Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and community health centers are navigating tighter margins, shifting federal funding, and growing compliance demands, often without the internal capacity to manage it all. What these organizations need isn’t more vendors. It’s a strategic partner with deep roots in community health and the range to address every challenge they face.

That’s the foundation of VMG Health’s FQHC & Community Health Optimization Practice, where Community Link Consulting and Burrows Consulting now operate as one team. Two firms with complementary strengths, decades of FQHC experience, and a shared commitment to the health centers and communities they serve.

The Problem with Fragmented Consulting Support

FQHCs don’t operate in silos, and their consulting support shouldn’t either. A grant funding challenge connects directly to financial sustainability. A compliance gap affects reimbursement. Workforce shortages shape operational capacity. But for years, health centers have had to piece together guidance from multiple vendors, none of whom see the full picture.

The result is advice that’s technically accurate but strategically disconnected.

What FQHCs and community health centers need is expertise that spans the entire organization, with advisors who can connect the dots.

Two Firms. One Practice. Decades of FQHC Expertise.

Community Link Consulting and Burrows Consulting each bring a distinct and deeply complementary specialization to VMG Health’s community health center practice.

Community Link Consulting

Founded in 1999, Community Link Consulting has spent more than 25 years as one of the most established FQHC consulting firms in the country, now serving over 190 clients nationwide. The CLC team brings hands-on experience in the operational and financial fundamentals that keep health centers running:

  • Revenue cycle and billing
  • Financial management and reporting
  • FQHC compliance and HRSA site visit preparation
  • Strategic planning and board governance
  • Interim and fractional leadership (CFO, COO, Controller)

Community Link Consulting has built its reputation by working alongside health center leaders, not advising from a distance. That approach carries forward within VMG Health.

Burrows Consulting

Burrows Consulting brings a funding-forward lens that directly addresses one of the most persistent challenges FQHCs face: securing the resources to grow and sustain their mission. With 19 years of FQHC experience, they’ve secured more than $600 million in grant awards across more than 930 proposals, a track record that reflects both their expertise and their commitment to community health.

Their work spans:

  • Grant writing and health center applications (NAP, SAC, and beyond)
  • 340B Drug Pricing Program consulting
  • Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement strategy
  • FQHC Look-Alike designation and expansion

Combined, the two teams have created 28 Look-Alike systems with 400 service delivery sites and currently support over 85 Look-Alikes. That’s not just a portfolio stat. It’s a reflection of the depth of VMG Health’s investment in the community health center model.

Built for Every Stage of Your Journey

Health centers that work with our team at VMG Health gain something that has historically been hard to find: coordinated expertise across the full scope of organizational needs, delivered by advisors who understand the unique pressures of the FQHC environment.

Instead of managing multiple consulting relationships, you have one aligned team that can move between funding strategy, operational improvement, compliance readiness, and leadership support, without losing continuity or context.

VMG Health’s additional resources also expand what’s possible. From valuation and transaction advisory to advanced analytics and broader health system consulting, clients gain access to capabilities that weren’t previously available through either firm independently.

A Shared Commitment to Community Health

Community Link Consulting and Burrows Consulting were each built on the same belief: Health centers deserve the same quality of expert support as any large health system, at a cost that reflects the mission-driven work they do. That shared foundation is a big part of why joining forces within VMG Health made sense.

Together, we bring more depth, more reach, and more integrated expertise than either firm could offer independently, serving health centers at every stage of growth and facing challenges of every kind.

Community-based health centers deserve adequate funding, high-quality resources, and a full-service strategic partner built for every stage of the journey. Through VMG Health’s FQHC & Community Health Optimization Practice, that’s exactly what we’re here to provide.

Access to quality healthcare belongs to every community. Connect with our team to learn how VMG Health supports FQHCs and community-based healthcare organizations across strategy, funding, operations, compliance, and growth.