Avalere Health is an advisory services company whose core purpose is to create innovative solutions to complex healthcare problems. Based in Washington, DC, the firm delivers research, analysis, insight, and strategy for leaders in health care business and policy. Avalere's experts span 125 staff drawn from the federal government (e.g., CMS, OMB, CBO, and the Congress), Fortune 500 health care companies, top consultancies, and nonprofits. The firm offers deep substance in areas ranging from healthcare coverage and financing to the changing role of evidence in health care decision-making. Its focus on strategy is supported by a rigorous, in-house analytic research group that uses public and private data to generate quantitative insight. Through events, publications, and interactive programs, Avalere also translates real-time health care developments into actionable information.