RED BANK – Barnabas Health and the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) Health Group have announced a new partnership launched with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of post-acute care, home care and hospice in the communities they serve.
“Hospitals and home care providers must find new ways to collaborate and coordinate care to provide a more seamless patient experience, reduce unnecessary re-hospitalizations, and improve health outcomes for the patients and populations we serve,” said Barry H. Ostrowsky, president and chief executive officer, Barnabas Health. “This partnership will position our organizations to meet these emerging challenges, while maintaining focus on delivering the highest quality post-acute services.”
Barnabas Health Home Care and Hospice has independently managed home health and hospice ser vices in Essex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties while VNA Health Group has independently operated home care and hospice services through the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey in Monmouth, Middlesex, Essex, Hudson, and Burlington counties. The partnership will align the two organizations’ services in these areas.
VNA Health Group will continue to independently manage Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurses, Englewood Visiting Nurse Association, Cape Visiting Nurse Association, and other Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey programs and services.
“This partnership with Barnabas Health is an opportunity to grow as an independent community agency while closely collaborating with a leading health system,” said Steve Landers, MD, MPH, president and chief executive officer, VNA Health Group.
Barnabas Health is one of the largest health care delivery systems in the region, with more than 2 million patient visits and delivery of more than 20,000 babies annually. The system includes seven acute care hospitals, two children’s hospitals, a trauma center, and a wide range of outpatient and community health services. As the second largest private employer in New Jersey, Barnabas Health includes more than 21,000 employees and over 5,000 physicians – or one-fifth of the actively practicing physicians in New Jersey. For more information, visit www.BarnabasHealth.org.
VNA Health Group is one of the largest not-for-profit home care and community health organizations in the country, known for its broad range of safety-net public health services, nationally recognized innovative care coordination programs, and health system partnerships. The partnership with Barnabas Health expands VNA Health Group-managed programs by nearly 50 percent to include more than 2,300 employees and over 1,000,000 annual patient visits. For more information about VNA Health Group, visit www.vnahg.org.
