About Us
Mission
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To expand access to high-quality, home-based care for the most medically complex and home-limited patients by giving medical practices a value-aligned, financially sustainable care delivery model.
Vision
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A healthcare system where providers are empowered — not penalized—for caring for the sickest patients in the home.
Our Story
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ACI was founded by clinicians and healthcare operators who recognized that while providers want to deliver care in the home, traditional fee-for-service models make this work unsustainable. ACI bridges this gap by aligning clinical excellence with value-based economics.
ACI Leadership
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Tom Koutsoumpas
Co-Founder & President
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Tom Koutsoumpas is a nationally recognized leader in health care policy and advocacy, with deep expertise in Medicare, elder care, advanced illness, and hospice. His career includes influential roles in the U.S. Senate and the Indiana Governor’s Office, as well as leading the Washington presence of major health care organizations. He also the co-founder of Advanced Care Innovations. Throughout his career, he has championed policies that strengthen care delivery and improve quality for patients navigating serious and advanced illness.
Tom serves as Chairman of the Board of Capital Caring Health (CCH), one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit providers of advanced illness, home-based primary, palliative, and hospice care across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. He is also CEO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), representing more than 90 nonprofit hospice and advanced illness providers committed to patient-centered, mission-driven care.
In addition, Tom co-founded and co-chairs the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), advancing policies that improve access, equity, and quality of life for people with serious illness. He is also a co-founder and board member of ACT NOW for Mental Health, working to expand access to behavioral health services and reduce stigma in underserved communities. In 2023, Tom was formally recognized for contributions to the space as he was named to Modern Healthcare’s list of “Top 25 Innovators in Healthcare.”
Across these roles, Tom remains dedicated to transforming care for individuals and families facing serious illness.
Ryan Beres
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Ryan Beres is an accomplished builder and operator in value-based healthcare delivery and the Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Care Innovations. Ryan has spent the duration of his career in healthcare, mainly focused on operations, strategy, and growth for organizations operating across the spectrum of the managed care including payers, providers, and provider enablement organizations. His prior roles include Director of National Operations at Chenmed, Executive Director of New Ventures at Aledade, and Executive Vice President of Gov’t Programs at CINQCARE.
Since year two of ACIs high needs ACO program, Advanced Illness Partners (AIP), Ryan has been wholly focused on growth and performance of that organization. Under Ryan’s leadership, AIP exploded with over 1100% growth, and nearly $100M in gross shared savings. He is deeply passionate and fully committed to transforming healthcare delivery for the patients who need it most and expanding access to high quality healthcare where patients reside.
Dr. Thomas Cornwell, MD
Chief Medical Officer
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Dr. Thomas Cornwell is a nationally recognized pioneer in home-based primary care who has made more than 35,000 house calls to over 4,000 homebound patients across a 30+ year career. Dr. Cornwell serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Advanced Care Innovations. In 1997, he founded
HomeCare Physicians in partnership with Northwestern Central DuPage Hospital, building one of the nation’s leading house call practices.
In 2020, he joined VillageMD as National Medical Director for Village Medical at Home, expanding the house call program from one state to twelve and leading its palliative care services. A leader in value-based care, he is known for excellence in documentation, reducing polypharmacy, delivering high-quality end-of-life care, and lowering emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
In 2012, he established the Home Centered Care Institute through a transformational philanthropic gift, creating a national education and research organization dedicated to scaling house call programs and developing the workforce. He has mentored hundreds of physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Dr. Cornwell has received numerous national honors, including the inaugural “House Call Doctor of the Year” from the American Academy of Home Care Medicine, the American Medical Association’s “Pride in the Profession” award, and the American Geriatrics Society’s 2015 “Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine” Award.
In 2018, he was recognized in the U.S. House of Representatives’ Congressional Record for his service. He has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, and PBS, and was named one of Fast Company’s 2017 “100 Most Creative People in Business.” He is a past president of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine.
Dr. Jessica Hubbs, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
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Dr. Jessica Hubbs is an Internal Medicine Physician and Chief Clinical Officer at Advanced Care Innovations. She has spent her career working in Home-based Primary Care supporting high-needs patients within value-based models of care. Dr. Hubbs brings experience in ACO Reach and Medicare Advantage, where she has focused on designing and operating care delivery models to improve care quality and value-based performance outcomes. Her special area of interest lies in shaping value-based care delivery models that foster the integration of non-clinical providers into daily care to improve outcomes for high-needs patients and their caregivers.
Hank Ross, MBA, FAAHCM
Executive Advisor
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Hank Ross is a nationally recognized pioneer in home-based healthcare, focused on expanding access, advancing value-based care, and transforming in-home provider services. He founded Physician Housecalls, leading more than 400,000 house call visits across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, and also founded and served as CEO of Ross Health Care, one of Oklahoma’s premier hospice and home care organizations.
With 14 years of hospital leadership and service in the Oklahoma National Guard, including deployment during Operation Desert Storm, Hank brings broad operational and clinical insight across the post-acute continuum. His work centers on home-based primary care, capitated risk arrangements, and high-needs ACO models serving complex Medicare populations.
Hank currently serves as Executive Advisor for Strategy and Growth at Advance Care Initiatives and as Executive Advisor to the Lincoln Healthcare Intelligence Group. Through Ross Holdings, LLC, he advises leading home care and in-home provider organizations on growth, value-based transformation, and integrating wrap-around primary care services.
He plays a key role in supporting house call providers participating in the Academy REACH High-Needs ACO and is helping organizations prepare for CMMI’s LEAD model beginning FY2026. Hank also serves as President of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine C-6 Board, influencing national policy, education, and innovation in home-based medical care.