ASHA’s Director of Health Care Policy, Medicaid serves as ASHA’s primary analyst and advocate regarding Medicaid before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as well as state-based Medicaid programs. The Director’s focus is to support coverage and reimbursement of audiology and speech-language pathology services on behalf of ASHA members and the Medicaid beneficiaries they serve. 

The Director serves on ASHA’s collaborative 8 person Health Care & Education Policy Team and interacts closely with State Affairs and Federal Affairs Teams within ASHA’s Government Affairs & Public Policy group. They represent ASHA externally with like-minded national organizations and coalitions such as the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Health Taskforce and NAMD.

ASHA offers competitive salaries and fantastic benefits while ensuring a work life balance for employees while maintaining our commitment to results for members and the consumer they serve.

Description
This position is responsible for the identification, development, and management of health care policies and policy initiatives, as related to Medicaid, private health plan coverage, managed care, school-based funding, and privacy, for the purposes of advancing ASHA’s Public Policy Agenda on behalf of the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborates on identifying, developing, executing, and evaluating coordinated advocacy strategies designed to advance ASHA’s Public Policy Agenda.
2. Conducts high-quality analyses and develops relevant health care, school-based funding, and privacy policy recommendations with implications for the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology
3. Prepares analyses, issue briefs, letters, testimony, regulatory comments, model legislative language, and other policy-related resources as needed that are designed to advance the relevant health care, school-based funding, and privacy policy priorities within ASHA’s Public Policy Agenda.
4. Identifies, develops, maintains, and leverages strategic relationships with key staff of executive branch agencies responsible for policymaking; engages federal and state officials as a “Subject Matter Expert” as needed.
5. Identifies, develops, maintains, and leverages strategic relationships with relevant staff of external organizations, including coalitions, in accordance with relevant ASHA policies.
6. Collaborates on strategic communications, messaging, and grassroots materials that are designed to advance ASHA’s Public Policy Agenda. Develops articles and other products for online and print communications.
7. Provides technical assistance to ASHA’s membership, consumers, and other interested parties as needed.
8. Coordinates and leads a network of state-based advocates for reimbursement issues through ASHA’s State Advocates for Reimbursement (STAR) network.
9. Serves as ex-officio to the Medicaid Committee.