Purva Rawal
Managing Principal
Purva Rawal is an internationally recognized leader in value-based care and health policy, with over two decades of experience spanning government, academia, and the private sector. Currently, she is an advisor to the Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy and Johns Hopkins University, and on international value-based payment implementation efforts. Most recently, she was the Chief Strategy Officer at the CMS Innovation Center. She helped implement a strategic vision grounded in accountability and whole, person-centered care.
Prior to her role at CMS, Dr. Rawal spent a decade in policy research and business strategy consulting, advising organizations on value-based payment and health system transformation. She also served as an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University, where she taught courses on the politics of health care and mentored students.
Earlier in her career, Dr. Rawal was a senior staff member on the Senate Budget Committee during the development of the Affordable Care Act and was an advisor to Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT). She began her policy career as a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Academies.
She is the author of The Affordable Care Act: Examining the Facts and has published in internationally recognized journals including, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Health Affairs. Dr. Rawal received her B.A. and Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
