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Freed Associates

Healthcare consulting for management, operations, IT

Healthcare Management Consultant

Full-Time
$158k - $235k/yr
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
California, USA
In Person
ConsultingStrategy & Management Consulting

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 8 years of management consulting experience.
  • At least 8 years of healthcare management experience.
  • Strong analytical skills, including the ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with strategic focus.
  • Ability to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with high quality.
  • Ability to work with a team or independently while providing highly specialized or technical expertise.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, consensus-building, storytelling, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience working comfortably at all levels of an organization.
  • A high degree of self-motivation, integrity, and versatility.
  • A Bachelor's degree.
Responsibilities
  • Conduct operational assessments across health plan administration, ambulatory and acute care, revenue cycle, project management offices, and information technology, and deliver findings and recommendations to client leadership.
  • Drive discovery and planning for facilities projects by working with stakeholders to conduct market analysis, develop business cases and hospital campus plans, manage moves, and develop demand and capacity models supporting enterprise facilities strategy and execution.
  • Develop a program management function to plan and execute activities helping an integrated managed care system comply with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology interoperability and patient access rules.
  • Assist a health plan in reimagining its pharmacy operating model for specialty drugs, transforming the prescription drug ecosystem, redefining the supply chain, and streamlining care delivery.
  • Drive a public sector initiative to improve patient access to health services by facilitating development of a strategy and roadmap to expand the certified nursing assistant and home- and community-based services workforce serving medically underserved and Medi-Cal populations.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives in Perioperative Services to support an academic medical center's surgical capacity and growth goals.
  • Support a national health plan's efforts to improve satisfaction among strategic hospital partners by assessing Accounts Receivable issues, identifying root causes, and providing recommendations for improvement.
Desired Qualifications
  • A Master's degree.
  • Project Management Professional certification.
  • Scaled Agile certification.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification.

About the company

Freed Associates is a California-based healthcare consulting firm with more than 26 years of direct healthcare experience. It works with health systems, health plans, large IPAs, and managed service organizations to tackle strategic and tactical initiatives in management, operations, and IT. The firm collaborates with clients in their own environment, applying specialized knowledge to address complex, critical projects and deliver lasting value. What sets Freed Associates apart is its exclusive focus on healthcare, long-standing industry expertise, and a people-centered culture that prioritizes work-life balance for consultants while building strong client relationships. Its goal is to help clients improve performance and outcomes by delivering practical, enduring improvements and by taking good care of its staff, which in turn benefits clients.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

1991

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What believers are saying

  • Freed's 2026 site pushes AI, analytics, and revenue cycle work into high-demand budgets.
  • Fortune recognition in August 2026 strengthens recruiting in a tight consulting labor market.
  • Succession was announced in 2025, reducing abrupt transition risk for 2026 clients.

What critics are saying

  • Dava Freed retires in June 2026, testing client retention during leadership transition.
  • Heavy dependence on California healthcare consulting exposes Freed to payer and provider budget cuts.
  • Modern Healthcare rankings invite larger firms to poach clients with broader scale and lower pricing.

What makes Freed Associates unique

  • Healthcare-only consulting gives Freed deep domain focus across operations, strategy, compliance, revenue cycle.
  • Fortune named Freed a 2026 Best Small Workplace, reinforcing employer brand.
  • Founder Dava Freed's 2026 succession to Allie Freed preserves family ownership and continuity.

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Freed Associates
Sep 30th, 2026
Freed Associates named to Fortune's Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional services(tm) list.

Freed Associates named to Fortune's Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional services(tm) list. September 30, 2026 This first-time recognition builds on firm's recent inclusion on Fortune's Best Small Workplaces(TM) list. The recognition follows Freed's recent inclusion on Fortune's 2026 Best Small Workplaces(TM) list and further reflects the firm's commitment to creating an exceptional employee experience. Both honors are based on confidential employee feedback and workplace culture assessments conducted by Great Place to Work. "For more than 35 years, our people have been the foundation of Freed's success," said Allie Freed, CEO of Freed Associates. "We've built a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning, and meaningful work because we believe engaged employees create better outcomes for clients, communities, and each other." The Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services list recognizes organizations that excel at creating a high-trust workplace culture where employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. The recognition reflects employee experiences across key measures including trust in leadership, fairness, camaraderie, pride, and opportunities for professional growth. About the Fortune Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services Great Place To Work selected the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by analyzing more than 1.3 million confidential employee surveys, representing the experience of more than 7.3 million workers in the U.S. in 2025 and 2026. Of those responses, over 125,000 came from employees at Great Place To Work Certified companies in the consulting and professional services industry, and this ranking is based on that feedback. Companies with 10 to 999 employees competed in the small and medium category. Companies with 1,000 or more employees were considered for the large category. Read the full methodology. About Great Place To Work As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work, a UKG company, brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and Great Place To Work Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified and receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces list. About Fortune Media Fortune is a global multi-platform media company built on a legacy of trusted, award-winning reporting and information for those who want to make business better. Independently owned, Fortune tells the stories of the world's biggest companies and their leaders as well as a new generation of innovators who are moving business forward. Digitally and in print, Fortune measures corporate performance through rigorous benchmarks, and holds companies accountable, in regions around the world. Its iconic rankings include Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, Most Powerful Women, and World's Most Admired Companies. Fortune builds world-class communities by convening industry thought leaders for exclusive summits and conferences, including the Fortune Global Forum, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, and Fortune Most Powerful Women. For more information, visit fortune.com.

Freed Associates
May 3rd, 2024
Fortune and Great Place to Work(R) name Freed Associates one of the 2022 Best Small Workplaces(TM), Ranking #95

Freed & Associates, Inc. is honored to be recognized by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work(R) as one of the 2022 Best Small Workplaces.

Freed Associates
Mar 17th, 2023
Freed Associates Names Tracy Golden as Chief Financial Officer | Freed Associates

Freed Associates, a certified woman-owned healthcare management consulting firm, is excited to welcome Tracy Golden, a financial leader with 30+ years of experience, as their new chief financial officer.

Freed Associates
Aug 8th, 2022
Freed Associates, Inc. recognized as top company to work for in the country

Earning a spot means that Freed Associates is a top company to work for in the country.