White House Senior Policy Advisor John Barkett Joins BRG’s Health Care Practice

Global expert services and consulting firm Berkeley Research Group (BRG) has announced that John Barkett has joined the firm as a Washington, DC-based managing director in its Health Care Transactions and Strategy practice. Most recently, he served in the Biden administration as Senior Policy Advisor for Health Care Delivery System Reform at the White House Domestic Policy Council, where he was instrumental in the design of new drug-pricing policies enacted by Congress in 2022 as well as reform of Medicare Advantage, Part D and other Medicare payment policies.

At BRG, Barkett will assume a senior role in a team that advises health plans, health care providers, life sciences companies and health care investors on a range of issues including analysis and development of public policy, corporate strategy and M&A transactions. He will have a particular focus on expanding BRG’s public policy capabilities.