Todd Tuten

• Built and led diverse stakeholder coalitions to implement major payment and delivery system reforms to Medicare, Medicaid, and health insurance markets.
• Advanced pandemic response initiatives to strengthen supply chain resilience and improve preparedness.
• Achieved favorable Medicare coverage and payment policies for cutting-edge treatments and innovations in care.
• Obtained federal appropriations and agency support for groundbreaking pediatric disease research initiative.
• Enacted coalition legislative proposal to ensure timely settlement payments to Medicare beneficiaries and the Trust Fund.
• Expanded Medicare assessment of cognitive impairment and improved resources and services for dementia patients and caregivers.
• Increased veterans’ access to community-based healthcare.
• Aligned agency guidance with pharmacy best practices for long-term care.
• Secured enactment of provisions to leverage industry-leading data analytics and information technology to improve program integrity.
• Authored provisions enacted into law to protect vulnerable nursing home residents from eviction.

Todd Tuten has spent his career helping clients navigate the complex landscape of healthcare policy and regulation, promoting quality care and access to innovative treatments. A senior advisor on our FDA and Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Government Advocacy and Public Policy teams, he leverages more than three decades of experience – both inside Congress in the House and the Senate, and as a senior advisor in the private sector – to assist clients on matters involving legislation, regulation, and government oversight.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Todd most recently served as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), where he was responsible for advising the Chair on oversight and investigative activities, executive branch nominations, and legal and regulatory compliance issues. Well-regarded for his bipartisan, solutions-oriented approach, Todd successfully liaised with other committees and leadership staff, federal and state officials, industry stakeholders, and advocacy groups. 

Todd’s work in policy analysis and advocacy has paved the way for advancements in public health initiatives, promoted quality healthcare, ensured Medicare and Medicaid coverage and payment for essential treatments, and preserved access to innovations in care and breakthrough technologies.  

Todd has deep experience providing life sciences, healthcare and technology clients with tailored, strategic guidance to navigate the journey from concept to commercialization, to secure federal funding for business priorities, and to strengthen supply chain resilience to meet critical needs. His work for the HELP Committee included serving as chief counsel to the majority, where he advanced an effective oversight agenda to support the Chair’s legislative and regulatory priorities on healthcare, education, labor, and pensions policies.