Bcbsa
Director, Legislative and Regulatory Policy - Medicaid
US DC G St NW · Director
Sponsorship not specified$157k-$221kDetected 30 days ago
Project ManagementPublic HealthResearchLeadershipCollaboration
About the role
- Identifies collaboration opportunities to advance BCBSA Board priorities.
- Represents the department in internal and external groups, overseeing strategies to showcase Blue Plan innovations and advance policies on priority and emerging issues.
- Play a leadership role with third-party stakeholders and serve as liaison with regulatory representatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead discussions on key issues in Plan workgroup calls, coordinate with BCBSA divisions and consultants, and implement research agendas for issue areas.
- Build and maintain relationships with BCBSA representatives, policymakers, and external organizations.
- Manage staff to foster a positive work environment and ensure appropriate training and development.
- Offer policy input and support to State Affairs on NAIC and state-related initiatives, ensuring alignment with federal policy positions.
- Develop strategies on an issue-by-issue basis, ensuring consensus among Plans.
- Experience drawing upon extensive knowledge and relationships to identify and analyze issues and develop appropriate policy strategies and responses, demonstrating excellent judgment and analytical methodologies
Requirements
- Experience with structuring research policy studies and formulating policy alternatives
- Extensive knowledge of managed care and insurance reform issues, operations and policy, as well as knowledge of the federal legislative and regulatory process.
- Superior facilitation, presentation, organizational and verbal and written skills, with the demonstrated ability to work independently
- Analytical, planning and project management skills, as well as the ability to prioritize and shift multiple issues and projects without compromising quality results
Skills
- Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Compensation
- The posted salary range is the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.
Benefits
- Required Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Public Health, Public Administration or related field; or equivalent work experience
- Preferred Master's Degree in public policy, health policy or related field.· Membership in American Academy of Actuaries
- Required 10+ Years experience in health care policy analysis/formulation, health care law, state insurance regulations and/or healthcare plan operations, with experience in public health policy
- Extensive knowledge of commercial health insurance markets and ERISA rules affecting group health plans
- Experience with a BCBS Plan, other health insurer, state Department of insurance, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or prior experience with the Department of Labor working on group health plan issues.
- Direct and coordinate projects within regulatory and legislative areas, including policy analysis, development of comments, and educational materials.
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