Paul Spitalnic

Paul Spitalnic has been the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services since 2013. In this position, he is responsible for evaluating the financial status of the Medicare Trust Funds, projecting program costs for the President’s budget, estimating national health expenditures, calculating program rates, and other actuarial functions related to the Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Marketplace programs. Paul joined CMS in 2003 and led the actuarial efforts to implement the new Part D program. Prior to joining CMS, he worked as a Consulting Actuary focusing on retiree health insurance issues. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and has a B.A. in Mathematics from Binghamton University.