Elizabeth Fowler

Elizabeth Fowler is an American lawyer who was Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in the Biden Administration. She previously served under President Barack Obama at the National Economic Council. In 2022, she was included by Stat News on their list of leaders in the life sciences and she was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Early life and education Fowler was an undergraduate student in health care management at the University of Pennsylvania. She moved to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research considered risk adjustment. After earning her Ph.D. there, she enrolled at the University of Minnesota Law School. She was admitted to the bar in Maryland.

In March 2021, Fowler was appointed by Joe Biden to serve as Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the Department of Health and Human Services. She is responsible for overseeing the development of innovative payment and service delivery models that aim to reduce spending while preserving or improving quality of care in the Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP programs. In 2022, she was included by Stat News on its list of leaders in the life sciences.