – below!

Much-Deserved Accolades for VNS Health Team Members!

Crain’s New York Business Names Teresa Lin and Hing Lin Sit as 2022 Notable Asian Leaders   

Crain’s New York Business published their inaugural 2022 Notable Asian Leaders list, which included two inspiring VNS Health team members, Teresa Lin, VP of Cultural Market Development, and Hing Lin (Helen) Sit, Chinatown NNORC Manager. The list recognizes changemakers who are spearheading innovation and making New York City a better place. The 50 professionals who made the list hail from a wide array of industries and backgrounds. Read more on Frontline!

Written for the New York business community. Crain’s New York Business covers business in the New York metropolitan area. Provides breaking news coverage in news and feature articles as well as monthly reference charts, and their articles reach a potential audience of 197,000.

McKnights Announces Jennifer Brullo, Yvonne Eaddy and Carol Odnoha as Finalists for Inaugural Pinnacle Awards

McKnights announced the finalists for their first-ever Pinnacle Awards, which honors industry veterans with 20-plus years of experience who have set new standards, driven change, and inspired others.  Jennifer Brullo, SVP of Patient Care Services, is a finalist for the “Setting the Standard” award; Carol Odnoha, Director of the Nurse-Family Partnership at VNS Health, is a finalist for the “Agent of Change” award; and Yvonne Eaddy, VP, Regional Patient Care Services, is a finalist for the “Unsung Hero” award. Winners were chosen from a competitive group of submissions by an independent panel of senior living, skilled nursing, and home care leaders, who assessed nominees across four major criteria groupings. The program is a joint effort of McKnights Senior Living and sister media brands McKnights Long-Term Care News and McKnights Home Care. Read the full story announcing awardees on Frontline here.

McKnights is written for management personnel throughout the continuum of long-term care facilities, including skilled nursing care, subacute care, assisted living, seniors housing, adult day care and home care. Content reaches an audience of 79,000, and focuses on news, trends affecting management decisions, personnel operations, patient care services, legal issues, facility design and resident safety.

Planning for 2023 and Beyond!

VNS Health CEO and President Dan Savitt Shares 2023 Industry Predictions

An end-of-year piece in Home Health Care News brings together home health leaders to share industry predictions for the coming year. CEO and President Dan Savitt is one of the featured voices, leading with his priorities for VNS Health and identifying challenges for home health organizations. Among his predictions, Dan focuses on recruitment as one of VNS Health’s key priorities: “The industry’s ability to recruit and retain clinical home care talent will continue to be front and center in 2023, as the structural shortages impacting the health care workforce will likely take several years to normalize.” Read the whole piece on Frontline here.

HHCN is an independent source for breaking news and up-to-date information on the senior in-home care industry. Their coverage spans the home care world specifically, from large, national service providers to independent care companies. Their news and perspective give industry professionals the information they need to make the best decisions in their day-to-day business operations. HHCN has 636,710 monthly visitors.

Celebrating Our Growth in the Community!

Flushing Community Center Opening Makes Front Page News

The grand opening of VNS Health’s new community center in Flushing, Queens was front page news in The Queens Times. The story, “VNS Health Asian-American Community Hub ‘Tackles Inequalities’in Flushing,” includes images of CEO and President Dan Savitt with distinguished event guests. In the piece, Dan shares why the opening is so important to VNS Health: “We are so proud to be deepening our connection here in Flushing. Our goal is to help simplify health care, make it easier to access, and meaningful for our neighbors in the community. We look forward to serving you in this great new community center.”  Read the whole story on Frontline here.

The Queens Times is a local weekly newspaper published in print and online covering the latest in news for residents of Queens, NY, and is published by the CT Publishing Group. The outlet reaches an audience of approximately 10,000 through web, print, and social media.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Covers Grand Opening of Sunset Park Community Center

The Brooklyn Eagle shared news of VNS Health’s Grand Opening of its Sunset Park Community Center in Brooklyn. The piece reports that influential leaders from the Brooklyn and Chinese American communities attended, and summarizes the services the center will offer. In addition, the piece includes photos of CEO and President Dan Savitt and Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer David Rosales and emphasizes that the new center was designed with the goal of “tackling inequalities” in the community. Read the whole piece on Frontline here.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is a free, weekly newspaper featuring local events and news for residents in Brooklyn, NY. They aim to serve the borough’s 2.6 million residents with daily news, in-depth reporting on the people, powers, and ideas shaping the community. The outlet reaches an audience of 204,354 through articles and social media. 

Crain’s Health Pulse and NYN Media Highlight New Contract Between NYC Aging and VNS Health 

Crain’s Health Pulse and New York Nonprofit Media put a spotlight on a new contract awarded to VNS Health from NYC Aging (formerly New York City’s Department for the Aging) to deliver Personal Care Services to more than 700 Brooklyn seniors in communities across the borough, starting in January 2023. VNS Health Personal Care was selected for funding from a large group of competing licensed home care agencies that applied. Read on Frontline here and here.

Crain’s Health Pulse is a daily newsletter covering the business of healthcare from Crain’s New York Business. Crain’s Health Pulse is distributed to more than 6,110 subscribers and CNYB Online has 565,000 average monthly unique visitors.  

New York Nonprofit (NYN) Media is a monthly trade magazine geared toward non-profit human service agencies throughout New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. The outlet provides readers with value-based management information and proven practices. NYN Media reaches an audience of 11,676+ through articles and social outreach.

Team Members Provide Expertise on Managing the Holiday Season

Hospice Nurse Berkis Oken and Social Worker Leona Abrams Share EOL Planning Advice

In a story for Patch, Hospice Nurse Berkis Oken provides advice and guidance for families looking to broach the topic of end-of-life planning with loved ones during the holidays. In addition, the pieceincludes thoughtful insight from Hospice Social Worker Leona Abrams on best practices for families, and how to make the conversation as easy as possible for everyone involved. Read the whole piece on Frontline here.

Patch is a hyperlocal news platform in more than 1,200 communities nationwide. With nearly 1 million monthly page views, Patch NYC’s page views are among the highest in the network.

Susan Clayton Meyer Shares Tips on Combating “Holiday Blues”

In a new article for The Bronx Voice, Susan Clayton Meyer, Program Manager, Behavioral Health shares valuable perspective on signs someone may have the “holiday blues.” Susan spotlights the causes and triggers for those feeling loneliness, stress, fatigue, and sadness during the holidays. Read the story on Frontline here.

The Bronx Voice is the #1 source for local news and health tips covering the Bronx. This article also ran in the online and print versions of Your Health Voice, Manhattan Voice,and Queens Voice for a total print circulation of 40,000 and 47,520 unique visitors per month.