THE BEACHWAY GROUP
Empowering Public Health and Medical Organizations To Transform Health
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Good health depends on more than what happens in the doctor’s office. The Beachway Group is dedicated to creating environments that support health and wellness. Health experts know what works to create optimal health, but implementing what works isn’t always easy. The Beachway Group is experienced in moving organizations, stakeholders, and policy makers to support good health.
ABOUT THE BEACHWAY GROUP
Promoting Health, Preventing Disease
The Beachway Group is a consulting firm founded by Jud Richland to help companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies achieve their health policy goals. Jud’s work has had a tangible impact on the health and well-being of Americans. He has led high-impact policy initiatives that promote health and wellness, and he has initiated a wide range of cutting edge research and health improvement projects.
Jud’s experience includes three stints as President and CEO of Partnership for Prevention, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion. Jud helped create Partnership’s National Commission on Prevention Priorities to rank clinical preventive services based on the services’ health impact and cost-effectiveness. That effort has helped shape the delivery of preventive services across America. Jud also led Partnership’s Real Health Reform Starts with Prevention initiative, which served as the basis for many of the groundbreaking prevention provisions in the Affordable Care Act.
In addition to his work at Partnership for Prevention, Jud served for seven years as the Executive Director of the American College of Preventive Medicine, for eight years as Deputy Director and Acting Executive Director of the Public Health Foundation, for two years as CEO of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, and for eight years at the U.S. General Accounting Office, an arm of the U.S. Congress. Upon "retiring", Jud has co-founded several companies, including a digital marketing and web development agency, a firm that uses AI to develop iPhone case designs, and another company that educates and trains people on how to exercise their civil liberties.
Jud received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and master’s degrees from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.
OUR SERVICES
Expertise in Health Policy and Organizational Development
Building on forty years’ experience in advocating for progressive policies in our Nation’s capital, The Beachway Group is skilled in empowering organizations to achieve their most important goals. From facilitating mergers of leading nonprofit organizations, to studying the public health impacts of widespread use of autonomous vehicles, to leading grassroots legislative campaigns to improve public health, The Beachway Group offers a wide range of valuable consulting services.
HEALTH POLICY
As the leader of several prominent national public health organizations, Jud has an impressive track record of accomplishments. His work has led to public policy advances to reduce tobacco use, fight obesity, and improve HIV prevention efforts. Jud has successfully advocated for expanding preventive services covered by Medicare, for requiring coverage of clinical preventive services with no co-pays or deductibles, and for strengthening population-based approaches to pressing public health problems.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Leading influential policy and membership organizations in the nation's capital requires the ability to do a lot of different things... and do them well. Jud has guided organizations through rigorous strategic planning efforts. He has led large-scale coalition-building and advocacy efforts, having worked closely with elected officials at the national, state, and local levels. Jud is also a highly successful grant writer, having won grants from federal agencies, nonprofit foundations, and Fortune 500 companies.
OUR VALUED CLIENTS
DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE
Jud's wide range of experience is reflected in the variety of articles he has authored or co-authored. A sample of these articles is shown below.
Richland, J., Lee, J., & Duggan Butto, E. (2016, March 4). Steering autonomous vehicle policy: The role of public health. Health Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20160304.053688
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Seffrin, J. R., Brown, N. A., Connor, C. D., Myers, M. L., Healton, C., & Richland, J. (2011). Tobacco and NIH: More than addiction. Tobacco Control, 20(3), 175-177.
Fielding, J. E., Husten, C. G., & Richland, J. H. (2008). Does preventive care save money? New England Journal of Medicine, 358(26), 2847; author reply 2847-2848.
Coffield, A. B., Maciosek, M. V., McGinnis, J. M., Harris, J. R., Caldwell, M. B., Teutsch, S. M., Atkins, D., Richland, J. H., & Haddix, A. (2001). Priorities among recommended clinical preventive services. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21(1), 1-9.
Dimas, J. T. & Richland, J. H. (1988). Partner notification and HIV infections: Misconceptions and recommendations. AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 4(4), 206-211.
Richland JH. Role of state health agencies in responding to AIDS. (1988). Public Health Reports. 103(3), 267-272.
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Falls Church, VA
202-997-0255