Michelle N. Savuto
Michelle Savuto is a manager with Manatt Health and is based in the Firm’s Boston office.
Michelle assists in business strategy recommendations to Manatt’s clients. Her practice includes payment and delivery system transformation; health care reform implementation; hospital, health system and academic medical center operations/strategy; strategic planning services; Medicaid policy, redesign and innovation; Medicare program elements; health IT strategy; and pharmaceutical market access, coverage and reimbursement strategies.
Prior to joining Manatt, Michelle worked on program evaluation and grant management for the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. She also worked as a project associate at a Boston-based public health research and consulting firm, supporting projects focused on reducing avoidable acute care utilization.
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Michelle N. Savuto
Michelle Savuto is a manager with Manatt Health and is based in the Firm’s Boston office.
Michelle assists in business strategy recommendations to Manatt’s clients. Her practice includes payment and delivery system transformation; health care reform implementation; hospital, health system and academic medical center operations/strategy; strategic planning services; Medicaid policy, redesign and innovation; Medicare program elements; health IT strategy; and pharmaceutical market access, coverage and reimbursement strategies.
Prior to joining Manatt, Michelle worked on program evaluation and grant management for the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. She also worked as a project associate at a Boston-based public health research and consulting firm, supporting projects focused on reducing avoidable acute care utilization.
Education
Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, M.P.H., Health Policy, 2019
Brandeis University, B.A., Health: Science, Society and Policy, magna cum laude, 2015
Accomplishments
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay mentor
Brandeis Judges Mentorship Program mentor
Co-author, “New Executive Directive Builds on the Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Agenda but is Unlikely to Impact Medicaid or Marketplace Spending,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health & Value Strategies Program, March 6, 2025.
Co-author, “Emerging Federal Policy and Potential Implications for Subsidized Health Insurance Programs in Massachusetts,” The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation - Policy & Research, March 20, 2025.
Co-author, “Release of Updated CMS Guidance on Continuous Eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP Children and Youth,” SHVS, January 17, 2025
Co-author, “Providing Multi-Year Continuous Enrollment to Medicaid and CHIP Populations: State Toolkit,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, July 26, 2024.
Co-author, “States Can Still Maximize Coverage Retention Through 1902(e)(14) Flexibilities,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, February 2024.
Co-author, “Issue Spotting Common Policy and Operational Barriers to Ex Parte Renewals: State Assessment Tool,” the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health & Values Strategies program, October 2023.
Co-author, “CMS Releases Third Batch of State-Reported Unwinding Data, With New Data on CHIP and Transitions to Marketplace Coverage,” the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Health & Values Strategies program, October 2023.
Co-author, “New CMS Guidance: 12 Months of Continuous Enrollment for Children Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP Beginning January 1, 2024,” the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Health & Values Strategies program, October 2023.
Co-author, “Assessing the Impact of Medicaid Telehealth Policy Change on Equitable Access to Telehealth Services in North Carolina State Health Policy Leadership Medicaid,” Milbank Memorial Fund, September 2023.
Co-author, “CMS Releases First Batch of State-Reported Unwinding Data,” State Health and Value Strategies, August 4, 2023.
Co-author, “Call Center Strategies to Support Unwinding: State Toolkit,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, August 2023.
Co-author, “1332 Waivers for State Innovation,” a 50 State Survey prepared for Manatt on Health, June 20, 2023.
Co-author, “Ensuring Compliance With Federal Renewal Requirements: State Diagnostic Assessment Tool,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, March 2023.
Co-author, “State Strategies to Improve Maternal Health and Promote Health Equity Compendium,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, October 2022.
Co-author, “Expanding Equitable Telehealth Access: Federal Funding Opportunities to Support Universal Broadband,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, September 2022.
Co-author, “Strategies for States to Drive Equitable Vaccine Distribution and Administration,” Rockefeller Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, August 2021.
Co-author, “Strategies for States to Leverage Local Partnerships for Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccinations,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, June 2, 2021.
Co-author, “Return on Health: Moving Beyond Dollars and Cents in Realizing the Value of Virtual Care,” American Medical Association, May 2021.
Co-author, “Audio Telehealth Services Post-Pandemic—An Update on Emerging Policy Trends,” RamaOnHealthcare, February 16, 2021.
Co-author, “A Toolkit for Building and Growing a Sustainable Telehealth Program for Your Practice,” American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), September 2020.
Co-author, “The Benefits Divide: Workers at Lower-wage Firms and Employer-sponsored Insurance (ESI) in Massachusetts,” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2018.
Co-author, “Massachusetts Employer Survey: Findings from 2016,” Center for Health Information and Analysis, 2017.
Co-author, “Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts to Reduce
Readmissions,” Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, May 2017.
Co-author, “Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions,” September 2016.
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