Operations & workforce
Staffing processes, leadership routines, admissions, referrals, and coordination across locations.
Explore this areaMDF Healthcare Advisory
Healthcare strategy and operations, grounded in how care gets delivered.
MDF Healthcare Advisory works with healthcare owners and leaders on operating problems, business and service development, and organizational change—from an independent review through planning and implementation support.
Based in Florida. Projects in Florida, throughout the United States, and internationally.
Areas of work
A specific problem. Useful work.
A project may address one question or connect several areas. We agree on the problem, the work, and the deliverables first.
Growth & service development
Review a healthcare business idea, assess feasibility, develop the operating plan, or get help carrying the work through launch.
Explore this areaSafety & organizational readiness
Staff safety culture, emergency preparedness, continuity, and improvement planning.
Explore this areaResearch & decision support
Evidence reviews, evaluating alternatives, and recommendations leaders can discuss and use.
Explore this areaWhere to begin
What are you trying to solve?
You do not need to arrive with a finished project plan. An initial conversation can help define the question.
A process that keeps breaking down
Admissions, referrals, staffing, unclear ownership, or coordination between teams.
A business idea that needs a closer look
A new practice, service, location, operating model, or growth opportunity.
A requirement or risk that calls for preparation
Emergency readiness, continuity, staff safety culture, or follow-through on findings.
A decision with too many unknowns
Research, a comparison of options, and a clear account of assumptions and next steps.
Current examples
A few projects we can scope.
These are concrete examples within a broader practice. The work follows the organization, the question, and the requirements that apply.
An idea, a service, or a new location
Healthcare Business Concept & Launch Advisory
Have a healthcare business idea or a service you want to expand? We can help you assess the concept, develop the operating plan, and carry the work through launch.
Choose a standalone Concept Review, a Feasibility & Operating Plan, or Launch & Implementation Support. Each level can be engaged independently.
Florida nursing homes
Nursing Home Patient Safety Culture Survey
Support for AHCA Form 3130-8021: planning, administration support, analysis, and improvement actions. Data access, privacy, and small-group reporting limits are agreed before collection.
The first nursing-home reporting window is June 1–August 31, 2027. We can review an existing approach or support the project; state data preparation and submission are included only when agreed in the scope.
Preparedness for your setting
Emergency preparedness
Plan reviews, planning support, tabletop exercises, and continuity work for skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, rural health clinics, FQHCs, physician practices, and other healthcare organizations.
Review what exists, develop the agreed materials, or support implementation. Provider type and local requirements determine the scope.
The AHCA reporting offer applies to Florida. Projects in other markets require their own assessment of the instrument, requirements, and scope.
Principal-led advisory
Malcolm D. Freeman
MBA · MSOT · JD
Relevant experience
Experience from inside the operation.
Malcolm leads MDF’s engagements. His background includes occupational therapy, rehabilitation leadership, and nursing-home administration, alongside an MBA in International Business.
That experience brings context to staffing, budgets, admissions, quality, and the work of implementing change.
Meet Malcolm and explore his experienceWays to engage MDF
From an independent review to implementation.
A review can be the entire project. If more support is useful, later work can be scoped in stages. Scope and fees are agreed in writing.
Review
Assess an existing approach or defined problem and recommend next steps.
Develop
Prepare the agreed plan, process, or materials with input from your team.
Implement
Help the team put agreed work into practice and review progress.
Organizations and markets
The setting shapes the work.
From a practice or rehabilitation service to an organization with several locations. Scope follows your operating environment, location, and resources.
Physician practices and groups · Rehabilitation · Skilled nursing and post-acute · Home health · Hospitals and health systems · Other healthcare organizations
Based in Florida, projects can be scoped for organizations in Florida, throughout the United States, and internationally. Local expertise is agreed for each engagement.
Discuss your organizationStart a conversation
Tell us what you need to work through.
Share your organization’s setting, location, priority, and timing. We’ll discuss fit and a useful next step.
Discuss a project