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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

Medicaid Community Engagement Requirements: Five Things That Will Define Implementation

On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-anticipated Interim Final Rule (IFR) on Medicaid Community Engagement Requirements (CER). This IFR constitutes one of the most significant modifications to the Medicaid program since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and ranks among the most substantial Medicaid regulations in years.

Policy Prescriptions Episode 4: Patrick J. Kennedy: Why America’s Future Depends on Brain Health

In this episode of Policy Prescriptions, host Gary Jacobs sits down with Patrick J. Kennedy and Healthsperien founder Tom Koutsoumpas to discuss why America’s future depends on protecting the health of our brains.

Policy Prescriptions Episode 3: Value-Based Care Explained | The Future of ACOs, Medicare & Healthcare Policy

In this episode of Policy Prescriptions, Gary Jacobs sits down with Aisha Pittman, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at National Association of ACOs, and Ray Quintero, Managing Partner at Healthsperien, for a deep conversation about the future of healthcare policy, Medicare reform, and accountable care organizations (ACOs). They break down how value-based care works, why fee-for-service medicine creates problems, and how new models like ACO LEAD are reshaping the health care system.

Policy Prescriptions Episode 2: From Isolation to Connection: The Policy Fix We’re Missing | SXSW Live

In this episode of Policy Prescriptions, Gary Jacobs sits down with health care policy leaders Andrew MacPherson and Tom Koutsoumpas to break down what lobbying actually is, how it works, and why most people misunderstand it.

Key Takeaways from AHIP’s 2026 Medicare, Medicaid, Duals and Commercial Markets Forum

CMS recently released a letter to State Medicaid Directors that provides implementation guidance for the requirement that states redetermine eligibility for Medicaid expansion adults every six months instead of annually, beginning in 2027.

Policy Prescriptions Episode 1: The Truth About Lobbying in Washington

In this episode of Policy Prescriptions, Gary Jacobs sits down with health care policy leaders Andrew MacPherson and Tom Koutsoumpas to break down what lobbying actually is, how it works, and why most people misunderstand it.

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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.