Shamiq Hussain

Shamiq Hussain is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in health policy and compliance. Currently, Shamiq serves as the Director of Medi-Cal Policy at Kaiser Permanente since March 2024. Prior to this role, Shamiq was the Associate Counsel at IEHP, providing legal counsel on legislative and regulatory matters impacting a large public Medicaid managed care plan. Shamiq held positions as Senior Policy Advisor and Senior Policy Analyst at CalOptima, delivering strategic analysis on health coverage legislation for low-income residents. With experience in equity compliance at California State University, Northridge, and regulatory analysis at PwC and Corinthian Colleges, Shamiq's background is further supported by a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from the University of Washington School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in History from UCLA.