Senior Health Policy Advisor
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Nicole is the Senior Health Policy Advisor for U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), with responsibility for health care related legislation and policy, including issues before the Senate Finance, Budget and Aging Committees. She has been an Associate Research Professor at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute; the Director of the Division of Benefits, Coverage and Payment for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with responsibility for key aspects of the SCHIP and Medicaid programs; Senior Legislative Counsel for Health Policy for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC); and an Associate in the health care practice of the law firm Epstein, Becker and Green.

She also has worked in international health policy for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Novartis AG and the World Bank. Nicole has authored and co-authored a number of books and articles on health care financing and coverage in the U.S. and abroad. She received a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and an A.B. from Princeton University, magna cum laude.