Perry Bridger, Vice President, directs Avalere’s Reimbursement Practice and advises clients in the healthcare industry on all aspects of product commercialization strategy.  Perry has extensive experience in reimbursement consulting, federal healthcare policy, and technology assessment. 

Most recently, he was a Senior Health Policy Analyst in the Coverage and Analysis Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where he was a lead Medicare analyst responsible for developing national Medicare coverage policy.  At CMS, Perry was also responsible for interagency collaboration between CMS, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 

Previously, Perry was a senior lecturer on the faculty of the Northeastern University Institute for Emergency Medical Services, and a senior paramedic and paramedic supervisor in Massachusetts. 

Perry holds a B.A. in History from Brandeis University, and a M.H.S. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.