Doug Robertson Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

• Lead the Government Affairs team for the nationwide home care provider network• Evaluate evolving policies of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and insurance carriers for business development opportunities• Assist home care agencies with enrolling and working in provider networks serving the Medicare Advantage population• Supervise, improve and advocate for enrollment of home care agencies in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care Network• Supervise state home care licensure support for home care agencies• Supervise the network care quality program• Influence and analyze federal and state legislative and regulatory changes • Develop grassroots advocacy to develop relationships with policy makers nationwide• Participate in Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) state and federal advocacy activities• Chair, HCAOA Veteran's Affairs Advisory Council• Edit and distribute monthly newsletter describing legislative and regulatory changes impacting strategic initiatives• Lead effort to advocate for reforms of home care licensure in New York

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

• Evaluate evolving policies of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and insurance carriers for business development opportunities.• Assist home care agencies with enrolling and working in provider networks serving the Medicare Advantage population.• Supervise, improve and advocate for enrollment of franchisees in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care Network.• Supervise state home care licensure support for franchisees and corporate owned locations.• Analyze federal and state legislative and regulatory changes impacting the services provided by franchisees and assist franchisees with compliance.• Develop grassroots advocacy throughout franchise systems to develop relationships with policy makers nationwide.• Participate in Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) state and federal advocacy activities.• Chair, HCAOA Veteran's Affairs Advisory Council• Edit and distribute a monthly newsletter describing legislative and regulatory changes impacting strategic initiatives.• Lead effort to advocate for reforms of home care licensure in New York.

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

• Evaluate evolving policies of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and insurance carriers for business development opportunities for home care and senior care franchise brands including Right at Home.• Assist home care agencies with enrolling and working in provider networks serving the Medicare Advantage population. • Assist home care agencies with enrollment and provision of services in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care Network.• Analyze federal and state legislative and regulatory changes impacting the services provided by franchisees and assist franchisees with compliance.• Co-Host of the Home Care Leadership Series Podcast• Develop grassroots advocacy throughout franchise systems to develop relationships with policy makers nationwide.• Participate in Home Care Association of America state and federal advocacy activities.• Edit a monthly newsletter describing legislative and regulatory changes impacting strategic initiatives.• Lead effort to advocate for reforms of home care licensure in New York.

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

• Guides franchisees through license application and renewal processes to reduce time required for licensure approval.• Created state home care licensure compliance tool kits for California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.• Provide analysis of federal, state and municipal regulatory changes impacting the services provided by franchisees and assisting the franchisees with compliance.• Encourage franchisees to engage policy makers regarding issues affecting the homecare industry.

Radnor, Pa, Us

• Evaluated the payment or denial of a claim load of over 100 group Long Term Disability and Short Term Disability insurance claims with sound and impartial judgment.• Adjudicated claims in multiple states including California and New York for National Accounts with over 1,000 lives insured.• Assisted other claim team members with their caseload to ensure team objectives for time service are met.• Mentored and coached claim examiner trainees.• Interpreted contract provisions, state laws, vocational and medical information.• Interacted with claimants, employers, attorneys, physicians and brokers directly with either verbal or written communication with an expectation of high customer satisfaction.

• Managed and conducted state and federal legislative and regulatory research for the world’s largest food, beverage and consumer product trade association.• Editor of the 20 page GMA State Legislative Annual Report for 12 years. Collected submissions from various contributors, wrote policy briefings and edited the final product.• Wrote clear and concise unique public policy communications for Fortune 500 member company executives.• Communicated legislative trends for association staff and member company executives through both written and graphic presentations.• Analyzed and tracked 10,000 pieces of state legislation in all 50 states annually and determined impact on product compliance.• Conducted political research in 50 states throughout election cycles to build a database of elected officials.• Investigated results of redistricting for a national political action committee.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Participated in national policy group meetings and teleconferences (Council of State Governments, National Conference of State Legislators, National Association of Attorneys General, National Governors Association) and stakeholder meetings to advocate GMA’s position.• Participated in coalition meetings regarding Federal issues such as organized retail theft, ergonomics, transportation and counterfeit coupons and reported on Congressional hearings.• Conducted legislative and regulatory research on priority issues and wrote issue summaries for Fortune 500 member company executives and Board of Directors.• Editor of the weekly GMA State Legislative Report for six years. Wrote compliance summaries, collected submissions and shepherded the product through final edits before distribution nationwide to state association presidents and GMA member company executives. • Wrote and edited comments and letters of testimony for submission to state legislators and state agencies.• Worked with the government affairs team to create a new business unit and policy committee to meet the needs of Consumer Product member companies.• Provided bill tracking for 10,000 state bills annually in all 50 states and communicated their impact on product compliance to regional lobbyists.• Administered grassroots software and GMA Government Affairs web content. Negotiated and managed state bill tracking vendor contracts and saved $9,000 annually.• Trained and educated new members of the state government affairs team.• Worked with GMA Membership staff to market GMA membership to prospective members.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Provided legislative, regulatory and media research and bill tracking for 10,000 state bills annually pertaining to consumer product issues for the GMA State Affairs lobbying team. Analyzed legislation to determine impact on product compliance.• Edited the weekly State Legislative Report (SLR) and distributed the final product nationwide to state association presidents and government relations professionals.• Wrote memorandums for Fortune 500 member company executives and the GMA Board of Directors.• Wrote comments regarding legislation and worked with other government relations staff to create and build out the GMA State Affairs web content.• Brought paper communications into the digital age using email campaigns saving $1,000 annually in print and telecommunications cost.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Bachelors, History, Business Administration

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