Where our work has been evaluated
Active federal subcontract, SDVOSB set-aside
VHA IHT 2.0 (Team Agile4Vets)
Named Veteran Integrated Team Eligible Partner on one of nine SDVOSB primes selected for the $14B, 10-year Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ. Committed to Functional Categories I and II: Health System Transformation and Innovation, and Implementation and Operations Support.
2025 to 2026
HRSA Advancing Cancer Screening: Lean/Kaizen Translation at Two Federally Qualified Health Centers
In 2025 and early 2026, Barker and Barker Consulting served as the lead Lean facilitator on a federally funded HRSA Advancing Cancer Screening (AxCS) initiative, a partnership between prime contractor Veritas Management Group and Lean partner 5D Consulting Group. Our founder led a national HRSA-sponsored webinar, delivered two Communities of Practice, and led two on-site Kaizen events. In March 2026, the work was briefed to the Director of the Office of Quality Improvement at HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care. On August 21, 2026, Valley Healthcare System, one of the two Kaizen sites, presented its transformation at HRSA's Advancing Patient-Centered Health Care Symposium.
May to July 2025
HRSA-Sponsored Panel and Solo Webinar on FQHC Operations
In May and July 2025, Barker and Barker Consulting delivered two HRSA Health Center Program sponsored engagements co-hosted by Veritas Management Group. On May 28, 2025, our founder presented the Operational Efficiency segment of The Employee Support Triangle, a three-part practitioner panel on sustaining evening and weekend staff. On July 9, 2025, we delivered the solo Workflow Excellence webinar, "Standardizing Care Processes for Consistent, High-Quality Outcomes," carrying the panel material into a full-length session for federally qualified health center leadership.
April 25, 2026
Sharing the FMP Podium with the VA in Manila
Barker and Barker Consulting joined the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Manila Regional Offices (VHA and VBA), Divine Grace Medical Center / Mount Grace Hospital, the Philippine Retirement Authority, and VFW Manila Post 12231 on the agenda of The Manila Elks Club's Expat Essential Information Seminar. The event was public, free of charge, and open to any expat nationality. Our founder delivered a 30-minute session on making the VA Foreign Medical Program work operationally in the Philippines, evidence-first, using published GAO data.