02 Sep 2026
Allison Orris Returns to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as Partner in Health Care Group
"Allison Orris rejoins Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as a partner in its health care group to advise on Medicaid and CHIP policy."
Orris rejoins Manatt from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), where she served as Senior Fellow and Director of Medicaid Policy. She specializes in Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Affordable Care Act (ACA) policy, and will advise health care organizations, health plans and providers, foundations and other stakeholders on Medicaid and CHIP policy, federal and state regulatory developments, coverage and reimbursement issues, delivery system reform initiatives, waiver initiatives and emerging health policy challenges.
Earlier in her career, Orris served as Associate Administrator in the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and held several senior positions at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including Senior Policy Advisor in the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services, Acting Director of the Division of State Demonstrations & Waivers, and Director of the Low-Income Programs Analysis Group in the Office of Legislation. She also served as a presidentially appointed member of the bipartisan Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking and previously spent more than five years at Manatt advising clients on Medicaid strategy, regulatory challenges and health policy issues.
Orris earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Columbia University.