Medicare Advantage State of the Union
Papa's 2025 Partner Summit
February 2025
The past two years in Medicare Advantage have been tumultuous, to say the least. Headwinds and uncertainty remain—yet there is cause to be optimistic, says Tim Murray, Principal at Wakely Consulting Group and keynote speaker at Papa’s 2025 Partner Summit.
Hear Tim's outlook on all things Medicare Advantage, from supplemental benefits to 2026 Proposed Rules to his accurate predictions on CMS’ 2026 Part C Growth Rate Announcement in his on-demand session below.
Meet the speaker
Tim Murray, Principal, Wakely Consulting Group
Tim Murray, FSA, MAAA, is a Principal in Wakely’s New York office. He joined the firm in 2017 and has worked as a health actuary for more than two decades. Over the course of his career, Tim has consulted to and served health plans, provider groups, and solutions providers on matters of strategy, pricing, product design, forecasting, financial reporting, and Merger & Acquisition due diligence. Prior to joining Wakely, Tim spent 4.5 years leading the actuarial forecasting and budgeting functions of a Medicare Advantage-focused health plan, encompassing a wide array of traditional (e.g. Medicare bidding, M&A due diligence) and less traditional (e.g. payment policy lobbying) project work. Tim also spent 2 years in an equity research role covering publicly traded managed care and healthcare facility stocks, providing investment/industry guidance to institutional investors.
