About RBA - Some Success Stories

The best testament to RBA’s government relations and public affairs practice is the measurable success they bring to their clients.

• Specialty hospitals secured enactment of a special Medicare outpatient payment adjustment, annually saving this hospital sector millions of dollars.

• Prestigious teaching hospital sought funding for an outpatient surgery demonstration project and obtained federal support.

• Organized hospital executive campaign in support of health care purchasing entities; defeated opposing legislation.

• Coalition of group purchasing organizations sought Congressional recognition of the value their business model brings to health care providers and is granted an exception to the Medicare anti-kickback statute. Propelling this sector into a $238 billion industry and ultimately save the Medicare program, hospitals and nursing homes millions of dollars every year.

• Renowned university hospital sought support for a Medicare project and is awarded half a million dollars.

• Health care supply chain organizations sought guidance in wake of intense legislative, regulatory and news media investigations. Developed an industry wide code of ethics averting federal and regulatory intervention.

• Coordinated an alliance of hospital organizations to deliver value message of the health care procurement industry and prevented counterproductive legislation from being enacted.

• Trade association sought to promote its position on pharmaceutical reimportation and secured an opportunity to testify before the federal task force charged with making a recommendation on this controversial health care issue.

• Established and led a multi-industry national coalition that successfully halted the expansion of the Federal Acquisition and Streamlining Act (FASA) which would have put the federal government in direct competition with private sector suppliers/distributors of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and related equipment.

• Testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, and secured a Congressional moratorium on the expansion of Department of Veterans Affairs’ submarket pricing for pharmaceuticals to state and county government entities.

• Organized and led a national coalition of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) seeking congressional recognition of the value their business model of accepting administrative fees from vendors brings to health care providers. RBA drafted the amendments that were written into law as an exception to the Medicare and Medicaid anti-kickback statute.

• Developed and participated in a series of educational conferences on governance and health policy issues for health system trustees.

• Designed, implemented and operated a unique reverse trade show that has served as a must-attend venue for health care supply chain executives. The event has since been emulated by other organizations in the health care industry.

• Testified before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health on the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Pharmaceutical Procurement Initiative adding Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan Participants to the Federal Supply Schedule Drug Pricing Program.

• Led a group of state hospital associations to beat back efforts to delay implementation of scheduled hospital inpatient payment policy reforms, resulting in unprecedented millions of dollars in additional payment over a period of three years.

• Developed a plan to permit southern state to use intergovernmental transfer funds for purposes of their state Medicaid match, adding millions of dollars to struggling state programs.

• Organized planning retreat for pharmaceutical company advisory board on current and future health care supply chain policy issues.

• Testified before the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on the value of health care purchasing entities.