100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2022

Mathews joined the congressional advisory panel in 2007, becoming executive director in 2017. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of continued reimbursement for telehealth has frequently taken center stage, with Mathews urging Congress to use restraint until the data can be aggregated and analyzed. This year, Mathews spoke favorably about simplifying Medicare alternative payment models, saying the landscape should be centered on a single population-based framework, and testified before Congress about the need for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to respond to Medicare Advantage overpayments.