Chris Peterson is a principal at the DC consulting firm Health Policy Alternatives (HPA), which he joined HPA in 2022. He has been in health policy for more than 25 years, providing health care policy analysis and advice in the areas of Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), private health insurance, alternative payment models, and tax policy. His experience as a nonpartisan health care policy advisor to the United States Congress includes nine years at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and six years at the then newly created Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). In those roles, he provided technical insights on major health reform policy legislation, authored reports, and testified before congressional committees. Chris also served four years as Acting Executive Director and Principal Deputy Director of Maryland’s Health Services Cost Review Commission, where he helped negotiate Maryland’s agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and led the team developing the state’s latest value-based payment innovations and obtaining CMMI approval. Chris earned an M.P.P. from Georgetown University and a B.S. in mathematics from Missouri Western State University.