Melanie Bella serves as executive advisor at Cressey & Company, a health care investment firm that invests in partnerships to improve the American health care system. Prior to Cressey & Company, Ms. Bella served as executive vice president of policy and duals strategy at Cityblock Health, which facilitates health care delivery for low-income urban populations, particularly Medicaid beneficiaries and those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.

Ms. Bella is former chair of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), a post she held from 2019-2024. She was also the founding director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where she designed and launched payment and delivery system demonstrations to improve quality and reduce costs. She previously served as senior vice president at the Center for Health Care Strategies and as the director of the Indiana Medicaid program, where she oversaw Medicaid, the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the state’s long-term care insurance program. Ms. Bella received her master’s in business administration from Harvard University, and a bachelor’s degree from DePauw University