Two visiting nurse associations in western Massachusetts are merging under one name and will headquartered in Lee, Mass. The organization will continue to serve patients in more than 50 communities in Berkshire, Hampden and Hampshire counties.
Effective April 1, Chicopee VNA and its home care affiliate, Great to be Home Care, will be incorporated into Porchlight VNA/Home Care, based in and originally known as Lee VNA. Chicopee’s CEO Judy Cote will become the COO of Porchlight.
“It will hopefully allow us to be more attractive to different physician groups, newly forming accountable care organizations and insurance companies,” said Cote.
Both offices will remain and all of Chicopee’s 100 employees will join Porchlight’s 200 to operate under a combined $10.5 million annual budget. The two not-for-profits have been sharing a chief financial officer since May and decided to completely merge believing it will be financially beneficial.
