Dir Administrative Simplification Policy

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. We are currently seeking a Director, Administrative Simplification for our Policy department in Washington, DC or our Chicago office.

The Director, Administrative Simplification Policy, provides strategic direction, guidance, and oversight for the AHA on administrative simplification policy issues associated with the transaction standards enumerated in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and related administrative simplification efforts. The Director also serves as chair of the National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), a multi-stakeholder group whose purpose is to review and approve a billing data set capable of supporting the HIPAA administrative transaction standard for billing (the UB-04 Data Set). AHA holds a permanent role as chair of the NUBC. This role also entails providing expert testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). The Director takes responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the UB-04 Data set, which is a strategic intellectual asset of the AHA. The Director advises AHA leadership on the best strategic future course for administrative transactions, given the move toward value and other changes in the broader health and technology landscape, with a view toward efficiency and burden reduction.