Dr. Peter Kongstvedt is an indepenent strategic advisor, and a Senior Health Policy Faculty member in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. He is a well known national authority on the health care industry with particular expertise in health insurance and managed health care, with over 30 years of industry experience as both a senior-level executive and with global consulting firms. Dr. Kongstvedt is also the author of Managed Care, What it Is and How it Works, (Jones & Bartlett), 'and recently created an'online multimedia training program on health insurance and managed care. Prior to passage of health reform, he consulted to and made several appearances on The CBS Evening News,'and also appeared on NBC's Today Show.'He is principal of the P.R.

Kongstvedt Company, LLC and Kongstvedt Learning Solutions, LLC in McLean, VA and may be reached through his website at www.Kongstvedt.com.