Gayle Mauser is a director with Manatt Health in the Washington, D.C. office. Drawing on more than a decade of experience spanning Capitol Hill, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), consulting and health care delivery organizations, she advises clients navigating the rapidly evolving federal and state health policy and regulatory landscape, with a particular focus on Medicaid, CHIP, health care financing, reform and value-based payment. 

Gayle brings deep experience advising congressional leaders, federal policymakers, state Medicaid agencies, providers and other health care stakeholders on some of the most significant challenges shaping the health care sector. She counsels clients on federal and state legislative and regulatory developments, Medicaid and CHIP programs, managed care, health care affordability and financing, value-based payment initiatives and health coverage policy.

Most recently, Gayle served as Health Advisor for the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce advising congressional leaders on Medicaid, CHIP, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, nursing home policy and other critical health care issues. She led policy development, legislative drafting, oversight activities and stakeholder engagement related to major federal health programs. Before that, Gayle served in CMS’s Office of Legislation, where she provided technical assistance to congressional staff and federal policymakers on legislation affecting Medicaid and CHIP and supported policy development related to initiatives such as Section 1115 demonstrations.  

Gayle also previously spent nearly five years with Manatt Health, where she advised state Medicaid agencies, providers, foundations and other stakeholders on Medicaid transformation, managed care, value-based payment and health policy initiatives.