Behavioral Health Data Project

What Behavioral Health Data Project does

Behavioral Health Data Project (BHDP) is a Sacramento, California-based consulting firm founded in 2022 that provides evaluation, data consulting, and communication services to behavioral health organizations. Its practice is built around three service lines: program and systems evaluation using qualitative and quantitative methods; data consulting covering collection, management, analysis, and compliance with state and federal requirements; and data communication through reports, presentations, dashboards, infographics, and stakeholder engagement. The firm offers differentiated capabilities in health economics, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, return-on-investment, and marginal analyses, as well as behavioral health evaluation forensics such as process-vs-outcome, formative-vs-summative, and program-vs-systems evaluation.

The underlying technology is essentially methodological rather than software-based: BHDP works with clients' existing data systems and applies tailored analytical frameworks rather than deploying a proprietary platform. There are no branded software products, SaaS modules, APIs, or AI/ML components. The firm is led by founder and owner Samantha Spangler, PhD, supported by a small team that includes a second PhD with master's specialization in healthcare quality management and health economics, an analyst, and a senior analyst — a credentialed configuration that supports technical evaluation and health economics engagements.

BHDP generates revenue exclusively through professional-services consulting engagements under a sales-led, quote-based motion, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Geographically, the firm is concentration California-focused, with particular depth in California-specific regulatory regimes such as CalAIM, DHCS requirements, and the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, and has no disclosed funding, M&A, or institutional investment.

Name

Behavioral Health Data Project

Legal name

Behavioral Health Data Project

Website

https://behavioral-health-data.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Behavioral Health Data Project is a Sacramento-based consulting firm that provides evaluation, data consulting, and communication services to behavioral health organizations, with specialized expertise in California regulatory requirements and health economics analysis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Health Consulting

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Risk & Health Survey Surveillance (HLAJANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Health & Substance Use Public Health Programs (BPAIAJAK)

Keywords

• Behavioral health consulting
• Health economics analysis
• Program evaluation services
• Data consulting services
• Behavioral health evaluation

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: The company generates revenue through consulting engagements with behavioral health organizations. Services include evaluation, data consulting, and communication support. Each service is tailored to meet the unique needs of the organization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Behavioral Health Data Project is a California-based consulting firm that provides behavioral health organizations with three core consulting service lines: Evaluation (program and systems evaluations using qualitative and quantitative data), Data Consulting (policies, procedures, data collection/management/analysis and state/federal regulatory compliance), and Communication (reports, presentations, dashboards, infographics, and stakeholder engagement). The firm supplements these with Health Economics analysis (cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, ROI, marginal analysis) and specialized evaluation of behavioral health programs.

Product overview

Behavioral Health Data Project is a consulting firm offering professional services rather than a software product platform. The company's offerings consist of three interconnected consulting service lines: Evaluation (program and systems evaluations using qualitative and quantitative data), Data Consulting (policies, procedures, data collection, system management, analysis, and compliance), and Communication (reports, grant applications, presentations, infographics, dashboards, and stakeholder engagement). These services are delivered through a flexible, tailored approach and are supported by specialized capabilities in Health Economics and Behavioral Health Evaluation. There are no distinct branded software products, modules, or named offerings — the company operates exclusively as a consulting practice serving behavioral health organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Behavioral Health Evaluation Practical program and systems evaluations using qualitative and quantitative data to identify key outcomes and areas for improvement for behavioral health organizations; applies approaches including process vs. outcome evaluation, formative vs. summative evaluation, and program vs. systems evaluation.
• Data Consulting Support for behavioral health organizations in developing and implementing policies and procedures for data collection, entry, analysis, and decision-making, with a focus on compliance with state and federal data requirements.
• Health Economics Analysis Economic evaluations including cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, cost-benefit analysis, return on investment, marginal analysis, and economic modeling for behavioral health programs and services.
• Data Communication Services Support for behavioral health organizations in effectively communicating data through reports, presentations, dashboards, infographics, and stakeholder engagement events.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CIBHS (Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Solutions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIBHS is shown as a partner logo on the Behavioral Health Data Project website. CIBHS provides training, technical assistance, and research/evaluation services for behavioral health organizations.
• Strengths ModelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the BHDP website. The Strengths Model is a recovery-oriented approach to case management.
• Koru Financial TherapyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner logo shown on BHDP website. Koru Financial Therapy provides financial therapy services.
• Nicely Made StudiominorOthersListed as a partner and credited for branding and website development on the footer of the BHDP website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Wakely Consulting Group: Healthcare actuarial and consulting firm with strong health economics and value-based care practice, serving health plans and state agencies — directly competes for cost-effectiveness and ROI work.
• RAND Corporation: RAND Health conducts program evaluation and health economics research for public agencies, including behavioral health, often competing for the same California state-level engagements.
• The Lewin Group: Healthcare policy consulting and research firm providing program evaluation, actuarial analysis, and health economics services to public agencies — comparable evaluation capability at much larger scale.
• Mathematica: Large independent research and evaluation firm with extensive work in behavioral health program evaluation and health economics — competes for the same state and federal evaluation RFPs at greater scale.
• Health Management Associates (HMA): National healthcare consulting firm with deep Medicaid and behavioral health practice, advising state agencies on CalAIM implementation — a broad incumbent competing in adjacent services.
• Manatt Health: Healthcare consulting and legal advisory practice serving states, plans, and providers on Medicaid and behavioral health policy, including CalAIM strategy — directly comparable at the strategy/policy layer.
• NORC at the University of Chicago: Independent research organization with health services research and behavioral health evaluation practices, often serving HHS and state agencies — comparable large-scale evaluation peer.

Direct peers

• Harbage Consulting: California-based health policy and behavioral health consulting firm that supports state and county agencies on Medi-Cal, CalAIM, and behavioral health transformation — a directly comparable niche consulting peer.
• CIBHS (Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Solutions): BHDP's core strategic partner. CIBHS provides training, technical assistance, and research/evaluation services to behavioral health organizations, with deep focus on California — the closest functional peer in the market.

Others

• AcademyHealth: Professional society for health services research. Not a direct competitor but the convening body for the same evaluator community that BHDP operates in, and a channel for visibility and partnerships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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