Borrego Health

What Borrego Health does

DAP Health, formerly known as Desert AIDS Project, is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) operating since 1984 across Southern California, with a footprint spanning from the Coachella Valley to the San Diego coast. The organization delivers comprehensive integrated healthcare through more than 15 service lines, including primary and family care, urgent care, pharmacy, mental health, HIV/hepatitis care, LGBTQ+ affirming services, dental, OB-GYN, pediatrics, senior health and wellness, free STI testing and treatment, free PrEP and PEP, harm reduction, and HPV/anal health specialty care. Services are provided regardless of ability to pay, in alignment with its FQHC mission.

The organization operates under deemed FQHC status from the Federal Tort Claims Act, which provides Federal Public Health Service deemed status and federal malpractice coverage for its providers. Patient-facing technology centers on the MyChart patient portal hosted by OCHIN, supporting appointment scheduling, prescription refills, medical record access, and bill pay. Core clinical delivery is in-person across a network of clinic locations, supplemented by phone-based scheduling and after-hours answering services. Patient acquisition is community-led, driven by outreach, provider referrals, social-services navigation, self-referral, and direct self-scheduling via digital and phone channels. Marketing uses an organic social-led approach (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn) plus email newsletters and health-story content.

Revenue is derived from a diversified mix: insurance reimbursements, Medicare/Medicaid (with cost-based reimbursement enabled by FQHC status), federal HHS grant funding, and charitable donations. As an FQHC, the organization accesses federal grant programs and benefits from a 40+ year community-rooted reputation. No equity funding, venture capital, or public-market ownership is indicated; governance is via a Board of Directors and executive leadership (currently Edgar Bulloch as Interim CEO & CMO). The headquarters is located at 1695 N. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA.

Name

Borrego Health

Legal name

DAP Health

Website

https://borregohealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

DAP Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center delivering comprehensive primary, specialty, and preventive healthcare across Southern California. Serving diverse communities from the Coachella Valley to the San Diego coast since 1984 via more than 15 integrated service lines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Borrego Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Revenue: DAP Health operates as a deemed Federally Qualified Health Center receiving HHS funding and Federal Public Health Service deemed status. Revenue is derived from patient services (insurance reimbursements, Medicare/Medicaid), federal grant funding (MMS/HHS funding), and charitable donations/support. The FQHC designation provides cost-based reimbursement for Medicare services and access to federal grant programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DAP Health operates a Federally Qualified Health Center delivering a comprehensive, integrated portfolio of clinical services including primary and family care, urgent care, pharmacy, mental health, dental, OB-GYN, pediatrics, HIV/Hepatitis C care, LGBTQ+ affirming care, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, and senior wellness. Care is delivered across multiple clinic locations in Southern California and through the MyChart/OCHIN digital patient portal, regardless of patients' insurance status or ability to pay.

Product overview

DAP Health operates as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) offering a comprehensive, integrated network of healthcare services. The organization provides a unified care delivery model spanning primary care, urgent care, pharmacy, and over 15 specialized service lines including HIV care, mental health, dental, pediatrics, OB-GYN, senior wellness, and sexual health services. The portfolio is organized as a single healthcare delivery platform with multiple clinical service lines rather than discrete product modules. MyChart serves as the patient-facing digital portal for accessing medical records and scheduling. Services are delivered across a geographic network spanning from the Coachella Valley to the San Diego coast, serving both urban and rural communities since 1984.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary & Family Care General healthcare services for individuals and families covering routine checkups, preventive care, and chronic disease management, delivered across DAP Health clinic locations in Southern California.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• One Medical (now Amazon One Medical): One Medical is a tech-enabled primary care platform with a growing Southern California presence. While not an FQHC, it competes for the commercially insured segment of DAP Health's potential market and represents the kind of well-capitalized primary care competitor that could pressure DAP Health's growth in less underserved zip codes.

Direct peers

• AltaMed Health Services: AltaMed is one of the largest FQHCs in the United States, headquartered in Los Angeles and serving a comparable patient mix of low-income, uninsured, and culturally diverse populations across Southern California with primary, dental, behavioral, and HIV care — directly comparable to DAP Health's positioning.
• Borrego Health: Borrego Health is referenced in the source data alongside DAP Health and is widely reported to have been merged into or with DAP Health's parent nonprofit. It is a comparable California-based FQHC operating primary care, dental, and behavioral health services across Southern California, making it the most direct peer (and in some sense the same entity).
• Neighborhood Healthcare: Neighborhood Healthcare is an FQHC operating primary care, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services across San Diego and Riverside counties. It directly overlaps DAP Health's footprint in inland Southern California and competes for the same Medi-Cal and uninsured patient base.
• Clinica Sierra Vista: Clinica Sierra Vista is a large California FQHC providing primary care, OB-GYN, pediatrics, dental, and behavioral health across the Central Valley and Inland Empire. Its service mix, FQHC funding model, and underserved-patient focus are closely comparable to DAP Health.
• Venice Family Clinic: Venice Family Clinic is a nonprofit community health center in Los Angeles offering primary care, pediatrics, behavioral health, and pharmacy services with a strong mission focus on uninsured and low-income patients — directly analogous to DAP Health's care model.
• APLA Health (AIDS Project Los Angeles): APLA Health is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit providing HIV specialty care, primary care, dental, behavioral health, and LGBTQ+ affirming services. It is the most direct peer to DAP Health's HIV/LGBTQ+ specialty service lines and shares the same historic AIDS-service-organization origin story.
• San Ysidro Health: San Ysidro Health is a San Diego–based FQHC operating primary care, pediatrics, OB-GYN, behavioral health, dental, and pharmacy services. It competes with DAP Health in the San Diego coastal portion of its service area and serves a similar underserved, predominantly Latino population.
• HealthRIGHT 360: HealthRIGHT 360 is a California nonprofit providing integrated primary care, mental health, substance use treatment, and reentry services to underserved populations statewide. Its harm-reduction and integrated behavioral health model mirrors several of DAP Health's specialty service lines.
• Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest: Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest operates SRH, family planning, and primary care clinics across San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties. It overlaps with DAP Health's sexual and reproductive health service lines (free STI testing, PrEP/PEP, emergency contraception) in the same Southern California geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/daphealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/DAPHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/daphealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/dap_health
• Xx.com/borregohealth

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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