Government affairs consulting firm Lincoln Policy Group has signed a pact with the Opioid Treatment Program Consortium, an alliance of opioid treatment facilities, for Capitol Hill lobbying support on health policy issues as they relate to drug-treatment.
Lewisville, TX-based OTP is comprised of national treatment organizations including BayMark Health Services, Aegis Treatment Centers, Behavioral Health Group, Center for Behavioral Health, Colonial Management Group, CRC Health and Pinnacle Treatment Centers.
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The consortium has retained Lincoln Policy Group for D.C. advocacy work related to Medicaid reform and healthcare reform, as well as funding and coverage for opioid use disorder treatment, according to lobbying registration documents filed in July.
Drug policy experts worry that the nation’s current opioid epidemic could be worsened by Republicans’ recent attempts to replace Obamacare, possibly cutting substance abuse treatment coverage for those suffering from drug addiction.
Approximately 60,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016, according to findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The account will be led by LPG principals Dan Elling and Colin Roskey. Elling was formerly staff director to the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives and also served as a legislative assistant to Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) and health policy aide to Health Subcommittee Chairman Nancy Johnson (R-CT). Roskey was previously a staff lawyer to the Senate Finance Committee under Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA),
Elling and Colin Roskey will be joined by VP Regina Sherick, a former staff assistant to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
Scouting America has signed on Alpine Group for matters related to support of the organization from the Department of Defense and Congress.
The City of Miami, which has just elected its first Democratic mayor in 28 years, has hired Trump-connected Continental Strategy to work on federal procurement matters.
Miller Strategies, the well-connected Republican firm, has inked a $1.5M one-year consulting contract from Emirates Global Aluminum, the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil & gas sector.
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up, has retained Republican powerhouse firm Fierce Government Relations for DC representation.
Chad Horrell, who was senior manager for government relations at DoorDash, has joined BGR Group as VP in its state and local practice.
