Managing Healthcare Reform: Government Affairs and Public Policy Structure and Staffing for Engaging the Government Ecosystem

STUDY OVERVIEW

Healthcare reform is creating an even greater need for functions like Government Affairs and Public Policy to effectively monitor and engage the government healthcare sector. In the biopharmaceutical sector, Government Affairs and Public Policy are key players in terms of monitoring and engaging with governmental healthcare agencies. But the two functions also play a vital strategic role for organizations because they often communicate insights internally to commercial and strategic leadership. Two factors that affect the effectiveness of Government Affairs and Public Policy groups are the organizational structure and staffing levels that they have to operate within.

Best Practices, LLC conducted this research to help Government Affairs and Public Policy leaders evaluate how their structure and staffing levels compare with their industry peers. This study identifies how companies are structuring their Government Affairs and Policy groups as well as what the staffing levels - and outsourcing levels - typically are for the two groups. In addition, the study demonstrates where organizations place their Policy leadership (D.C. or headquarters) and the outsourcing levels for Government Affairs and Public Policy.

The study includes three segments: a Large Pharma Segment, a Mid-Cap Pharma Segment, and an Emerging Pharma segment.

KEY TOPICS

• Government Affairs - How Companies Place Their Government Affairs Resources To Monitor & Manage Public-sector Healthcare Reform
• Public Policy - How Companies Place Their Policy Resources To Monitor & Manage Public-sector Healthcare Reform
• Government Affairs & Public Policy Staffing Benchmarks - What  Staffing Investments Are Companies Making To Manage the Government Ecosystem?
  

• How is your U.S. Government Affairs organization structured
• What is the Level of the Person Leading Your Government Affairs Group
• What Leadership Group does Government Affairs Report to
• What are all the Subgroups you Maintain within Government Affairs
• Where is Your Public Policy Group Physically Located
• Estimate the Percentage of Policy Staff in D.C., Headquarters and Brand Teams
• What is the Level of the Person Who leads Your Policy Group
• What is Policy's relation to Government Affairs
• What Group Does Policy Report To
• What is the Total Number of Employees within Your Government Affairs and Policy Groups
• Indicate the Mix of U.S. Government Affairs and Policy Employees who are Internal and Outsourced

• U.S. Government  Affairs & Public Policy Outsourcing: On average, companies in this study outsourced about 20% of their U.S. Government Affairs and Public Policy staff. The actual percentage was an average of 22.8% for GA staff and 20.1% for PP staff. There was not that much variation between the Large Pharma and Mid-Cap Pharma segments
  

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