Anshu Choudhri most recently served as vice president of policy development and strategy for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies.
Choudhri worked with BCBSA from 2005-2025, serving in multiple capacities on both the clinical and government affairs teams. In his most recent role, Choudhri oversaw the development of BCBSA's public policy positions and strategy for use with the White House, administration, Congress, government agencies, state regulators and third parties. He led staff in the formation of BCBSA’s positions on current legislation, regulation and opportunities to improve the health care system across commercial markets and government programs. Choudhri has led legislative and regulatory policy position development on a wide variety of topics including delivery system reform, prescription drugs, pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, transparency, prior authorization, affordability, vaccines, COVID-19 response, opioid and substance use disorder, health equity, public health, mental health parity, health care quality, health IT, artificial intelligence and interoperability. He received his MHS in 2002.