Health Policy Leader Jennifer Friedman Named Principal at Federal Health Policy Strategies
JANUARY 20, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington, DC – Federal Health Policy Strategies (FHP), a leading consultancy and advocacy firm specializing in health care policy, is excited to announce that Jennifer Friedman, who has served as a Senior Vice President of the firm, is now a Principal in its expanding practice. Jennifer's superior technical skills, extensive professional relationships, and stellar reputation on both sides of the aisle, combined with more than 20 years of health policy experience in both public and private sectors, will continue to help propel client successes on critical issues for clients at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and in the U.S. Congress.
"Jennifer's long standing and active role in health policy leadership is widely appreciated, as is her dedication to her clients – and delivering them tangible results. We are excited that she is now a full participant in the leadership team at the firm," said former CMS Administrator and FHP Principal Tom Scully.
In addition to Scully, Jennifer joins FHP Principals Dan Elling, Rudy Missmar, Colin Roskey and Laurence Wilson, who collaborate to provide bipartisan, technical expertise and extensive relationships in both political parties to address the full range of health policy challenges and opportunities in Congress and the Executive Branch.
Prior to joining FHP in 2024, Jennifer served as Counselor to the Secretary of HHS where she advised Secretary Xavier Becerra on all aspects of the Medicare program and coordinated policy development with CMS and the White House.
Jennifer also served as the Deputy Staff Director on the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee. During her tenure with the Ways & Means Committee, Jennifer played a pivotal role in the development of the Affordable Care Act and drafted delivery system reform provisions to advance value-based care. She also led negotiations on reforming the Medicare End-Stage Renal Dialysis (ESRD) payment system and quality programs and played a central role in the bipartisan development of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Transformation (IMPACT) Act.
Jennifer's extensive Congressional experience also includes serving as a Senior Budget Analyst on the House Budget Committee and advising the Committee during development of the Medicare Modernization Act and the Part D benefit. She began her government career as a program examiner at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
In the private sector, Jennifer has advanced government affairs, policy, and reimbursement for medical device companies, developing market access strategies for medical technologies used in various health care settings. She has also provided consultancy services to multinational health companies on market access in Japan.
“Jennifer has been a terrific colleague at FHP and has helped grow the firm and lead internal teams on complex projects over the past two years that consistently resulted in happy clients" added Scully. "We are excited to tap her skills, resources and energies to help lead FHP and its clients into the future."
Jennifer graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in government and holds an M.A. in public policy from the University of California at Berkeley.
FHP Strategies is a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm specializing in health care policy. Our team consists of former senior health policy staff within HHS, CMS, the U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. Coupled with our unparalleled relationships with key policy makers, FHP Strategies leverages health policy expertise in Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance policy to advance our clients’ federal legislative and regulatory goals.