Former Congressional and CMS Advisor Expands Manatt's Market-Leading Medicaid and Health Policy Bench

Gayle Mauser strengthens Manatt’s Medicaid, CHIP and federal health policy capabilities

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, an integrated legal and consulting firm, today announced that Gayle Mauser has returned to Manatt as a director in its health care group. Drawing on more than a decade of experience spanning Capitol Hill, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), consulting and health care delivery organizations, Mauser advises clients navigating the rapidly evolving federal and state health policy and regulatory landscape, with a particular focus on Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), health care financing, affordability and value-based payment.

Mauser 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. At Manatt, Mauser will counsel 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. Her combination of policy acumen, regulatory insight and practical implementation experience provides a unique and invaluable perspective that enables her to help organizations anticipate change, address emerging challenges and capitalize on opportunities in a rapidly evolving health care landscape.

Most recently, Mauser 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, Mauser 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.

Mauser 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.

Mauser is the latest addition to Manatt’s expanding bench of professionals in the health care group, including Director , who focuses on life sciences, market access and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), Partner , former Director of Medicaid Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Managing Director , a health care transformation leader, Senior Advisor , former Chief Informatics Officer at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and National Advisor , who specializes in health care financial services.

Mauser earned her B.S. in Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University and was a guest student at the University of Copenhagen’s public health master’s program.