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Carmen Group helped organize a coalition of District hospitals under MedStar to win a national grant competition in which five best practices examples were chosen for the entire country. Close coordination with DC government was critical in building a winning case for a superior approach to surge capacity, emergency care capability and community preparedness for healthcare emergencies.
On behalf of the District of Columbia and its Medicaid serving hospitals, Carmen Group implemented a blended advocacy campaign addressing DC, Capitol Hill, the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Carmen Group was able to produce an outcome that others had not been able to achieve over the previous 10 years. District hospitals that benefitted included Children’s National Medical Center, United Medical Center, Hospital for Sick Children, Howard University Hospital, Capitol Hill Hospital, Hadley Hospital, Providence Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington Hospital Center, Psychiatric Institute of Washington.
After years of dwindling funding for healthcare IT advances at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Defense and Healthcare Practices found a strong partner in the Department of Defense. The Agency is leading the way in cutting edge technologies for its 9.3 million beneficiaries, which has far reaching implications for private healthcare as well. The client had created a proprietary data monitoring capability that is now receiving expanded functionality through a demonstration project with DOD that will lead to major long-term contracting opportunities both at home and in the global military theatre.
Montefiore's Medical Center project with the Department of Defense earns praise from Agency's senior leadership.
Through a blended advocacy campaign addressing Capitol Hill, the White House, the Veterans Administration, the Indian Health Service, the Food and Drug Administration, and members of the medical device industry, Carmen Group was able to produce an outcome that could not have been accomplished via a single-pronged approach.
A targeted outreach effort to local council members was initiated and brought to a successful conclusion once Carmen Group, through careful research and aggressive positioning, successfully presented the hospital's substantive position regarding the relative merits of including the nefarious provision in the underlying bill.
Carmen Group developed the case for prompt reimbursement of losses related to September 11. We worked with Congress and the Administration to successfully advance legislation.
Carmen Group advocated to key Members of Congress as well as key staff, presenting the hospital's case before decision makers on Capitol Hill as well as in the Administration. The case presented focused on the President's priority for providing electronic health records to Americans in the next decade.