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CENTER FOR

Healthy Aging & Advanced Illness

At Healthsperien, we believe every person, regardless of age, health status, or circumstance, deserves care that is compassionate, connected, and centered on their needs.

The Center for Healthy Aging & Advanced Illness is dedicated to transforming how health and social systems improve the quality of life throughout the care continuum and for individuals living with complex care needs or advanced illness.

Our work spans policy, research, care/payment model design, and advocacy to improve access to quality hospice and palliative care, strengthen community services integration, and address the growing public health crisis of social isolation and loneliness.

Our Focus areas

Complex Care & Advanced Illness

Advancing models that ensure high-quality, coordinated care for those with serious and chronic conditions.

Hospice & Palliative Care

Integrating comfort-focused, person-centered services across the care continuum.

Community Services Integration

Advancing models that ensure high-quality, coordinated care for those with serious and chronic conditions.

Social Isolation & Loneliness

Developing and scaling interventions to strengthen human connection and well-being.

Aging in Place

Enabling systems of care that empower patients to choose where they receive their care to best support engagement in their activities of daily living. 

Our Approach

We bring together diverse stakeholders—providers, consumers, employers, caregivers, advocates, researchers, community leaders, policymakers—to drive systems change. Through evidence-based strategies and innovative partnerships, we aim to create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and preserve dignity for those facing some of life’s most challenging health journeys.

Reach out to learn more about our work and join us in shaping a future where aging and advanced illness care are equitable, person-centered, and deeply connected to community.

Resources

February 3, 2026

Action for Progress Launches a New National Commitment to Behavioral Health and Addiction Care

Former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy has been named as a Partner with the firm and will establish and lead a new national mental health and addiction policy practice. Rep. Kennedy will bring his decades of national leadership, advocacy, and expertise in mental health to advise a diverse array of clients, focusing on mental health and addiction, community-based services and supports, and the need for health system transformation.
January 23, 2026

Andrew MacPherson, Founding Principal and Managing Partner of Healthsperien, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation

Andrew MacPherson, Founding Principal and Managing Partner of Healthsperien, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to advancing compassionate care for individuals facing serious illness, death, and grief.
December 19, 2025

We’re proud to announce the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Design Solutions and the Center for Patient-Centered Transformation

Healthsperien is proud to announce the launch of two new Centers of Expertise—the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Design Solutions and the Center for Patient-Centered Transformation—expanding and rounding out our Centers of Expertise to better support our clients and partners as they navigate an increasingly complex health care environment.
September 23, 2025

We’re proud to announce the Center for Health Research, Policy, & Strategy—Healthsperien’s Newest Center of Expertise.

Healthsperien announces the official launch of its Center for Health Research, Policy & Strategy, the newest addition to Healthsperien’s expanding capabilities and the third in a series of new Centers of Expertise. Serving as the firm’s hub for data-driven analysis, applied research, and evidence-informed policy development, the Center will provide clients with the objective insights needed to navigate today’s most complex healthcare decisions. By leveraging national administrative claims datasets, real-world evidence, surveys, focus groups, and interviews, the Center will deliver evidence-based strategies to inform and guide client decision-making.
August 28, 2025

Redefining Hospice: Living Fully Until the End

A recent Forbes article highlights insights from Tom Koutsoumpas, Founder & President of Healthsperien and CEO & Founder of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), who urges a redefinition of hospice—not as a last resort, but as a life-affirming opportunity for patients and families. From dispelling myths to embracing telehealth and advancing equity, Koutsoumpas emphasizes that hospice is about living fully, with dignity and support, until the very end.
August 18, 2025

New U.S. News & World Report Op-Ed by Tom Koutsoumpas

Healthsperien is proud to share that our Founder & President, Tom Koutsoumpas, has authored a new opinion piece in U.S. News & World Report reflecting on the history, impact, and future of hospice care in America.
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News

Andrew MacPherson, Founding Principal and Managing Partner of Healthsperien, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation

January 23, 2026

Redefining Hospice: Living Fully Until the End

August 28, 2025

New U.S. News & World Report Op-Ed by Tom Koutsoumpas

August 18, 2025

Healthsperien Managing Partner and Foundation for Social Connection Action Network Featured on CBS Evening News’ Eye on America

July 17, 2025

Tom Koutsoumpas: A Visionary in U.S. Health Care Policy

March 29, 2025

Managing Partner Andrew MacPherson Testifies before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

March 17, 2025
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Healthsperien, LLC, is a Washington, D.C.-based health care policy consulting firm focused on strategic, regulatory, legislative and implementation issues.

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