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Provider Care Services
Skilled Nursing
VNSNY provides
skilled nursing care
that incorporates best
practices based on
established national
guidelines, including
the AHA and the
VNAA. Our goal is to maximize patients’ physical, cognitive,
social, and behavioral well-being to achieve a higher level
of independence at home and in the community. Our care
and services help reduce avoidable rehospitalizations and
hospital length of stay, improve recoveries, and assist with
safe transitions across settings.
Services include:
• Care management and assistance in adherence to
doctors’ orders
• Pain management and medication reconciliation
• Instruction in self-management of disease
• Assistance with symptoms management
• Specialized care for patients with high risk of
hospitalization, including care for post-surgical
wounds and other complex treatment
Service Area: All five boroughs of New York City, Nassau,
Suffolk and Westchester Counties
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