Linda Magno

Linda Magno is director of the Medicare Demonstrations Group in the Office of Research, Development and Information at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This group is responsible for developing, implementing and managing Medicare demonstrations of new benefits, payment methodologies, and models of health care delivery for the nation’s 44 million elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries.

Prior to her current position, Ms. Magno served as managing director for policy development and director of regulatory affairs at the American Hospital Association in Washington, DC. She started her career at the CMS’s predecessor agency, the Health Care Financing Administration, where she was responsible for early implementation of and refinements to the inpatient prospective payment system for hospitals.

Ms. Magno has a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.