Neil Patil, M.P.P.

Senior Fellow
Policy Director

Neil Patil is a Senior Fellow and the Policy Director at MPI. He conducts policy analysis and provides technical assistance to policymakers on Medicare Advantage issues.

Prior to joining MPI, Neil was a Senior Analyst at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Legislation, where he provided technical assistance to Congress on issues related to Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. In this role, he served as the lead analyst on Medicare Advantage issues. He was also instrumental in supporting the passage and early implementation of Medicare drug pricing policies included in the Inflation Reduction Act. Neil has also served as the Legislative Assistant/Clerk in the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means and as a Policy Associate for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. In these roles, his work has focused on issues related to Medicare reform, drug pricing, nursing home oversight, health equity, as well as other Medicare issues.

Neil holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Xavier University.