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CENTER FOR

Patient-Centered Transformation

At Healthsperien, we believe care works best when it is built around individuals: their needs, goals, and lived experiences.

The Center for Patient-Centered Transformation helps organizations bring innovative, patient-focused solutions to the market in ways that are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with evolving payment and policy landscapes.

We work across the health innovation ecosystem that encompasses technology companies, care delivery vendors, investors, employers, and payers to design solutions that improve outcomes, enhance patient experience, and operate effectively in real-world systems of care.

Our Focus Areas

Market & Policy Readiness

Assessing and validating market fit for patient-centered models including home-based, virtual, maternal/child, serious illness, and behavioral health solutions.

Value-Based Payment & Reimbursement Strategy

Navigating Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, employer-sponsored coverage, and alternative payment models that support adoption and scale.

Commercialization & Go-to-Market Strategy

Building strategies that align outcomes, equity, and ROI while positioning organizations for long-term success and responsible growth.

Technology, Data & Interoperability

Operationalizing scalable infrastructure to include interoperability, data governance, analytics, and performance measures that demonstrate real impact.

Our Approach

We partner with organizations at every stage of innovation: early concept, market entry, rapid growth, and model refinement. Our team integrates policy expertise, payment design, operational insight, and market strategy to help stakeholders navigate complexity and scale patient-centered solutions responsibly.

Through collaborative design, evidence-driven analysis, and hands-on support, we help partners deliver care models that improve patient experience, drive measurable outcomes, and strengthen systems of care.

Reach out to learn more about how we can support your work and help bring patient-centered innovation to life across diverse communities and care settings.

Reach out for more information at info@healthsperien.com

Resources

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Managing Partner and Founding Principal Andrew MacPherson, speaking on behalf of the Foundation for Social Connection Action Network (F4SCAN), testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and delivered a powerful message: loneliness among older adults is a public health crisis we can no longer ignore.

Healthsperien Announces the Launch of Action for Progress and Invest for Progress to Drive Behavioral Health Transformation

We’re proud to announce the launch of Action for Progress and Invest for Progress—two bold initiatives designed to accelerate system-wide transformation in behavioral health. Both efforts are within our newly formed Center for Behavioral Health, under the leadership of former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, one of the nation’s leading voices in behavioral health advocacy.

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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.