Eli's Hospice Insider

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 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 physician Alen Voskanian, medical director of VITAS Innovative Hospice Care in Torrance, Calif., Janet Will, director of Joseph Richey Hospice in Baltimore, Md., Julie Lewis, VP of health policy and public relations for Amedisys Inc. in Baton Rouge, La., and Nancy Roberts, CEO of the Kent County Visiting Nurse Association in Warwick, R.I.