Visiting Nurse Associations of New England

What Visiting Nurse Associations of New England does

Visiting Nurse Associations of New England (VNANE) is a non-profit membership association and Clinically Integrated Network established in 1985 and headquartered at 55 West Street, Walpole, Massachusetts. It operates as the largest network of home health care providers in the Northeast, with member agencies delivering skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and palliative care services across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. VNANE administers 40 managed care contracts for covered lives in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, having managed these payer relationships since 1985. Member agencies are predominantly non-profit, Medicare-certified, and many have served their communities for over 100 years, positioning VNANE as the first organized home health care providers in America and first to develop hospice programs in their communities.

VNANE's product surface spans core clinical services (home health, hospice, palliative care) and specialty programs including a Hospice Bridge Program for transitional care, a Hospice Pediatric Program, and a Hospice Veterans Program developed in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Membership services include network-level contracting administration, cost and outcomes benchmarking tools, managed care forums for payer partners, and an online agency directory that lets patients and families search for providers by geography. The organization is governed by an independent Board of Directors of member-agency representatives and is led by Executive Director Donna Devens.

Revenue at the central VNANE level is generated primarily through member dues and network-contracting administration fees; member agencies independently bill Medicare, Medicaid, managed care organizations, and private payers for clinical services. The organization celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025 at its 39th Annual Meeting, and in July 2026 admitted SALMON Home Care as its first for-profit member, ending an exclusively non-profit membership policy that had stood since founding. Underlying technology at VNANE is administrative rather than product-driven: no API, SDK, proprietary software platform, or AI/ML capability is disclosed.

Name

Visiting Nurse Associations of New England

Legal name

Visiting Nurse Associations of New England, Inc.

Website

https://vnane.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VNANE is a non-profit membership association and Clinically Integrated Network, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Walpole, MA, that connects member agencies delivering home health, hospice, and palliative care across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island while administering 40 managed care contracts in the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Health and Hospice Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Home health services
• Hospice care
• Palliative care
• Managed care contracting
• Clinical integrated network

Headquarters

HQ city

Walpole

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Network Contracting Services: VNANE secures and administers contracts with purchasers (managed care organizations, insurers) for its member VNAs to deliver home health and hospice services. Revenue is generated through network-level contracting administration and member dues.
2. Home Health and Hospice Care Services: Member agencies provide direct patient care services including skilled nursing, rehabilitation therapy, hospice care, and support services. Services are billed through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VNANE is a non-profit membership association and Clinically Integrated Network that secures and administers contracts with managed care organizations on behalf of its member Visiting Nurse Associations, which deliver home health, hospice, and palliative care services directly to patients in their homes across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Product overview

VNANE is a membership association and the largest network of home health care providers in the northeast, operating since 1985. The organization connects member VNAs (Visiting Nurse Associations) that provide core home health care services including skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and palliative care. Member agencies serve communities across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The network offers specialty programs including Hospice Bridge (transitional care), Pediatric Hospice, and Veterans Hospice programs. VNANE provides member agencies with contracting services, cost/outcomes benchmarking, managed care forums, and an online agency directory for patients and families to find providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• VNANE providers improve their quality outcome measures from year to year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Waveny LifeCare NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 November 2020Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County entered into an exclusive letter of intent to combine home care and hospice operations with Waveny LifeCare Network. VNHFC would initially become a wholly-owned subsidiary of WLN, with plans to explore formal merger with Waveny Home Healthcare at a later date.
• Bethel Visiting Nurse AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2020Bethel VNA and New Milford Visiting Nurse & Hospice merged with RVNAhealth to form a unified organization serving 36 communities in Connecticut. The merger was completed by end of 2020.
• New Milford Visiting Nurse & HospicecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2020Part of the tri-union merger with Bethel VNA and RVNAhealth, creating one of the two largest home health and hospice organizations in Fairfield County and seventh largest in Connecticut.
• Greater Medford VNA and Visiting Nurse & Community HealthminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 February 2017Two Boston area visiting nurse organizations (Greater Medford VNA founded 1900 and Visiting Nurse & Community Health founded 1898) merged to create Greater Medford Visiting Nurse & Community Health, serving 52 cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts.
• Health Care Delivery Institute (HDI) at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2015HDI at WPI signed a five-year strategic affiliation agreement with VNANE and its Clinically Integrated Network to collaborate on research and healthcare delivery innovation.
• Major Managed Care Insurers in New EnglandcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVNANE maintains partnerships with major managed care insurers throughout New England to provide home health and hospice services for their subscribers. VNANE has been administering these relationships since 1985.
• Hospice Bridge Program Partner AgenciescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMember VNAs that provide bridge/palliative programs for patients transitioning between active treatment and hospice care. Agencies include All Care VNA & Hospice, Care Central VNA & Hospice, Community Nurse, Natick Walpole VNA, RVNAhealth, and others.
• Hospice Veterans Program PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVNANE hospices offering Veterans Programs developed in partnership with NHPCO and the Department of Veterans Affairs to meet the unique needs of dying veterans.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Pennant Group: Home health, hospice, and senior living operator with clustered geographic strategy. Comparable to VNANE member agencies in service lines and focus on local-market density, though structured as an operating company.

Broad incumbents

• Aveanna Healthcare: National home health and hospice provider with significant pediatric and adult services. Comparable in service mix (skilled nursing, hospice, home-based care) and payer relationships, but operates at multi-state scale versus VNANE's regional network.
• Addus HomeCare: Personal care, home health, and hospice provider with multi-state operations. Comparable to VNANE members in home-based clinical and personal care services, particularly for Medicaid and managed care populations.
• Enhabit Inc. Public home health and hospice operator spun off from Encompass Health, with significant Medicare-certified agency footprint. Comparable to VNANE's member agencies in core services (skilled nursing, hospice, therapy at home), though operates at national scale.
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY): One of the largest non-profit home health and hospice providers in the U.S., founded in 1893. VNSNY is comparable to VNANE's member agencies as a legacy non-profit VNA, with broader service scope and larger scale.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based health services provider including home health and hospice. Comparable in service lines and managed care contracting approach, though with significantly broader service portfolio.
• Bayada Home Health Care: Large non-profit home health and hospice provider with multi-state coverage in the Northeast. Comparable to VNANE members in service model (home health, hospice, pediatric) and geographic overlap, but operates directly rather than as a network.
• Help at Home: Large personal care and home health services provider focused on Medicaid and dual-eligible populations. Comparable in managed care contracting model and home-based care delivery, though focused on personal care rather than skilled hospice.

Direct peers

• Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts: Massachusetts-based non-profit trade association representing home health and hospice agencies. Comparable to VNANE as a regional membership/advocacy organization for home care providers, with overlapping member base and mission.
• National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC): National trade association for home health and hospice providers. NAHC is comparable to VNANE as a membership/advocacy organization representing home care and hospice agencies, though at a national rather than regional scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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