Leading the Charge Across the Health Enterprise
Biomedical Research, Drug Discovery, Healthcare Services, and Workforce Development and Training
Our clients have a variety of interests in healthcare research, education and services — from training the next generation of professional and preventative approaches to e-solutions, mental health, and health disparities. We provide insights on opportunities, policy, the regulatory environment, and innovation that align with their goals or help them foresee opportunities for the future.
Results Speak Volumes
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Elevating Funding in Federal Opioid Research and Response
Client: Leading Research University
Lewis-Burke developed a multi-disciplinary strategy which positioned a large university for new federal funding opportunities in opioid research. The process illustrated how a Lewis-Burke plan carved out for a medical school gradually evolved into a university-wide effort which was successfully leveraged on the congressional and federal levels.
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Protecting Research Infrastructure Costs
Client: All LBA clients — Research and Higher Education Community
Following a government proposal to cap facilities and administrative (F&A) costs on NIH awards at 10 percent, a policy that would have devastating consequences for the research and higher education community, Lewis-Burke pursued an aggressive strategy to prevent any changes in F&A cost reimbursement to universities and research institutions.
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Protecting Teaching Hospitals from the Disproportionate Impact of Cuts
Client: Leading Teaching Hospitals
In response to several budget proposals that would have resulted in devastating funding cuts to indirect medical education (IME) for teaching hospitals and outpatient hospital departments, Lewis-Burke worked with clients to effectively message the negative impacts of certain policy proposals and designed an advocacy strategy to ensure such proposed cuts were not enacted.
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Elevating Biomedical Research with Federal Policymakers
Client: National Research Association
Working on behalf of an Association client, Lewis-Burke designed and executed the client’s annual meeting in Washington, DC during a period of protracted political sensitivity on a variety of topics important to research institutions.
The Lewis-Burke Approach
Intelligence, Partnership, and Advocacy
We work hand-in-hand with our clients to advocate for their biomedical research, public health, and health care priorities with Congress and relevant federal agencies. Leveraging strategic partnerships, coalitions, and strong relationships with congressional and agency policymakers, the Lewis-Burke team provides actionable intelligence and identifies emerging trends to inform and support client funding and policy objectives in the health space. We cater policy solutions to elevate and protect client priorities.
Trends to Watch
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming how the industry is delivering medicine, healthcare and health awareness. The National Institute of Health (NIH), other health-focused agencies and technology companies will launch initiatives and promote new approaches.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Health will grow as a focus. DEI issues in the health industry — including research to eliminate health disparities, issues related to equity in clinical trials and ensuring that the nation’s health and biomedical workforces are diverse — will be addressed.
Telemedicine matured in the COVID-19 pandemic, ushering in widespread usage of telemedicine. Telehealth offers unprecedented access to medical care as well as considerations for new technology, cybersecurity, and broadband Internet access to enable growth in this sector, particularly for underserved communities.
Biomedical Research
Lewis-Burke’s biomedical research team focuses on the nation’s largest federal funder of university-based research—the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our staff cultivates deep connections across the NIH and on congressional committees with jurisdiction over the agency to provide our clients with actionable intelligence, analysis of emerging trends, and protection against harmful policy changes. Our approach ensures that our clients have access to the information they need to inform their NIH-funded research enterprise.
Healthcare & Hospitals
Our healthcare delivery team helps clients navigate an ever-changing healthcare landscape that impacts academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, and providers. Lewis-Burke experts keep an active pulse on proposed policy changes through congressional and regulatory channels, informing and advising clients each step of the way. Through our personalized approach, Lewis-Burke offers tailored strategies to develop new opportunities and ensure protections for policies that support the clinical enterprise.
Translational Research & Drug Discovery
Lewis-Burke advances academic-led translational research and scientific discovery through informed strategy development and thoughtful advocacy. Our team works with clients to enhance recognition of the translational science enterprise and bolster federal funding opportunities, while building strong alliances within this “bench to bedside” bridge.
Health Workforce & Training
We enable clients to meet their academic and training missions by helping identify and cultivate health education, workforce development, and training funding opportunities across the federal health agencies. Through year-round advocacy and close relationships with relevant committees, Lewis-Burke works to sustain and grow critical health professions programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and early career researcher programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ensuring the nation has a sufficient and diverse supply of doctors, nurses, social workers, biomedical researchers, and other health professionals.
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Informed. Aware. Connected.
Lewis-Burke’s experts in health research, healthcare service delivery, and health education and workforce development are prepared to support researchers and providers as they navigate the federal environment for funding and to influence policy direction.