Perry Bridger
Vice President,
Avalere Health

Perry Bridger directs the firm’s Reimbursement Practice and advises clients in the healthcare industry on all aspects of product commercialization strategy. Bridger 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 & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he was a lead Medicare analyst responsible for developing national Medicare coverage policy. At CMS, Bridger was also responsible for interagency collaboration between CMS, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Previously, he 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. Bridger holds a B.A. in History from Brandeis University, and an M.P.H from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.