State Policy & Regulatory Analyst

Ahip; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AHIP in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Legal & Regulatory Analyst to support State Affairs & Policy for the Midwest Region, focusing on health policy and regulatory matters affecting health insurance.

The role involves analyzing state legislation, drafting policy briefs and talking points, maintaining regulatory trackers, and coordinating with leadership to advance AHIP’s positions and priorities across member organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health policy, public policy, or related field with equivalent experience.
• 2–3 years of experience in legislative or regulatory advocacy, policy development, or research.
• Proficiency with office and AI productivity tools (Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Identifies and analyzes state healthcare and health insurance legislation and regulations in the assigned region.
• Prepares state bill analyses, policy briefs and one-pagers.
• Authors and contributes to State Strategy Team memos; prepares legislative and regulatory updates; drafts state comment letters and baseline talking points aligned with AHIP policy positions; and prepares other materials assigned by the State Policy VP, in collaboration with the State Regional Director.
• Maintains a comprehensive record of state legislative and regulatory activity in the assigned region and works with the State Regional Director to share timely updates with member organizations.
• Works with the State Regional Director and AHIP-retained counsel to identify state priority issues.
• Maintains information on assigned states in AHIP's electronic legislative and regulatory tracking system (iTrak).
• Responds to AHIP member and staff questions about bills, laws, and regulations, and fulfills requests for materials.
• Meets regularly with the State Regional Director to review the status of priority bills and regulations in assigned states.
• Participates on assigned AHIP policy committees and workgroups.
• Contributes to AHIP's state policy and model bill toolkit, state letter template library, and central research repository.
• Performs other tasks as required or assigned.

Skills

Policy analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in health policy, public policy, or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

Google Docs

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

AHIP in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Legal & Regulatory Analyst to support State Affairs & Policy for the Midwest Region, focusing on health policy and regulatory matters affecting health insurance.

The role involves analyzing state legislation, drafting policy briefs and talking points, maintaining regulatory trackers, and coordinating with leadership to advance AHIP’s positions and priorities across member organizations.