FQHC Associates

What FQHC Associates does

FQHC Associates is a Gainesville, Florida-based healthcare consulting firm founded in 2014 that exclusively serves Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), FQHC look-alikes, Primary Care Associations, and Health Center Controlled Networks. The firm operates six practice areas: Program Development, Revenue Cycle, Fiscal/Operational/IT, Compliance, Marketing/Communications, and PCA/HCCN Services, with work spanning HRSA 330 grant applications, scope-of-project expansions, sliding-fee program design, and operational turnaround.

Its product surface combines traditional advisory services with two technology-adjacent assets: the FQHC Connect online community platform, launched in January 2021 in partnership with Compliatric as a peer network for FQHC executives, and a portfolio of packaged toolkits such as the FQHC Digital Accessibility Toolkit. The community is layered with co-marketing partnerships (ChartSpan for chronic care management, Vaxx-A-Nation for vaccination outreach) that extend the firm's distribution reach without direct headcount cost.

The business model is professional services: fee-based consulting engagements billed to individual health centers, supplemented by community sponsorships and productized content/toolkit sales. The firm employs 1-10 people and serves a distributed base of more than ten named health centers across at least seven states, with no enterprise anchor contracts disclosed. Leadership is identified as Steve Weinman (Principal) and John Ruiz (Founder/CEO), with deep operating backgrounds in FQHC programs.

Name

FQHC Associates

Legal name

FQHC Associates

Website

https://fqhc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FQHC Associates is a Gainesville, Florida healthcare consulting firm founded in 2014 that advises Federally Qualified Health Centers on program development, revenue cycle, compliance, and operations, and operates the FQHC Connect executive community platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Consulting

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health Centers (FQHCs & Look-Alikes) (HLAFAGAB)

Keywords

• Healthcare consulting services
• FQHC regulatory compliance
• Revenue cycle management
• 340B program management
• HRSA site visit preparation

Headquarters

HQ city

Gainesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Consulting Services: FQHC Associates charges fees for consulting services provided to health centers and healthcare organizations. The company explicitly states 'FQHC Associates is a private consulting firm and we do charge for our services.' Services span program development, revenue cycle management, compliance, and marketing support.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FQHC Associates is a private healthcare consulting firm that sells advisory and implementation services to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Look-Alikes, Primary Care Associations, hospital systems, behavioral health centers, and related organizations. Service offerings span program development and strategy, revenue cycle enhancement, fiscal/operational and IT services, regulatory compliance (HRSA, 340B), marketing/communications, and Primary Care Association support, delivered by consultants with decades of FQHC-specific experience. The firm also sponsors FQHC Connect, a free online community, and publishes free toolkits such as the FQHC Digital Accessibility Toolkit.

Product overview

FQHC Associates is a healthcare consulting firm offering advisory and consulting services across six core practice areas: Program Development and Strategy, Revenue Cycle Enhancement, Fiscal/Operational and IT Services, Compliance, Marketing and Communications, and Primary Care Association Services. The firm also sponsors FQHC Connect, a free private online community for FQHC professionals providing exclusive content and peer networking. The company's consulting portfolio covers services such as FQHC/Look-Alike development, 340B pharmacy compliance, HRSA site visit preparation, grant writing, billing and coding optimization, strategic planning, and marketing/communications for health centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FQHC Connect: A free, private online community for FQHC professionals offering exclusive content, webinars, mastermind groups, and peer networking opportunities.

Products and services

• Program Development and Strategy Services
• Revenue Cycle Enhancement Services
• Fiscal, Operational and IT Services
• Compliance Services
• Marketing and Communications Services
• Primary Care Association Services
• FQHC Connect Community

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped health centers prepare for and pass HRSA Operational Site Visits
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CompliatriccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompliatric partnered with FQHC Associates to build FQHC Connect, a free private online community for FQHC professionals. This strategic partnership enables knowledge sharing and peer support among health center professionals while supporting the consulting firm's market presence.
• ChartSpanminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChartSpan, a provider of Chronic Care Management programs and value-based care solutions, sponsors the FQHC Connect community. ChartSpan provides CCM solutions specifically designed for FQHCs and RHCs, and co-hosts educational webinars with FQHC Associates.
• Vaxx-A-NationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVaxx-A-Nation, developer of event management software specifically for health centers, sponsors FQHC Connect community webinars. Their software helps health centers manage vaccination events, testing, and community outreach activities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Chartis Group: Large healthcare advisory firm serving providers, payers, and health systems with strategy, operations, and transformation consulting — overlaps with FQHC Associates on strategy and operations but at a much broader scale.
• ECG Management Consultants: Healthcare-focused consulting firm delivering strategic, financial, and operational advisory to hospitals and physician groups — competes for similar clients but with a much wider service portfolio and larger bench.
• FORVIS (formerly BKD healthcare consulting): Top-tier professional services firm with a dedicated healthcare consulting practice serving FQHCs, Critical Access Hospitals, and community health centers — competes for the same revenue-cycle, compliance, and operational engagements.

Direct peers

• Stratis Health: Independent nonprofit that consults with rural and community providers, including FQHCs, on quality improvement, compliance, and population health — comparable in mission and target customer to FQHC Associates.
• Health Management Associates (HMA): National healthcare consulting firm that advises state agencies, health systems, and community-based providers on Medicaid, behavioral health, and program operations — directly comparable to FQHC Associates' work with PCAs, health departments, and FQHCs.
• Capital Link: Nonprofit consulting and capital services organization focused exclusively on FQHCs and Look-Alikes, offering strategic planning, growth, and financial advisory services — directly overlapping FQHC Associates' core practice areas.
• Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC): Nonprofit that provides consulting, financing, and advocacy for primary care providers including FQHCs. Closely matches FQHC Associates' program development and revenue-cycle enhancement work in the safety-net segment.

Others

• Compliatric: Partner of FQHC Associates that co-built the FQHC Connect community and provides compliance management software to health centers — comparable ecosystem player rather than direct competitor.
• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC): National advocacy and training association for FQHCs and PCAs; not a commercial competitor but shapes demand for FQHC consulting through training programs, policy, and UDS reporting resources.

Regional players

• Centene Corporation (health center strategy team): Large managed-care organization that partners with and provides advisory support to FQHCs on value-based care and managed care contracting — adjacent competitor in the revenue-cycle and managed-care contracting slice of FQHC Associates' portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fqhcassociates

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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