What Leavitt Partners does

Leavitt Partners is a Washington, D.C.–based healthcare policy and market consulting firm founded in 2009 in Salt Lake City by former HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, now operating as an affiliate of Health Management Associates (HMA) following a 2021 merger. The firm advises healthcare and human services organizations on federal policy, regulatory, advocacy, reimbursement, and market strategy, serving a horizontal mix of nine named segments: associations, digital health vendors, employers, life sciences companies, federal and state government, healthcare investors, payers, providers, and public health organizations. Its core offerings are organized around three service lines — Federal Insights and Advocacy, the Leavitt Center for Alliances (multi-sector coalition convening), and Advisory Services delivered in collaboration with HMA — supplemented by branded intelligence and policy initiatives including the D.C. Direct weekly newsletter and policy roadmaps such as Kill the Clipboard and The Block Stops Here.

The firm's competitive position rests on a talent roster that includes former HHS Secretaries, FDA Chiefs of Staff, former congressional committee chiefs of counsel, and senior Senate HELP and Finance Committee advisors, providing firsthand experience in Medicare Part D, the ACA, the 21st Century Cures Act, and ongoing federal healthcare legislation. Technology is non-proprietary and human-delivered: the firm leverages policy intelligence, data analytics support, and proprietary market assessment methodologies rather than a software platform; it previously built the Torch Insight analytics tool, divested to Milliman in August 2020, and no longer operates technology products.

Revenue mechanics are quote-based with customized engagement structures typical of senior-consultant-intensive policy advisory work. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm employs 51–100 professionals across Salt Lake City and Washington, D.C., and benefits from the broader HMA family of companies (including Wakely Consulting Group, 720 Strategies, Burns & Associates, Crestline Advisors, Lovell Communications, and State of Reform), which collectively offer 700+ consultants nationwide. Go-to-market is direct, relationship-driven B2B advisory supported by content marketing (white papers, webinars, blog insights) and recurring engagement vehicles such as the annual D.C. Policy Forum and biweekly D.C. Pulse meetings.

Name

Leavitt Partners

Legal name

Health Management Associates, Inc.

Website

https://leavittpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Leavitt Partners is a Washington, D.C. healthcare policy and advisory consulting firm, founded in 2009 by former HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and now an affiliate of HMA. It serves healthcare associations, life sciences, payers, providers, government, and investors with federal policy, regulatory, advocacy, and coalition-convening services.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Leavitt Partners is a healthcare policy consulting firm that advises clients on federal healthcare policy, regulatory strategy, advocacy, reimbursement, and value-based care transition. It also convenes and manages multi-sector alliances through the Leavitt Center for Alliances and delivers ongoing federal policy intelligence via the D.C. Direct service, primarily serving healthcare associations, life sciences companies, payers, providers, investors, and government clients.

Product overview

Leavitt Partners is a healthcare policy and market consulting firm that offers a portfolio of advisory services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include Federal Insights and Advocacy (policy and regulatory consulting), the Leavitt Center for Alliances (multi-sector collaboration), and Advisory Services in partnership with HMA. Intelligence products include D.C. Direct (weekly policy briefings) and policy initiatives such as Kill the Clipboard (interoperability roadmap) and The Block Stops Here (information blocking recommendations). Services are delivered through expert consultants with backgrounds in government, healthcare, and policy, rather than through a software platform.

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Brands

• D.C. Direct: Weekly policy intelligence service providing federal health policy tracking with weekly insights on federal health policy, political, and personnel developments in Washington, D.C.
• Kill the Clipboard
• The Block Stops Here

Products and services

• Federal Insights and Advocacy

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• NASDOH (National Alliance to Impact the Social Determinants of Health)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Multi-sector coalition managed by Leavitt Partners seeking to make material improvement in health by advancing adoption of effective policies addressing upstream drivers of health such as food insecurity and housing instability.
• DirectTrustmoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Leavitt Partners representatives participated in SEDI summit panel discussing healthcare trust infrastructure for digital health data exchange. DirectTrust is a key player in health information exchange interoperability standards.
• GLEIFmoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Joint participation in SEDI summit panel on verifiable organizational identity through LEI and vLEI tools for healthcare data exchange trust infrastructure.
• healthKERImoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Panel participation at SEDI summit discussing healthcare trust infrastructure and identity verification mechanisms for digital health data exchange.
• CARIN AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Ryan Howells has led the CARIN Alliance since 2016, which advances consumer-directed exchange using FHIR APIs. CARIN's work has been implemented in production across the U.S. and named as industry best practice in federal regulations.
• Special OlympicsmoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Partnership to promote Inclusive Health principles and improve healthcare access for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).
• Digital Quality Implementers CommunitymoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Multi-sector stakeholder group facilitated by Leavitt Partners to conduct feasibility study on using standardized real-time data connections for quality reporting.
• NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance)moderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Collaboration on feasibility study for advancing digital quality reporting using standardized endpoints and real-time data connections.
• AIMES Alliance (American Indian Medical Education Strategies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 202425 tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, and physicians launched to advocate for policies empowering new physicians to practice in tribal communities.
• OneUtah Digital Health CollaborativemoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Digital health transformation alliance supporting statewide FHIR interoperability pilot in Utah.
• HIMSSminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Active engagement with Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society for industry collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• NCPDP (National Council for Prescription Drug Programs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Kim Boyd serves on NCPDP Board of Trustees and chairs Strategic Planning Committee. Leavitt Partners team actively engaged in standards development for pharmacy practice transformation.
• WEDI (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange)moderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Active engagement with WEDI, a national association for health IT guidance and collaboration, on interoperability and prior authorization issues.
• Health Management Associates (HMA)coreOthers · 1 January 2024Leavitt Partners became part of HMA in 2021, gaining access to HMA's over 700 multidisciplinary consultants and nationwide presence while maintaining its healthcare policy focus.
• 720 StrategiesminorOthers · 1 January 2021HMA company partner offering additional consulting capabilities alongside Leavitt Partners services.
• Wakely Consulting GroupminorOthers · 1 January 2021HMA company providing actuarial and consulting services that complement Leavitt Partners' policy expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company (Healthcare): Global management consultancy with a healthcare practice serving payers, providers, and services clients. Like McKinsey and Oliver Wyman, overlaps with Leavitt Partners on transformation and strategy engagements rather than specialty policy work.
• Oliver Wyman (Health & Life Sciences): Global consulting firm with a dedicated health and life sciences practice advising payers, providers, and pharma on strategy, risk, and policy. Comparable in serving healthcare clients but with broader (non-policy-specialist) positioning.
• Venable LLP (Federal Policy & Healthcare Regulatory): Large law firm with significant federal lobbying and healthcare regulatory practices. Comparable to Leavitt Partners in serving healthcare clients navigating federal agencies and Congress, but combines legal services with the policy advisory work.
• McKinsey & Company (Healthcare Practice): Global management consulting firm with a large healthcare practice advising payers, providers, pharma, and government on strategy and operations. Overlaps with Leavitt Partners on healthcare strategy work but does not focus primarily on DC federal policy advocacy.
• Alston & Bird (Health Care Group): National law firm with a well-established healthcare regulatory and policy practice advising life sciences, payers, and providers. Competes with Leavitt Partners on federal healthcare advisory work, with added legal capability.
• PwC Healthcare Strategy: Big Four firm with healthcare strategy and policy advisory capabilities serving payers, providers, and life sciences. Adjacent but broader offering; competes on healthcare transformation engagements involving regulatory and policy elements.

Emerging players

• Sirona Strategies: Boutique federal healthcare policy and lobbying firm focused on life sciences, providers, and technology clients. Similar size and specialty focus as Leavitt Partners, often competing directly for association and life sciences advocacy mandates.

Direct peers

• Manatt Health: Dedicated healthcare consulting and policy practice within Manatt, Phelps & Phillips serving payers, providers, life sciences, and states on regulatory and reimbursement issues. Comparable operating model and client mix to Leavitt Partners, with similar alliance and policy advisory offerings.
• Avalere Health: Healthcare policy consulting and data analytics firm advising life sciences, payers, providers, and associations on federal policy, reimbursement, and market access. Closest direct peer to Leavitt Partners given overlap in federal healthcare advisory, alliance support, and regulatory strategy.

Others

• Hatch Healthcare (formerly Faegre Baker Daniels healthcare practice lineage): Law firm with deep healthcare regulatory and life sciences practices serving many of the same life sciences, payer, and provider clients as Leavitt Partners. Functions as an adjacent professional services peer where clients often choose between legal-led regulatory advice and policy-led strategic advice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles25 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments4 records

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