HC2 Strategies

What HC2 Strategies does

HC2 Strategies, Inc. is a privately held, mission-driven community health consulting firm incorporated in California in 2019 and headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga. The firm is co-founded by Dora Barilla, DrPH (President) and Rick Rawson, MBA (Chief Strategist, currently President of Adventist Health and Rideout) and operates as an interdisciplinary collective of senior practitioners drawn from health systems, public health, local and state government, and the nonprofit sector.

The company's core offerings are professional services, not technology products. These include strategy services (community health needs assessments, strategic planning, governance development), innovation and community engagement (financing models, PACE program support, service-line development), leadership development and executive coaching, public speaking and thought leadership, and a specialized CalAIM Coordinator Services line supporting California Medi-Cal transformation. The firm has no proprietary software platform, API, or AI/ML capability; its underlying "technology" is a codified Connected Communities of Care methodology backed by a partner ecosystem.

HC2 generates revenue through project-based consulting fees, executive coaching engagements, training programs (e.g., the CalAIM Academy delivered with HASC), and keynote/speaking fees. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, targeting executive leaders at health systems, hospitals, public health agencies, and community-based organizations across more than 40 U.S. states. Named enterprise clients include Adventist Health, Henry Ford Health, Providence, Kettering Health, and Vituity; strategic partners include Communities Lifting Communities (HASC), Health Begins, Stakeholder Health, Community Solutions, and the California Health Care Foundation. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement.

Name

HC2 Strategies

Legal name

HC2 Strategies, Inc.

Website

https://hc2strategies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HC2 Strategies is a California-based community health consulting firm founded in 2019 that advises health systems, public health agencies, and community-based organizations on population health strategy, Medicaid transformation, and cross-sector integration across more than 40 U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD), Health Systems Strengthening & Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnerships (HLAJAOAL)

Keywords

• Community health consulting
• Population health strategy
• Healthcare transformation services
• Executive coaching healthcare
• Medicaid transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Rancho Cucamonga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements for community health needs assessment, strategic planning, model implementation, and organizational transformation. Revenue generated through project-based consulting fees.
2. Leadership Development & Coaching: Executive coaching and leadership development programs for individual leaders, boards, and teams. Revenue generated through coaching engagements and training programs.
3. Public Speaking & Thought Leadership: Keynote presentations and workshops on community development, health equity, and social impact topics. Revenue generated through speaking fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HC2 Strategies is a community health consulting firm that sells project-based advisory services to healthcare and community-sector organizations. Its offerings include community health needs assessments, strategic planning, community health implementation support, leadership development and executive coaching, innovation and community engagement services (including PACE and CalAIM coordination), and public speaking. The company delivers these services through direct consulting engagements, workshops, training programs, and ongoing coaching relationships nationwide.

Product overview

HC2 Strategies is a mission-driven community health consulting company offering an integrated portfolio of advisory services. The core offerings include Strategy Services (community health needs assessments, strategic planning, process design), Innovation & Community Engagement (health financing models, PACE programs, service-line development), Leadership Development and Executive Coaching, and Public Speaking & Thought Leadership. The company also provides specialized CalAIM Coordinator Services to support Medicaid transformation initiatives in California. These services work together as a holistic transformation approach, combining strategic consulting, capacity building, and thought leadership to help health systems and communities advance equitable, mission-driven systems of care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Services Comprehensive strategic consulting services for healthcare and community-sector clients, including Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) methodology and tools, community health implementation strategies, discovery and mission-driven strategic planning, governance development and education, process design and reengineering, and community and population health strategies.
• Innovation & Community Engagement Services focused on innovative community health financing models, community experience design and health transformation, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and service-line development and implementation strategies for healthcare and community organizations.
• Leadership Development and Executive Coaching Executive coaching and leadership development services for individual leaders, boards, and teams focused on transformational change, delivered by HC2's senior leaders including a Chief Strategist who serves as President of Adventist Health and Rideout.
• Public Speaking & Thought Leadership Keynotes and workshops covering community development, health equity, and social impact topics, delivered by HC2 co-founders Dora Barilla and Rick Rawson and other senior leaders for conferences, associations, and client events.
• Community Health Engagement Services Collaborative learning and facilitation services, model and framework co-design and implementation (including the Connected Communities of Care approach), and transformational capacity and capability building for communities and health organizations.
• CalAIM Coordinator Services Consulting support for CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal) coordination, including building cross-sector partnerships, case conferencing, asset mapping, and implementation support for Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports services. Documented outcomes include a 97% increase in CalAIM enrollment in Kings and Tulare counties within 7 months and a 16% increase in ECM utilization from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% increase in CalAIM enrollment in Kings and Tulare counties within 7 months of coordinator role implementation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Communities Lifting Communities (Hospital Association of Southern California)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHC2 Strategies was a founding partner of Communities Lifting Communities, the Hospital Association of Southern California's community improvement initiative working to advance significant systems change through a collective impact model.
• CredibleMindminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner in mental health and wellness integration platform.
• Health BeginscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner focused on social determinants of health and upstream medicine approaches to community health transformation.
• Impact4HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization working on health promotion and chronic disease prevention partnerships.
• MindshareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal behavior change communications organization partnering on health promotion initiatives.
• Stakeholder HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLearning collaborative of health systems working to improve community health through innovative approaches and collective learning.
• Wise HealthcareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare consulting partner focused on sustainable healthcare solutions.
• Partners for Prevention (PBH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth prevention and wellness organization partnership.
• California Health Care FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded the development of the toolkit for Conducting a Needs and Assets Assessment for Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness in partnership with Community Solutions and HC2 Strategies.
• Community SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational nonprofit partner on Built for Zero and healthcare-homelessness initiatives. Collaborated with HC2 Strategies on the Healthcare and Homelessness Pilot and toolkit development.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHC2 Strategies team members have backgrounds at IHI, including co-developers of the Triple Aim framework. Ongoing collaboration on population health and well-being initiatives.
• Kings/Tulare Homeless AlliancecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContinuum of Care organization hosting the CalAIM coordinator role. Partnership with Medi-Cal managed care plans Anthem Blue Cross and Health Net/CalViva to implement coordination services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• HealthBegins: Consulting and training organization focused on social determinants of health and upstream medicine. Listed as a strategic partner of HC2, with directly overlapping methodology around community health transformation and equity-centered design.
• Manatt Health: Healthcare strategy and policy consulting practice with deep Medicaid and population health expertise. Comparable to HC2 in serving health systems and states on transformation initiatives, but with a far larger team and broader service portfolio.
• Health Management Associates (HMA): Large national healthcare consulting firm specializing in Medicaid, behavioral health, and public health system transformation. Most directly comparable peer given its focus on state Medicaid waivers, managed long-term care, and community-based service delivery models — the same domain HC2's CalAIM work targets.
• Avalere Health: Healthcare strategy and policy advisory firm serving providers, payers, and life sciences companies. Comparable to HC2 in delivering strategic advisory on population health and value-based care, but at significantly larger scale and with data/analytics capabilities HC2 lacks.

Emerging players

• Health Leads: National health equity organization focused on social needs screening and referral infrastructure. Operates in adjacent community health territory with comparable mission and customer base (health systems serving vulnerable populations).
• Community Solutions: National nonprofit running the Built for Zero initiative on homelessness. Core partner of HC2; co-developed the healthcare and homelessness toolkit funded by CHCF. Operates in adjacent space rather than direct competition.
• Camden Coalition: National nonprofit focused on complex care and social needs integration. HC2's Chief Integration Officer Lauran Hardin came from Camden Coalition's National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, and the two organizations operate in overlapping community health transformation territory.
• Stakeholder Health: Learning collaborative of health systems working on community health and equity. Listed as a core strategic partner of HC2; comparable as a similarly-sized mission-driven organization in the same ecosystem rather than as a competitor.

Broad incumbents

• The Lewin Group: Healthcare policy and consulting firm with deep Medicaid and public health practice. Comparable to HC2 in addressing state Medicaid transformation but with much larger scale, proprietary data assets, and broader federal contracting footprint.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Pioneering healthcare quality improvement organization where HC2 CTO Niñon Lewis was previously VP. IHI operates at a much broader scope (global QI, patient safety, Triple Aim) but shares the population health and equity agenda HC2 pursues.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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