Consulting Services

We excel at translating and brokering your concerns and interests into action.

Areas of Expertise

• Community Relations/Coalitions
• Health Strategy Marketing Communications and Implementation
• Start-Ups/New Business Development
• Research

Our Clients Include:

• Healthplans and health systems
• Consumer advocacy groups
• Foundations
• Public agencies and private corporations
• Private corporations
• Biotechnology and medical device firms
• Information technology/software companies

We can help you, because we have direct work experience within all these sectors.

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What We Have to Offer

Community Relations/Coalitions

We specialize in image campaigns, advisory boards, coalitions and associates programs to help you expand your reach into the communities you want to reach. We can help you create long-term partnerships for a stronger organization.

We have an established and respected track record in coalition building locally and nationally.

Health Strategy Marketing Communications and Implementation

We create systematic communications plans to target the right audience for the right purpose. We tie your communications plan to your business development and marketing plan so the message gets to the right people in the most efficient and cost-effective way.

We work with your executive team to create a communications plan that assures your story is told where you want it told and in language that will command attention, respect and action.

We also provide temporary project management to set-up a program, get it off the ground and then recruit for permanent positions.

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Start-Ups/New Business Development

We excel at start-ups, new products and services, marketing, organizational development and new business development. We have taken projects from scratch and built them into sustainable and viable organizations in the academic, not-for-profit, public and private sectors.

Research (see articles)

Our reputation for solid, quality research has resulted in numerous cover stories in national, regional and local magazines.

As a leading independent health care communications firm, we have extensive industry contacts and experience. We conduct independent market or other research to obtain the information you need and want. With over 20 years experience throughout the health care and communications industry, we know where to look to find the information and the data you need and want.

And, furthermore, we know how to interpret the data to show what they mean and how to use the information to your best advantage.

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What We Can Do For You

• Create consumer events
• Place your story in regional, local or national journals
• Host seminars and forums with numerous stakeholders
• Translate your concerns to other stakeholders and identify allies and partners and create courses of action—whether it is coalitions for action, or simply gathering opinion leaders
• Serve as your ambassador or broker in other communities, so they will understand and respond to your concerns
• Identify new revenue, market opportunities and partners

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Our Results

• Managed the successful planning and filing of a state-wide HMO Risk Contract for a health plan
• Created and managed the state-wide implementation of a Medicare HMO Marketing plan and increased enrollment by 33%
• Developed one of the Public Health Service’s most successful physician-recruitment materials for US Public Health Service Region X (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington): “Practice Where it’s Nearly Perfect”
• Placed client stories as cover stories in national, regional and local health care trade and business magazines
• Created and managed a statewide coalition that was instrumental in passing Washington State’s Basic Health Plan.

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Selected Clients:

• EDS and Harvard Community Health Plan
• Erisco
• US Public Health Service, Region X
• Washington State Health Care Authority
• SAFECO Insurance Companies
• Providence Health System and Sisters of Providence Health Plans in Washington
• Washington State Hospital Association
• First Choice Health Network
• Premera Blue Cross
• Asterion.com
• CHOICE Regional Health Network
• Basic Health Plan of Washington
• Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
• Multifaith Works
• And others
  

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