John Barkett is a managing director in BRG’s Healthcare Transactions and Strategy practice, where he counsels health plans, hospital systems, life sciences companies, and financial institutions, among others, on a range of issues related to transactions and public policy in the healthcare space.
Before joining BRG, Mr. Barkett served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Health Care Delivery System Reform on the White House Domestic Policy Council, where he covered drug pricing, Medicare Advantage and Part D, and payment reform. He also previously served on the faculty of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, where he was an assistant scientist and Health Policy Scholar.
Mr. Barkett was the senior director of Policy Affairs for a large benefits and actuarial consulting firm from 2012 to 2021. He worked for a Silicon Valley startup, the nation’s largest private Medicare exchange, before it was acquired by the consulting firm in 2012.
Areas of Expertise
Industries
Education
University of Pennsylvania
MBA, Health Care and Operations and Information Management
Harvard College
AB, Economics and Health Policy
Recognition
Wharton Healthcare Alumni Association, Alumni Service Award, 2020
David Winston Health Policy Fellowship, Fellow, 2009-2010
Wharton Health Care Management MBA Program, Robert D. Eilers Award, 2009