Ryan Howe

Ryan Howe is the Acting Deputy Director, Center for Medicare (CM).  He is a member of the Senior Executive Service, holding the title of Director of the Hospital & Ambulatory Policy Group (HAPG).  HAPG is charged with establishing, maintaining, and updating scope of benefits, conditions of payment, and payment rates for the inpatient and outpatient hospital prospective payment systems, the Physician Fee Schedule, the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, Part B drugs, rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, opioid treatment programs, among other Medicare payment systems.  During his career, Ryan has led agency efforts to improve payment policies related to telehealth services, primary care, and behavioral health and served in key roles during the CMS response to the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in implementing rapid changes to telehealth and diagnostic testing policies.   In addition to serving in several other leadership roles in HAPG, Ryan also has experience with the Medicare prescription drug benefit and in management of the Medicare Administrative Contractors.  

Ryan holds a doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and a bachelor’s degree from Boston College.