Director, Center for Medicare Management
Acting Director, Center for Drug and Health Plan Choice
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD
In the dual role of Director of the Center for Medicare Management (CMM), and Acting Director, Center for Drug and Health Plan Choice (CPC), Jonathan Blum oversees two centers for Medicare services, each with budgets in the hundreds of billions of dollars. CMM and CPC are responsible for regulation and payment of Medicare fee-for service providers, privately-administered Medicare health plans, and the Medicare prescription drug program. The benefits these divisions make possible pay for health care for approximately 45 million elderly and disabled Americans.
Over the course of his career, Jonathan has become expert in the gamut of CMS programs. He served as an advisor to Senate Finance Committee members and its current chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, where he worked on prescription drug and Medicare Advantage policies during the development of the Medicare Modernization Act. He focused on Medicare as a program analyst at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Prior to joining CMS, Jonathan was a Vice President at Avalere Health, overseeing its Medicaid and Long-Term Care Practice.
Most recently, Jonathan served as a health policy advisor to the Obama-Biden Transition Team. He holds a Master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.