Marki Flannery
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Hany Abdelaal, president of VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans, has devoted his professional training and medical career to improving the quality and coordination of health care for older Americans. A firm believer in a strong, person-centric primary care system that embodies a holistic approach and is built upon a strong “medical home” foundation, Dr. Abdelaal and his colleagues work to develop and implement innovative managed care solutions designed to ensure that those who are most vulnerable among us do not fall through the cracks in our ever-evolving health care system.
VNSNY CHOICE is an affiliate of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, our nation’s largest not-for-profit home- and community-based health care organization. Dr. Abdelaal has been a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and also contributes to Medium.
Hany Abdelaal, DO
President, VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans
Michael Bernstein is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), the nation’s largest not-for-profit home- and community-based health care organization. Appointed in June 2018, Mr. Bernstein is responsible for corporate functions including Marketing, Development, Communications, Facilities, Administrative Services, Quality, Customer Experience, and ESPRIT Medical Care.
Throughout his more than 30 years in health care and other industries, Mr. Bernstein has demonstrated the ability to combine strategic planning with operational management to deliver superior brand-building and revenue-generating results across direct-to-consumer and business-to business platforms. He previously held key leadership roles at VNSNY from 2005 through 2015, first as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and then as Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Chief Marketing Officer. In his previous time at VNSNY, Mr. Bernstein’s responsibilities included leading the organization’s business development activities, overseeing Government Affairs, and supervising VNSNY’s Population Health Management Department. His achievements over that period include the comprehensive rebranding of the organization, oversight of several successful ad campaigns, relaunch of the VNSNY websites, and driving triple-digit membership growth year over year for five consecutive years for VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans as well as seven percent or greater revenue growth each year for five years in VNSNY’s private-pay home care services. During this prior tenure, Mr. Bernstein developed a singular understanding of VNSNY’s unique place in the health care sector, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the organization’s operations, which serve to inform the initiatives he currently manages.
Mr. Bernstein left VNSNY in 2014 to help found Extend Fertility, the first enterprise in the country to be focused exclusively on providing elective egg-freezing services to women, offered at an affordable price in a unique environment tailored to their needs. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Vice President of Atkins Health and Medical Information Services for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., with responsibility for the consumer and business marketing of the company’s nutritional approach. Prior to Atkins, he spent nine years working in licensing and marketing for Major League Baseball.
Mr. Bernstein holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School.
Michael Bernstein
Chief Administrative Officer
As Executive Vice President and Chief of Provider Services for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), Andria Castellanos is responsible for oversight of all initiatives related to Provider Services. She leads VNSNY Home Care, VNSNY Hospice & Palliative Care, Partners in Care and Community Mental Health Services, as well as the Population Health and Business Development divisions. Enterprise functions including Patient Care Services and Clinical Support Services also report to her. She applies her combination of strategic vision and operational management expertise to directing this vitally important part of the organization, with the goal of helping to ensure that the care VNSNY delivers meets the highest standards of quality, patient satisfaction and safety, operational efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
Before joining VNSNY in October 2018, Ms. Castellanos spent more than three decades serving the healthcare sector in a wide range of capacities, with a particular focus on clinical operations and big-picture strategic planning. For much of that time, she held senior positions at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), where she was accountable for a variety of functions. Most recently, she was Group Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at the NYP/Columbia Campus. This position entailed leading operations, strategic and capital planning, and day-to-day execution at Milstein Hospital, the Allen Hospital, and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/Sloan Hospital for Women, encompassing 1,200 beds in all.
Ms. Castellanos’s earlier roles included Director of Ambulatory Care Services and Associate Director of Professional Services for New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center; Director of Operations for Oxford Health Plans; health care consultant for both Peat Marwick Main & Co and Rogatz, Myers and Rosenfeld (RMR); and research assistant in the Graduate Program in Health Care Administration at Baruch College/Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Ms. Castellanos previously served on the Board of Trustees of NYP/Lawrence Hospital and ColumbiaDoctors/NYP-Imaging and is a current member of the Board of Trustees for the Billion Oyster Project, whose mission is to restore oyster reefs to New York Harbor through public education initiatives. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a Master of Business Administration, Graduate Program in Health Care Administration from Baruch College/Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Andria Castellanos
Chief of Provider Services
Ritchell Dignam, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Rose Madden-Baer, DNP
SVP Population Health
As Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Kerry Parker is responsible for directing and overseeing the Legal Affairs, Risk Management, Human Resources, Board Governance, Government Affairs, and Internal Audit functions for VNSNY and its subsidiaries and affiliates. He also oversees VNSNY’s Provider and Corporate Compliance and Privacy functions led by the V.P. of Compliance. He joined VNSNY in July, 2012.
Prior to joining VNSNY, Mr. Parker practiced health care law, labor and employment law and litigation as a partner with the law firms of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. and Gibbons, P.C. He has served in various leadership roles in other non-profit organizations, including as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Springpoint Senior Living, Inc., the leading New Jersey provider of senior living and care. Mr. Parker received his Juris Doctor with honors from Seton Hall University Law School and served a judicial clerkship in the Superior Court of New Jersey.
Kerry Parker
General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer
Timothy Peng, PhD, Chief Data Analytics Officerfor VNSNY at large, joined the Center for Home Care Policy & Research in July of 1998 as a Research Scientist. At the Center, he was responsible for conducting research on the quality and outcomes of home healthcare, and the effects of public policy on long term care. His research also examined potential disparities in access to care and health outcomes of chronically disabled elders from different ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic groups. In his current role as Vice President of Data Science and Analytics, Tim manages the VNSNY Outcomes team, who supply VNSNY leadership and clinical teams with healthcare provision analytics, while contributing data analytic and infrastructure support and expertise, as well as Outcomes staff, to Research Center projects.
Timothy Peng
Chief Data Analytics Officer
Has a unique blend of experiences and a background extending to more 30 years in Health Care in both the managed care and delivery sides. Growing up in the IT world, was the CIO for a large integrated delivery system comprised of 12 hospitals, 80 clinics, and 23,000 employees. Held the position as COO for a 475 bed tertiary care hospital. For five years prior to arriving at to VNSNY were spent consulting for hospitals in a variety of capacities. Almost nine years in service to our country. A life-long learner who appreciates the value of education more than most, having earned both undergrad and graduate degrees in a nonconventional manner.
A Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (2-time World Champion), an Instrument rated Private Pilot, and Open Water Scuba Certified. Has interests in several other hobbies. Holds an active Real Estate Agent license and has bicycle raced on two continents. Married to the greatest woman in the world…
Robert Plaszcz
Chief Information Officer
David Rosales is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), the nation’s largest not-for-profit home- and community-based health care organization. Appointed to his position in June 2018, Mr. Rosales oversees VNSNY’s Strategic Program Development, Performance and Innovation, Government Programs Management, and Government Grants functions. He applies his considerable experience in health care planning and strategy to the development and execution of initiatives designed to support and further the organization’s mission-driven goals.For the past two decades, Mr. Rosales has held positions of increasing responsibility across the health care sector. He previously served VNSNY as part of the organization’s Performance and Innovation internal strategy/operations consulting group from 2006 through 2008 and from 2011 through 2014, most recently as the department’s Vice President. His focus areas in that role included managing complex business transformation initiatives to support VNSNY’s strategy and mission, spearheading programs enabled by health care reform, and providing strategic thought partnership to senior leadership.
After leaving VNSNY in 2014, Mr. Rosales served in senior positions at the national healthcare consulting firm Manatt Health, where he led complex strategic planning and delivery system redesign engagements for large health providers and policy-makers, with a focus on Medicaid and value-based payment reform initiatives. From 2010 to 2011, he participated in an administrative leadership program at Boston’s prestigious Brigham and Women’s Hospital as Deland Fellow in Health Care and Society. He also previously held positions with Goldman Sachs and the Oliver Wyman consulting company.
Mr. Rosales holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
David Rosales
Chief Strategy Officer
In his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dan Savitt is responsible for providing overall financial and strategic direction and guidance to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, the nation’s largest not-for-profit home and community-based health care coordination organization. In addition to the Finance Department, Mr. Savitt oversees Information Technology, Managed Care Contracting, Revenue Cycle, and Data Analytics and Reporting.
Mr. Savitt, who joined VNSNY in January 2018, came to VNSNY with extensive experience as a Chief Financial Officer. His most recent role was at US Acute Care Solutions, a national provider of emergency medicine services, where he was accountable for all financial functions, as well as payer contracting and managed care services. Prior to US Acute Care Solutions, Mr. Savitt was CFO and EVP of Technology and Co-founder at Landmark Health, LLC, a California-based organization that provides home-based, physician-led primary care focused on the most chronically ill and frail in the managed care environment. In addition, he has an extensive background in finance and operations with such organizations as UnitedHealth Group, Northwest Airlines, and the Ford Motor Company.
Mr. Savitt holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Daniel Savitt
Chief Financial Officer