Translating health policy complexity into strategic success

Platform Government Strategies helps healthcare organizations navigate the complex health policy environment, shape public narrative, and achieve meaningful policy outcomes.

Who We’ve Worked With

  • National Healthcare Associations

  • Health Policy Coalitions

  • Innovative Healthcare Companies

  • Medicare & Medicare Advantage Organizations

Our Services


We help healthcare organizations develop, plan and execute effective policy, advocacy, and messaging strategies.


Health Policy Expertise

Policy analysis and strategic positioning all aligned to your organizational priorities.


Advocacy Strategy

Strategy development, government affairs implementation and shoe-leather partnership.

Messaging and Communications


Clear, compelling messaging to convey your goals to policymakers, media, and public-facing audiences.

Strategic Advisory

Executive-level counsel for C-Suite leadership navigating complex health policy environments.

Helping Organizations Achieve Real Policy Impact

  • Navigating complex regulatory and policy environments

  • Building and strengthening advocacy effectiveness

  • Advancing strategic policy priorities

  • Communicating complex issues clearly and persuasively

Andrew Schwab

Founder & CEO

Platform Government Strategies was founded by Andrew Schwab, a national health policy and advocacy leader with more than 20 years of experience across the U.S. Senate, state government, major healthcare organizations and trade associations, and federal health policy advocacy leadership roles.

Andrew previously served as Vice President and Head of Government Affairs at Oak Street Health, where he built the company’s first government affairs function and helped guide policy strategy up to and through the company’s $10.6 billion acquisition by CVS Health. He has also held senior advocacy and policy roles at AARP, the Alliance of Community Health Plans, and United States of Care, where he advanced federal health policy priorities across Medicare, Medicare Advantage, CMMI, value-based care, and the ACA insurance markets.

He founded Platform Government Strategies to help healthcare organizations go beyond the usual backslapping and meeting request strategies to help them actually navigate federal policy, strengthen advocacy strategy, and advance their priorities with policymakers.

Let’s Discuss Your Health Policy and Advocacy Goals

We partner with organizations to develop clear strategy and effective messaging.