State Public Policy Associate

Position Overview

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first. The State Public Policy role resides in Humana’s Government Affairs department and is charged with state public policy development for a range of policy issues in support of Humana’s state policy and advocacy team. The person in this position will report to the Vice President of State Affairs and be responsible for informing Humana’s thought leadership, advocacy, and overall strategic positioning. This associate will also collaborate closely with the State Affairs and Federal Policy teams to coordinate and develop materials to support Humana’s legislative and regulatory initiatives.

Responsibilities

• State policy development responsibility for key Humana public policy issue areas, including but not limited to, pharmacy, pharmacist licensure, pharmacy shares services, PBM, occupational/facility licensure, and federal preemption.
• Leverage experience and relationships to support advocacy efforts with state government officials and regulators (especially state boards of pharmacies and National Association of Boards of Pharmacy).
• Analyze, define, and communicate critical trends in legislative or regulatory environments; track state legislation of interest; identify or predict likely legislative or regulatory outcomes.
• Prepare materials to support Humana’s regulatory and legislative engagements, including regulatory comment letters, issue briefs, talking points, white papers, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Inform State Affairs and business leadership on legislative and regulatory trends and translating those into clear business impact analysis.
• Partner with the VP of State Affairs to advance Humana policy priorities through affiliated trade organizations.
• Partner with businesses to identify business risks and opportunities in external policy developments.
• Work with internal business partners to identify assets Humana has to augment public policy positions such as: data; resources; subject matter experts; and corporate “thought leaders”.
• Assure philosophical consistency in policy approaches across the enterprise.
• Develop regulatory and legislative responses to proposed rules/laws.
• Use your skills to make an impact.

Role Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience:
  • 5 - 8 years’ experience working at a state health care agency, a state regulatory board, a health care trade association, a consulting/lobbying firm engaged in health policy, or a health care plan or provider organization.
  • 5 or more years of healthcare public policy experience including a track record of working independently on applied analysis, research, and healthcare policy development and translating information from a wide variety of resources into actionable policy documents for use in an advocacy setting or otherwise.
  • Direct understanding of pharmacy/PBM operations and state public policy environment impacting operations.
  • Solid understanding of relevant policy and regulatory issues and ability to translate complex issues in clear, concise manner to business leaders and advocacy team (technical and non-technical audiences).
• Skills & Attributes:
  • A passion for the development of innovative, high quality government healthcare programs.
  • Experience working in a matrixed organization is helpful, as well as experience working with multiple cross-functional business teams.
  • Strong conceptual and creative thinker with an ability to identify trends and interrelationships.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, creative problem-solving, negotiation, and multi-tasking skills in time-sensitive settings.
  • Ability to actively listen to others and ensure an open and confident style of communications both written and verbal.
  • Highly-developed interpersonal skills with ability to build strong working relationships internally and externally.
  • Ability to meet clearly stated expectations and take responsibility for achieving results.

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Salary

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Travel

While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's off-site locations may be required.