Timothy P. Trysla

• Advised an affiliated auto and RV dealer network on eligibility for CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program loans under special rules for franchisees.
• Counsel to the largest complex diagnostic imaging manufacturers, physician groups, and providers regarding Medicare reimbursement.
• Counsel to one of the largest retail pharmacy and pharmaceutical benefit managers regarding Medicare Part D.
• Counsel to the largest health care delivery network dedicated to cancer treatment.
• Directs the Coalition of Diabetic Providers and Manufacturers opposing Medicare competitive bidding for durable medical equipment.

Timothy P. Trysla is a partner in the Health Care Practice Group, and serves as leader of the Health Policy Team. Tim has more than 30 years of health care policy experience in the private sector and executive and legislative branches of government. He served as chief of staff and former senior policy advisor at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In addition to advising the administrator on matters of Medicare and Medicaid policy, he worked as a liaison for CMS to the White House and Congress on Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage issues. He served as administrator-designee and speechmaker to large medical specialty and beneficiary groups and helped manage the development, passage, and implementation the Medicare Part D program.

Tim has experience counseling clients on numerous regulatory and transactional health care matters and investigations, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and legislative strategy. He represents a diverse group of clients, including hospitals, investment banks, medical device manufacturers, PBMs, long-term care pharmacies, diagnostic suppliers, and durable medical equipment manufacturers.

Tim has been invited to speak on pharmaceutical pricing, Medicare Advantage reimbursement, and health care reform by numerous provider and investment groups, such as Pharmaceutical Education Associates, Financial Research Associates’ “Medicare Advantage Summit,” and the Wharton Health Care Business Conference. He was named in The Hill’s Top Lobbyist 2021.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Nebraska

Education

• The Catholic University of America (J.D., 2002)
• The London School of Economics (M.H.E., 1995)
• University of Nebraska (B.S., 1990)

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