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Guide Consulting Services is a boutique advocacy, policy advisory, and government relations firm advancing and defending the specialized social and business issues of health care nonprofits, associations, and companies. As a nimble thought leading advocacy firm, we educate, inform, and help create meaningful and personalized health care, mental health/substance use, privacy, labor, justice, crisis care, COVID-19 and technology policies for our clients.
In addition to helping our clients secure federal appropriations, we also develop and advance industry specific legislative initiatives and regulatory reforms within multiple federal agencies and the Administration. Guide Consulting Services creates specialized strategic advocacy, grassroots and social media campaigns to suit your organizations’ individual priorities.
Recognized as one of the nation’s leading health care-focused lobbying firms, we do not burden our clients with the standard overhead of our larger competitors. Guide Consulting Services delivers bottom line value, a deep understanding of project challenges and outstanding solutions to our clients. With GCS, you get the complete and dedicated service from our principals, rather than from a large team of associates with varying levels of experience.
We devise and deliver effective strategies, tactics, and results.
WE TELL YOUR STORY.
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Consider us your guides in navigating Washington policy.
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proven success for decades.
GCS In the News
Guide Consulting Services (GCS) Highlights Mental Health Legislation and Policy Predictions for 2024, Including the SUPPORT Act Reauthorization, Social Work in Health Care, Expanding Access to Methadone, 988 Crisis Lifeline Implementation, and Legislative Deadlines.
The Hill, a top U.S. political news outlet, released its list of the corporate lobbyists, hired guns, association leaders and grassroots activists who leveraged their expertise and connections to make a difference in the nation’s capital this year.
As the push for mental health parity faces a hurdle, GCS President & CEO Al Guida highlights the challenges posed by the slow adoption of electronic health records within behavioral health care.
Guide Consulting Services (GCS) Analyzes Uncertain Legislative Outlook for the 118th Congress, Discusses Pending Behavioral Health Legislation and Impacts of Federal Rules, Amidst Potential Government Shutdown Concerns and Prospects for End-of-Year Health Care Package.
Compromise bill to lift the debt ceiling, signed by President Biden, raises concerns as GCS VP Sarah Corcoran warns of potential reductions in future mental health funding, citing the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023's impact on previously appropriated funds and potential cuts to key federal agencies over the next two fiscal years.