Tom Koutsoumpas

Tom Koutsoumpas serves as President and CEO of Capital Caring Health, one of the largest not-for-profit hospice and advanced illness care providers in the nation. Capital Caring Health ( CCH ), under Tom’s leadership, is dedicated to delivering 24 by 7 care in the patient’s home for anyone of any age suffering from one or more advanced chronic illnesses including children. For those patients that require more intense care around the clock, CCH also operates four inpatient residential centers including the nation’s first inpatient center for hospice services that became operational in 1982. The dedicated staff at CCH serve patients and their caregivers in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

Tom Koutsoumpas has long been recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts and advocates in health care policy. He is also a recognized leader in issues related to Medicare, elder care, advanced illness, and hospice care. With a career that spans from the U.S. Senate and the Indiana Governor’s Office to leading the development of the nation’s largest health care companies Washington presence, Tom has worked to ensure that private and public health care programs and organizations are prepared to meet the ongoing opportunities and challenges related to health system transformation, with a primary focus on high quality patient care delivery.

Tom co-founded and currently co-chairs the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care. In addition, Tom currently serves as CEO for Capital Caring Health as well as President and CEO of the National Partnership for Hospice Innovation and a Principal at Healthsperien, a Washington-based policy and legal services organization. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Founding Executive Director of the Mintz Levin Center for Health Law & Policy, a part of the Mintz Levin law firm. Before joining Mintz Levin, Tom served as Corporate Vice President of UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest healthcare companies. Tom joined United as Senior Vice President at Ovations, United’s then-Medicare division. At Ovations Tom developed and oversaw federal and state government relations during implementation of Part D and the expansion of the Medicare Advantage program.

Tom is also the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Capital Caring and the Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. In addition, Tom served as a member of the Advisory Council of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and he previously served on the Board of Directors of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and on the Board of Trustees of the National Hospice Foundation. He has also been a member of the Business-Government Relations Council in Washington DC.

Prior to his work with UnitedHealth Group, Tom was Executive Vice President and Chief of Public Affairs at VITAS Healthcare Corporation. Tom’s work experience prior to VITAS included serving as Senior Advisor and Executive Assistant/Federal Affairs to former Indiana Governor (and later Senator) Evan Bayh. Tom also worked as a health policy advisor with the Health Practice Group of the Hogan Lovells law firm (formerly Hogan and Hartson law firm), where he was instrumental in creating and developing the Medicare Hospice Benefit. He began his career working in the United States Senate and served as an associate in public affairs for Burson Marsteller.

Tom is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, DC where he previously served on the Board of Regents.