VNSNY Leadership

President and Chief Executive Officer: Mary Ann Christopher
Chairman of the Board: Douglas D. Broadwater

Service Area

New York City, Nassau County and parts of Westchester County

Service Statistics

Largest not-for-profit home health care provider in the United States.
Average daily census: 30,000
2011 total patients served: 139,360
2011 total professional home visits: 2,376,150

Staff

Total employees: 16,384, including:

• Registered Nurses: 2,420
• Rehabilitation Therapists: 525
• Social Workers: 585
• Home Health Aides: 9,725
• Other Clinical Professionals (Physicians, Nutritionists, Psychologists): 160

Collectively, VNSNY staff members speak 50 languages.

Organization

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to home and community-based health care. The agency was established in 1893 by Lillian D. Wald, the founder of public health nursing in the United States.

Today, VNSNY is the parent organization of several companies whose staff provides and coordinates the care of patients residing throughout New York City and in Nassau and Westchester Counties:

• Visiting Nurse Service of New York: a not-for-profit "parent" company which provides administrative and support services, such as financial management and fund-raising, to its group of companies.
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home (VNSNY Home Care): a certified home health agency that provides skilled nursing care, rehabilitation therapies and other professional services, as well as certified home health aide services.
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care: a Medicare-certified program that provides end of life care to patients and their families.
• Partners in Care: a licensed home care agency that provides home health aide services on a contract basis to VNSNY Home Care. It also provides home health aide and professional services to patients and families who pay privately.
• VNSNY Family Care Services: a Medicaid-funded program that provides home attendant services to NYC Human Resources Administration clients in the Bronx and Manhattan. It also provides home health aide services to VNSNY Home Care on a contract basis.
• VNSNY CHOICE MLTC: a certified, Medicaid-managed long term care plan that provides a broad range of services to patients in their homes and at various community locations. Members must be eligible for Medicaid, and must also meet nursing home eligibility criteria.

To facilitate the management and delivery of home health care services, VNSNY’s affiliates have offices in each borough of New York City and in Nassau County.

Every patient in our care, whether receiving certified or licensed services, has a single professional who coordinates all services and who can answer patient questions. The nurse or therapist, working closely with the patient‘s physician or managed care case manager, will provide care directly and/or arrange for all authorized home care services.