Vynca

10/22/2026

Palliative care is not hospice. And understanding the difference can change how we care for people living with serious illness.

Too often, palliative care is misunderstood as something reserved for the very end of life. In reality, it fills a critical gap for patients who need additional support but aren't yet ready for hospice — helping them manage symptoms, continue treatment, and spend more quality days at home.

In a recent podcast conversation, Vynca Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jill Schwartz-Chevlin explores some of the most important questions about palliative care:
🔹 How does palliative care differ from hospice?
🔹 When should patients begin receiving palliative care?
🔹 How can earlier support improve quality of life and help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations?

At the heart of the conversation is a simple but powerful idea: Better care starts with understanding what matters most to patients.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation: (https://na2.hubs.ly/H08z5K30)
https://na2.hubs.ly/H08z5K30
https://na2.hubs.ly/H08z5K50

10/20/2026

We’re in Palm Desert for the CAHP Annual Conference! 🌴
California health plans are navigating increasingly complex member needs, and we’re excited to connect with payer leaders about how we can work together to improve outcomes and help more people receive the care they need.

At Vynca, we’re focused on expanding access to home-based palliative care and Enhanced Care Management (ECM) — helping members with serious illness and complex needs experience better care, fewer avoidable hospital visits, and more quality days at home.

Attending CAHP? We'd love to meet you! Stop by Booth #610 to meet our team, learn more about our programs, and explore opportunities to collaborate. 💜

10/19/2026

What happens when living longer becomes the norm — but our healthcare system still isn’t designed to support a 100-year life?

That’s the provocative question at the center of “Paying for the 100-Year Life” at HLTH USA.

Vynca CMO Dr. Jill Schwartz-Chevlin will join an impressive group of leaders from AdventHealth, CMS/CMMI, Centene and AARP to explore how healthcare needs to evolve as people live longer — and how we think differently about care, cost and quality of life across the lifespan. It’s a conversation we’re especially excited to be part of. Longer life is only part of the goal. The bigger question is: How do we help people live those years well?

If you’re attending HLTH, this is a must-see panel. Come join the conversation. https://na2.hubs.ly/H08tFHk0

📍 Monaco Stage
📅 Tuesday, November 17

10/16/2026

Enhanced Care Management is about more than coordinating care. It’s about helping remove the barriers that can make it harder for people with complex needs to stay healthy.

Vynca’s ECM teams work alongside Medi-Cal members to address both medical and social needs — from navigating appointments and transportation to accessing housing, food, behavioral health services, and other community resources.

Through proactive, relationship-based support, we help members navigate a complex system and move toward greater stability and better health.

Learn more about Vynca’s approach to Enhanced Care Management:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H08rjm90

Enhanced Care Management (ECM) is a free service for Medi-Cal that helps people who need extra support to stay healthy. Special helpers, like nurses or social workers, help people find doctors, get medicine, and connect with other services they may need, like food or housing.

10/15/2026

We’re in San Jose for the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California’s 2026 Annual Summit! 👋

It’s always energizing to spend time with people across California who are working to improve how we care for people living with serious illness. We’re looking forward to two days of learning, connection and important conversations about the future of palliative care.

If you’re at the Summit, stop by and say hello to the Vynca team! 💜

10/14/2026

Join Vynca at the CAHP 40th Annual Conference from October 19–21!
Find us at booth #610 to chat with us and learn more about how Vynca delivers cost savings and improved outcomes with Palliative Care and Enhanced Care Management (ECM) for California health plans.

Planning to attend? DM us to schedule a dedicated 1-on-1 meeting! You can also book time with us here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08msrG0

10/09/2026

We’re looking forward to joining the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California for its 18th Annual Summit, Foundations & Futures, next week.

As we continue working to expand access to palliative care and help more people with serious illness receive care aligned with what matters most to them, we’re grateful for opportunities to come together with others advancing this work across California. 💜

We hope to see many familiar faces — and meet some new ones — at the Summit!

09/16/2026

Caring for someone you love rarely changes all at once.

It can start with a few errands or rides to appointments. Then come medication reminders, meals, care coordination and the countless small tasks that quietly add up.

That growing responsibility is the focus of a new https://na2.hubs.ly/H07SQbs0 article featuring Vynca Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jill Schwartz-Chevlin.

For families navigating serious illness, those responsibilities can become especially complex — often requiring loved ones to take on more and more of the day-to-day work of managing care. It’s one reason coordinated, home-based support matters: families shouldn’t have to navigate every need, decision and transition on their own.

Read more about recognizing “caregiver responsibility creep” and when it may be time to bring in additional support.

https://na2.hubs.ly/H07SQ9Y0

09/10/2026

For people living with serious illness, some of the most important moments in care happen between appointments. Symptoms change. Caregivers become overwhelmed. Transportation falls through. Questions come up that can’t wait until the next scheduled visit.

Community-based palliative care can help fill those gaps — working alongside primary care and specialty teams to monitor changes, coordinate support, address barriers, and help keep patients safer and more stable at home.

Our latest blog explores how palliative care can serve as an extension of the care team, providing additional support without replacing the trusted relationships patients already have with their physicians.

Read more: https://na2.hubs.ly/H07KL9m0 (https://na2.hubs.ly/H07KL9m0)

For patients living with serious illness, life rarely follows a set schedule. Pain can escalate over a weekend; a new medication might create side effects that go unreported; transportation falls through; a patient arrives for an important scan only to learn the wrong study was ordered.

09/02/2026

What does it mean to live well when you’re living with serious illness?

Sometimes, it means getting symptoms under control. Sometimes, it means making sure your voice is heard. And sometimes, it means finding a way to play golf again—even if it’s just on a putting green outside your home.

There is still so much misunderstanding about palliative care: what it is, when it’s appropriate, and how profoundly it can change the experience of serious illness.

In a new piece for Psychology Today, Vynca CMO Jill Schwartz-Chevlin, MD, MBA, draws on 20 years of caring for patients to explain palliative care through the moments that matter most—and what those moments can teach all of us about living well.

A beautiful and important read. 💜
🔗https://na2.hubs.ly/H07BnB-0