VNS Health

For generations, New Yorkers have known us as the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Now, we are VNS Health. Our new name reflects the full range of easy-to-access services and health plans we offer you.

VNS HEALTH HOME CARE

Has your doctor recommended home care after you come home from the hospital? Are you looking for private-duty nursing or companion care? Do you know you need something but aren’t sure of your options? VNS Health can help.

VNS Health Hospice Care

If you are just starting to look into hospice, you may wonder what your options are. VNS Health makes it easy to get the information you need to make decisions about care. We’re with you, every step of the way.

HEALTH PLANS FROM VNS HEALTH

For more than two decades, our health plans have helped tens of thousands of people connect with outstanding care. Which one is right for you?

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Mental health matters. Our specialized programs deliver consistent, coordinated care to the people who need it and their families. Services and support are available in the home and community.

RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS & FAMILIES

VNS Health gives you the tools you need to take care of a loved one, manage your own health, and feel confident as you make choices about care.

VNS Health in the Community

At VNS Health, we’re more than your health care team. We’re your neighbors, and we invite you to get involved so we can build healthy communities together.

VNS Health has solutions for:

• Referring patients to in-home care
• Community partners seeking behavioral health support for at-risk individuals
• Health care organizations in need of customized care management and managed care services

The future of care.
The comfort of home.

VNS Health helps you live, age, and heal well, where you feel most comfortable — in your own home, connected to your family and community.

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Health care made easy.

Home Care

VNS Health offers senior care, in-home nursing, post-surgical care, and much more, all in the comfort of home.

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Hospice Care

Comfort, relief, and peace of mind — that’s what you can expect with VNS Health Hospice Care.

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Personal Care

With home health aides, geriatric care managers, in-home dementia care, and more, we help people live independently and support families.

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Behavioral Health

We have specialized programs to support you through challenges, so you can be your best self.

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VNS Health in the Community

With outreach programs, community centers, and charitable care, we’re more than your health care team. We’re your neighbors.

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Professional Solutions

Our solutions are customized to help you deliver quality care to your patients and members while delivering the outcomes your business requires.

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How VNS Health Makes a Difference

Returning Home for End of Life Care

After battling COVID-19 and several chronic illnesses for 65 days in two different hospitals, Carlos* didn’t want to spend the remainder of his life in the hospital.

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Supporting a First Time Mom through Motherhood

When Rachel* learned she was pregnant, she didn’t know what to expect. Like many first-time moms, she wanted to have a safe, healthy pregnancy and save enough money to buy everything that her daughter would need.

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Helping a Veteran’s Widow Receive Benefits for her Family

After Arnold, a veteran who served in the Vietnam War, passed away from prostate cancer related to his time in the service, his wife, Cecilia, didn’t know that she could receive veterans benefits.

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Returning Home for End of Life Care

Supporting a First Time Mom through Motherhood

Helping a Veteran’s Widow Receive Benefits for her Family

For more than 130 years, we’ve brought compassion, care, and clinical expertise into New Yorkers’ homes.

In October 2024, VNS Health Home Care received a 4.5-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
VNS Health Personal Care received the Best of Home Care Provider of Choice award for the 4th consecutive year in 2025.
Crain’s New York Business recognized VNS Health as one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in New York CIty.