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In-person visitation must be part of the national COVID-19 response
Tom Koutsoumpas
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Tom Koutsoumpas is co-founder and co-chair of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care. He also serves as president and CEO of Capital Caring Health, based in Falls Church, Va., and CEO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation.
When Xavier Becerra was introduced as President Joe Biden s nominee for HHS secretary in January, he said No one should ever have to die alone in a hospital bed, loved ones forced to stay away. He s absolutely right.
Sadly, isolation is still a reality for many people who are facing their final moments alone due to visitation restrictions put in place early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In February 2016, Tom Hall turned to his wife, Lisa, after dinner in Dupont Circle and told her he couldn’t figure out the 20% tip. They both knew
right away that something was terribly wrong. Tom, a high-ranking CIA executive, was “brilliant a Ph.D.-level mathematician,” Lisa says.