Michael Adelberg

Mike Adelberg leads the Healthcare Strategy Practice at Faegre Drinker Consulting. He has 25 years progressive healthcare industry and government experience in Medicare, Medicaid and commercial health insurance. Mike spent fifteen years at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including concurrently serving as the director of the Insurance Programs Group and the acting director of the Exchange Policy and Operations Group in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) where he oversaw most of the functions of the federally-run health insurance exchanges; serving as the Director of Medicare Advantage Operations, where he supervised the annual cycle for review and award of Medicare Advantage bids and contracts, and led the monitoring of Medicare Advantage contractors; and serving as the associate regional administrator for Medicare operations (Chicago Region) and the director of education and assistance programs. Mike gained private sector experience as vice president of product development and government affairs for the Universal American Corporation, a multi-state health insurer which operated Medicare Advantage and Medicaid health plans (subsequently acquired by Wellcare). Health plan provider networks are one of Mike's primary focus areas. He has led or co-led provider network studies published in Health Affairs and The American Journal of Managed Care, and co-authored several articles in Compliance Today. He's served as a subject matter expert to the Commonwealth Fund and Veterans Administration, and been quoted in the Washington Post, New York Times, and other leading media. In his spare time, Mike is an author. He's written three novels, a history book, several scholarly journal articles, and over sixty book reviews.