VNS Health

Name

VNS Health

Legal name

VNS Health

Website

https://vnshealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Health Care Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610), Home Health Care Services (62161), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Health Remote Patient Monitoring & Virtual Nursing Providers (HLAFAEAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Acute, Transitional Care & Readmissions Virtual Programs (Payer-Sponsored) (HLALACAG), Primary Care Networks, Groups & MSOs (HLAFAGAE)

Keywords

• Home health services
• Hospice care
• Personal care services
• Medicare advantage plans
• Community-based healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Home Care Services: Fee-for-service home healthcare delivery including nursing, rehabilitation therapy, home health aides, and wound care services
2. Hospice Care Services: Per diem hospice care services for patients with advanced illness
3. Health Plans: Integrated Medicare-Medicaid health plans including MAP (Medicaid Advantage Plus), MLTC (Managed Long Term Care), and Medicare plans serving over 85,000 members
4. Professional Solutions: Customized care management and managed service solutions for health plans, ACOs, IPAs, and large healthcare organizations
5. Personal Care Services: Private-pay personal care services including home health aides, geriatric care management, and private duty nursing

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

VNS Health is a nonprofit home- and community-based healthcare organization delivering in-home nursing, rehabilitation therapy, home health aide, hospice, personal care, and behavioral health services, alongside integrated Medicare and Medicaid health plans serving over 85,000 members in New York State. It also provides B2B Professional Solutions, including customized care management and managed services for health plans, ACOs, IPAs, and large healthcare organizations.

Product overview

VNS Health operates as a comprehensive home- and community-based health care organization offering a multi-product portfolio across care delivery and health insurance. The core care delivery products include Home Care (nursing, rehabilitation therapy, home health aides), Hospice Care, Personal Care, and Behavioral Health services. These are complemented by five health plan products: VNS Health EasyCare (Medicare HMO), EasyCare Plus (Medicare-Medicaid D-SNP), Total (integrated Medicare-Medicaid Long Term Care D-SNP ranked highest in NY State), MLTC (Managed Long Term Care now covering 55 NY counties), and SelectHealth (Medicaid for HIV/LGBTQ/homeless populations). Specialized care programs include Dementia Care at Home, Gender Affirmation Program, Veterans Care, and Fall Prevention. The Professional Solutions enterprise service provides customized care management for health plans and provider organizations. The Center for Home Care Policy & Research drives innovation through AI tools and risk assessment models. New AI-powered offerings include ambient clinical documentation (via Nestmed partnership) and TytoCare Pro Smart Clinic remote diagnostics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VNS Health EasyCare: Medicare health plan (HMO)
• VNS Health EasyCare Plus
• VNS Health Total
• VNS Health MLTC
• SelectHealth

Products and services

• VNS Health Home Care Comprehensive in-home nursing, rehabilitation therapy, and home health aide services for patients recovering from hospital stays or managing chronic conditions at home. Includes specialized wound care, after-surgery care, and stroke care programs. Serves patients in New York City, Long Island, and surrounding counties.
• VNS Health Hospice Care End-of-life care services providing comfort, pain management, and emotional support for patients with advanced illness. Includes specialized hospice care for heart disease, dementia, cancer, and COPD, as well as grief support services.
• VNS Health Personal Care Private-pay and insurance-covered personal care services including dementia care, geriatric care management, home health aide services, respite care, and health care escorts for individuals of all ages across New York City, Long Island, and Westchester and Rockland counties.
• VNS Health Behavioral Health

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced emergency department use from 17.1% to 12.9% in Medicare Advantage pilot with Vitalic
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• NestmedflagshipTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026Partnership to launch AI documentation platform for home-based care, becoming the first organization in New York to deploy ambient AI technology at scale. The platform automatically generates structured clinical notes during patient visits, filtering background noise, recognizing multiple languages, and transferring notes directly to EMRs through one-click workflow.
• VitaliccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 March 2026Pilot study on proactive geriatric mental health care through telehealth-based program. The study found that identifying and treating depression and anxiety among Medicare Advantage members reduced emergency department use from 17.1% to 12.9% and hospital admissions from 4.3% to 2.9% over six months.
• iCircleflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2026Combination of operations to expand long-term care access across Western, Central, and Southern Tier of New York. On April 1, 2026, VNS Health's Managed Long-Term Care health plan absorbed approximately 4,700 iCircle members, with care managers, nurses, and administrative staff joining VNS Health's network.
• TytoCarecoreTechnology or Integration · 30 September 2025Integration of TytoCare Pro Smart Clinic remote diagnostic technology into VNS Health's Medical Care at Home practice, enabling nurse practitioners to conduct real-time telehealth diagnostic exams during home visits for patients with complex medical needs. The collaboration doubles the number of patients NPs can see daily while reducing hospitalizations and ER visits.
• Alliance Home ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2025Acquisition of Bronx-based home care agency to ensure continuous care for Alliance's clients and workforce. The transition involved over 200 Alliance home health aides joining VNS Health.
• Inspired Memory CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop Dementia Care at Home program, combining VNS Health's home care expertise with Inspired Memory Care's specialized memory care knowledge.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Addus HomeCare: Personal care, home health, and hospice provider with strong Medicaid payer mix. Particularly relevant for VNS Health's Personal Care and Medicaid MLTC product lines.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based services platform covering home health, hospice, pharmacy, and behavioral health. Public-market comparable for the multi-line home-and-community-care operating model.
• LHC Group: Home health, hospice, and home-and-community-based services provider with strong joint-venture model with hospitals and health systems. Acquired by Optum in 2023, reflecting vertical-integration pressure also facing VNS Health.
• Amedisys: National home health and hospice operator with overlapping skilled nursing, therapy, and hospice offerings. Recently pursued merger with Option Care Health, illustrating the consolidating landscape VNS Health operates in.
• Bayada Home Health Care: Large nonprofit home health, hospice, and personal care provider operating across multiple US states with similar service-line breadth to VNS Health. Closest structural analog given its nonprofit status and comparable mix of skilled nursing, aide, and behavioral services.
• Compassus: National hospice, palliative, and home health provider with significant nonprofit affiliations. Closest operating analog to VNS Health Hospice Care, including advanced-illness and dementia specialty programs.

Broad incumbents

• Encompass Health: Large post-acute care operator combining inpatient rehabilitation facilities with a sizable home health and hospice segment (Enhabit, prior to spinoff). Comparable given its emphasis on post-acute outcomes and bundled-care economics.
• Optum (UnitedHealth Group) - Home & Community: Optum's home and community care platform (including Landmark Health and naviHealth) bundles home-based primary care, post-acute, and behavioral services for MA populations. Represents the national payer-provider scale VNS Health must compete against.
• Humana CenterWell: Humana's payer-anchored home health, primary care, and pharmacy services arm. Closest scaled competitor to VNS Health's integrated payer-provider thesis, though operating nationally rather than within a single state.

Regional players

• St. Joseph's Health (Trinity Health): Mission-driven regional health system with home health, hospice, and senior services in NY. Demonstrates the nonprofit-system model competing for similar NY Medicare/Medicaid post-acute volumes and partnerships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vnshealth
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/VNSHealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/vnshealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vns-health
• Instagraminstagram.com/vnshealth

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments2 records

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