Industry Note:
HHA, Hospice Reps Named To CMS Innovations Initiative
Published on Fri Jan 06, 2012
CMS will receive input from home care providers for its Innovations Center initiatives, which aim to reduce costs and improve patient care. The agency recently named 73 individuals as Innovations Advisors, including Julie Lewis, VP of health policy and public relations for Amedisys Inc. in Baton Rouge, La., Nancy Roberts, CEO of the Kent County Visiting Nurse Association in War-wick, R.I., physician Alen Voskanian, medical director of VITAS Innovative Hospice Care in Torrance, Calif., and Janet Will, director of Joseph Richey Hospice in Baltimore, Md.