Elevation Health Partners

What Elevation Health Partners does

Elevation Health Partners (EHP) is a privately held healthcare consulting and advisory firm founded around 2009 and headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm delivers practice transformation, quality improvement, value-based care transition, and workforce development services to safety-net healthcare organizations, primarily Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), managed care plans (Health Net, Blue Shield of California Promise, L.A. Care, Inland Empire Health Plan), Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), physician practices, and state Primary Care Associations in California and Michigan. EHP has operated for over 15 years and reports a 100% success rate in achieving ECM provider status and guiding sites through NCQA PCMH recognition, with 10,000+ hours of practice coaching delivered across 86+ practices.

EHP's core offering is professional services rather than a software product. Its service portfolio includes Practice Transformation, PCMH Recognition Support, Enhanced Care Management (ECM) technical assistance, Quality Improvement, CEO & Leadership Advisory, Workforce Development, Care Management, Public and Population Health, Policy and Legislation, and Behavioral Health Integration. EHP augments its consulting with third-party health IT platform integration expertise (Cozeva for HEDIS and care gap analytics, Azara for population health data, RetinaVue for diabetic retinal screening), and is a DHCS-approved Technical Assistance Provider through California's PATH TA Marketplace, supporting CalAIM implementation across 50+ projects. The firm's go-to-market is sales-led through direct engagement with healthcare leadership, supported by webinar-based content marketing and selection into state-funded programs. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements, training programs, and government-approved TA marketplace contracts.

Name

Elevation Health Partners

Legal name

Elevation Health Partners

Website

https://elevationhealthpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elevation Health Partners is a privately held healthcare consulting firm founded in 2009 that delivers practice transformation, quality improvement, and value-based care advisory services to FQHCs, health plans, CBOs, and physician practices primarily in California and Michigan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Consulting Services

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital Shared Services, GPOs & System Support Organizations (HLAFAAAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare consulting services
• Practice transformation coaching
• Quality improvement consulting
• Value-based care advisory
• PCMH recognition support

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: EHP generates revenue through providing specialized consulting services including Quality Improvement, Value Based Care advisory, CEO/Leadership Advisory, and Practice Transformation coaching to healthcare organizations including FQHCs, health plans, CBOs, and physician practices
2. Technical Assistance Marketplace (PATH TA): As a DHCS-approved Technical Assistance Provider through the PATH TA Marketplace, EHP delivers TA projects supporting Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports providers in California
3. Training and Workforce Development: Evidence-based training modules and programs for healthcare providers including customer service, empathy, motivational interviewing, trauma informed care, and leadership development using True Colors framework

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Elevation Health Partners is a healthcare consulting firm that provides practice transformation, quality improvement, and value-based care advisory services to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), health plans, community-based organizations, and physician practices. Core offerings include PCMH recognition support, Enhanced Care Management (ECM) technical assistance, quality improvement coaching, CEO and leadership advisory services, workforce development, and population health consulting. Services are delivered through shoulder-to-shoulder coaching, the PATH TA Marketplace, and tailored consulting engagements across California and Michigan.

Product overview

Elevation Health Partners offers a portfolio of consulting and advisory services rather than a software product. The core offerings center on practice transformation, quality improvement, and value-based care transition support, with specialized services including PCMH recognition coaching, Enhanced Care Management (ECM) technical assistance, CEO & Leadership Advisory Services, Workforce Development, and Population Health management. Services are delivered through shoulder-to-shoulder consulting engagements, training programs, and coaching to FQHCs, health plans, community-based organizations, and physician practices across California and Michigan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Practice Transformation Consulting service that helps clients build internal capacity for sustainable, large-scale transformation to new payment models. Services include data collection, quality reporting, analysis, PQRS and MIPS submissions, practice readiness assessment, roadmaps, training, webinars, and workshops. For FQHCs, health plans, CBOs, and physician practices.
• Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Support Technical assistance guiding organization clinic sites to NCQA PCMH recognition. Services include kick-off meetings, onsite assessments, coaching support, application submission through Q-PASS, sustainability planning, and annual renewal oversight. Achieved 100% recognition success rate across 25 sites from 9 Los Angeles FQHCs.
• Enhanced Care Management (ECM) Technical Assistance Direct coaching support to current and potential ECM providers, including applications, staffing models, program design, policy and procedure development, trainings, needs assessments, strategic planning, workflow redesign, data reporting, analyses, and quality improvement. Achieved 100% success rate in ECM provider status with fully executed Managed Care Plan contracts.
• Quality Improvement Consulting Specialized consulting meeting Quadruple Aim objectives through focused leadership, integration of health information technology, data analytics, telehealth, and care coordination tools. Services include data collection, quality reporting, claims and data submission, and health IT requirements, selection and implementation.
• CEO & Leadership Advisory Services Specialized executive advisory services for mission-driven organizations including FQHCs, CBOs, and nonprofits. Led by Dr. Emily Ptaszek, the service focuses on strategic decision-making, change management, Board-CEO partnership, and leadership sustainability.
• Workforce Development Training Resources, tools, and services to train the healthcare workforce for safety-net providers. Evidence-based training modules include customer service, empathy, motivational interviewing, and trauma informed care strategies, plus leadership development using the True Colors framework.
• Public and Population Health Consulting Consulting to help clients improve individual and population health while advancing health equity through social determinants of health approaches. Services include draft legislation, pilot development, community engagement, feasibility studies, research, and data collection and analysis.
• Care Management Consulting Care management consulting services focused on whole-patient views combined with payment model analysis and care management strategies.
• Policy and Legislation Consulting Helping nonprofit, advocacy, government agencies, and private companies study the impact of legislation. Services include strategic and regulatory planning, forecasting, public private partnerships, public finance, impact analysis, and comparative analysis of proposed policy alternatives.
• Strategy and Operations Consulting Combines rigorous analyses and research with industry knowledge to develop tailored solutions. Services include PEST analysis, people technology, team building and training, certified team facilitation, feasibility study design, capacity building, operations assessment, and SWOT analysis.
• Workforce Wellness Consulting Assists clients in integrating workforce wellness initiatives through organizational initiatives and policies. Includes fitness programs, healthy eating initiatives, stress management workshops, flexible work arrangements, education campaigns, and mental health support services.
• Social Drivers of Health and Health Equity Consulting Helps clients address SDOH and promote health equity through comprehensive assessments, tailored strategies, community organization collaboration, workplace policies, health promotion programs, policy advocacy, and training and education.
• Behavioral Health Integration Consulting Supports community health centers to build capacity for team-based collaborative care models (CoCM) with efficient specialty mental health involvement, particularly for vulnerable women in pregnancy and the year postpartum.
• PATH Technical Assistance Marketplace Services As a DHCS-approved TA Provider through the PATH TA Marketplace, EHP delivers technical assistance projects supporting ECM and Community Supports providers in interpreting and operationalizing CalAIM initiatives. Engagements span policy development, workflow optimization, cross-sector coordination, and sustainability planning. Over 50 TA projects delivered.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% ECM provider status success rate with fully executed Managed Care Plan contracts
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Blue Shield of California Promise Health PlancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP collaborated with Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan to develop a Co-Design Community-Led Quality Improvement Initiative engaging 10+ CBOs serving pregnant women, children, and youth to co-design programs aimed at closing care gaps and advancing health equity
• Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP partners with CCALAC for PATH TA Marketplace implementation, providing direct coaching to member FQHCs, and supporting DPH Solutions for Healthier Communities project targeting chronic disease through Social Drivers of Health interventions
• California Primary Care Association (CPCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP supported California Primary Care Association on workforce surveys and multiple projects including Workforce Development, Staff Surveys, and improving HEDIS/CMS quality scores over five years
• Michigan Primary Care AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP partnered with Michigan Primary Care Association supporting health centers across workforce development, quality improvement, and Value Based Contracts
• Health NetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP partnered with Health Net for Partnership for Quality Care Innovation (PQCI) coaching program serving 86 Medi-Cal and 27 Medicare practices, Cozeva technology integration, and CAHPS Access to Care Program
• Michigan Community Health Network (MCHN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP practice transformation coaches worked with seven MCHN health centers to improve HEDIS and CMS quality measures and enhance performance under Medicaid health plan value-based agreements
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of HIV and STD Programs (DHSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP was contracted to design and deliver Mission Possible HIV Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative for Medical Care Coordination Teams at contracted agencies
• California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP serves as DHCS-approved Technical Assistance Provider through PATH TA Marketplace for CalAIM implementation, delivering over 50 TA projects supporting ECM and Community Supports providers
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP provides strategic planning support for HRSA Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) program, working with CCALAC's 47-member FQHC network since 2012
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP supports clients in meeting CMS quality measures, PQRS and MIPS submissions, and Medicaid value-based contracts
• National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP has specialized PCMH team to guide clients through NCQA recognition and annual reporting requirements with 100% success rate
• California Health Care Foundation (CHCF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP has worked with CHCF on healthcare quality improvement and practice transformation initiatives
• Center for Care Innovations (CCI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP collaborates with CCI on healthcare innovation and practice transformation programs
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP aligns practice transformation work with IHI quality improvement methodologies and Triple Aim objectives
• L.A. Care Health PlanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP partners with L.A. Care Health Plan on value-based care and quality improvement initiatives
• Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP supports IEHP with quality improvement and practice transformation programs
• CALOPTIMAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP collaborates with CALOPTIMA on healthcare quality initiatives
• Cedars-Sinai Community BenefitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP partners with Cedars-Sinai Community Benefit on healthcare quality improvement initiatives
• Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP works with Rady Children's Hospital on healthcare quality and practice transformation
• Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP collaborates with PBGH on purchaser-focused healthcare quality initiatives
• California Quality Collaborative (CQC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP partners with CQC on quality improvement and practice transformation programs
• The Institute for High Quality Care (IHQC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP collaborates with IHQC on healthcare quality improvement initiatives
• Allied IPAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEHP provides quality improvement and practice transformation support to Allied IPA member practices

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• BDC Advisors: Healthcare strategy consulting firm focused on health systems, hospitals, and physician organizations. Comparable to EHP in advisory services for value-based care, strategic planning, and population health.
• ECG Management Consultants: Healthcare management consulting firm serving hospitals, health systems, and physician groups. Directly comparable to EHP in practice transformation, value-based care transition, and operational improvement for healthcare providers.
• Wakely Consulting Group: Healthcare actuarial and management consulting firm serving health plans, providers, and government agencies. Comparable to EHP in Medicaid and value-based contract consulting, especially for safety-net and government clients.
• Health Management Associates: Healthcare policy and management consulting firm serving state Medicaid agencies, health plans, and provider systems. Closely comparable to EHP in serving safety-net providers, working on CalAIM-style Medicaid transformation, and operating practice transformation engagements.
• COPE Health Solutions: Healthcare consulting and talent development firm serving safety-net providers, health plans, and CBOs. Closely comparable to EHP in workforce development, care management, and CalAIM-aligned transformation work in California.
• The Lewin Group: Healthcare and human services consulting firm delivering analysis, strategy, and implementation support to government agencies, health plans, and providers. Comparable to EHP in value-based care and quality improvement advisory work with government and safety-net clients.
• The Chartis Group: Healthcare consulting firm serving providers, payers, and health technology companies. Directly comparable to EHP in value-based care, clinical transformation, and quality improvement engagements.
• Freed Associates: Healthcare consulting firm specializing in strategy, operations, and technology for hospitals, health plans, and providers. Comparable to EHP in practice transformation and care management consulting for California healthcare organizations.

Broad incumbents

• Public Consulting Group: Large consulting firm serving state and local government agencies, including significant healthcare and Medicaid practice. Overlaps with EHP in Medicaid transformation, technical assistance, and quality improvement for public-sector clients.
• Mercer: Global consulting firm with a large healthcare practice advising health plans, providers, and employers. Comparable to EHP in value-based care advisory, but operates at much larger scale across many industries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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