Date Posted:
May 12, 2026
Position Title:
Lobbyist, Director I, Medicare (Hybrid)
Office/Company:
American Medical Association (AMA)
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Job Number:
HC-06510
Reports To:
Location:
Washington, DC
Contact:
Salary:
$180,249.25 – $239,416.60
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
The American Medical Association (AMA) is seeking a Lobbyist, Director I, Medicare (Hybrid) to join our Advocacy team.Maintain effective liaison with designated federal agencies, health care organizations, and coalitions involved with health-related programs.Bachelor’s degree required; law degree or master’s degree strongly preferred in Health Policy, Public Health, Business, or Political Science.
Responsibilities:
• Identify and analyze emerging federal health care policy issues in traditional Medicare payment policy—including value-based care and payment—and interpret or facilitate interpretation of complex data analyses.
• Prioritize issues in alignment with AMA Advocacy objectives and federal administration interests.
• Develop key issue objectives and strategic communication plans, collaborating across the AMA Advocacy Group and broader AMA to shape messaging for policymakers, stakeholders, and others.
• Formulate and execute strategies addressing identified policy issues.
• Prepare comprehensive, evidence-based comment letters to influence Executive Branch and federal administration policies, incorporating detailed analysis of physician payment models, value-based care and payment proposals, physician and patient needs, and broader health care ecosystem trends.
• Engage with policymakers to clarify, refine, and ensure the incorporation of AMA recommendations into federal policy decisions.
Qualifications:
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant policy experience.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience working with a member of Congress, regulatory agency, consulting or law firm, national health care organization, or national medical specialty society on federal government health issues.
• Expertise in CMS regulations, federal health care regulation, diagnostic coding, and related legislation.
• Strong understanding of HHS/CMS regulatory functions, relevant priorities, and key issues impacting physician and facility payment, Medicare reforms, and health care delivery innovation preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to use data analytics, health policy research methods, or Medicare claims data to inform recommendations and decisions preferred.
Instructions:
Email to apply
Other:
Equal opportunity employer. committed to diversity in our workforce.
