ELLEN MONTZ
Managing Director
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Ellen Montz is a managing director with Manatt Health who focuses on advising clients on complex federal and state insurance market regulations and policies, state Medicaid programs and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, and multifaceted program and policy strategy and implementation. A nationally respected health care leader, Montz leverages her experience running large health insurance programs and her deep understanding of health insurance markets and operations to help clients position themselves for success.
Montz is the former deputy administrator and director at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. At CCIIO, she led the operation of the ACA’s federal Marketplace (healthcare.gov), federal regulation of the commercial health insurance market and the implementation of the consumer protections and transparency programs under the No Surprises Act.
