Comprehensive pre-operational consulting for behavioral health founders — built around your goals, your timeline, and your community.
Important: All ADB Consulting Group services are provided exclusively during the pre-operational and pre-enrollment phase. Contracts terminate automatically upon client Medicaid or Medicare enrollment. Read Full Compliance Disclosure →
Our most comprehensive engagement — a full-scope pre-operational consulting package that takes a founder from vision to fully prepared agency. We cover everything needed before your doors open and before enrollment begins.
This is not a template package. Every engagement is built around your specific agency, your state's requirements, your services, and your community.
Inquire About This ServiceComprehensive review of your current documentation and policies against Joint Commission BHHS standards.
Revision and development of policies to meet BHHS chapter requirements.
Complete Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement plan and supporting infrastructure.
Staff education, documentation organization, and surveyor interaction coaching.
Guidance through the Joint Commission application and e-App submission process.
The Joint Commission Behavioral Health Home and Services accreditation is a mark of quality that sets agencies apart — but the preparation process is rigorous and requires deep standards knowledge.
ADB Consulting Group has guided agencies to successful Joint Commission survey outcomes. We know the standards, we know what surveyors look for, and we build your documentation to demonstrate compliance from the inside out.
Inquire About Accreditation PrepNavigating the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services licensure process requires precise documentation, an understanding of certification categories, and meticulous attention to application requirements.
We guide Ohio founders through every step — from determining the right certification type to preparing for the on-site review — so you arrive at every milestone ready.
Inquire About Licensure SupportSurveyable, professional-grade documentation built for real-world use — not just compliance theater.
Service-specific policy manuals for CPST/Case Management, TBS Individual, TBS Day Treatment, and other behavioral health service lines.
34-form master employee-facing document suite: handbooks, onboarding, orientation, job descriptions, disciplinary forms, and more.
Full client-facing forms including consent, intake assessments, rights & responsibilities, release of information, and treatment authorization forms.
Two-week new employee training programs, service-specific competency training, and EHR documentation guides (including ICANotes).
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement plans, committee structure, data tracking forms, and annual review documentation.
Service-specific progress note writing guides for CPST, TBS, and Day Treatment — built to meet billing and clinical documentation standards.
Decision-quality financial tools built for founders, lenders, and investors.
Scenario-based annual budgets across multiple census levels — showing founders exactly what revenue, expenses, and margin look like at different client volumes.
Service-line specific revenue forecasts using current Ohio Medicaid billing rates — broken down by service code, unit frequency, and client census.
Professional CMHC investor education packages, wealth blueprints, and income/expense/dividend analysis documents for founders raising capital.
Pay scale grids benchmarked to NE Ohio and state market rates — modeling full staffing costs at various census and growth phases.
For founders with eyes beyond Ohio — rigorous state-specific analysis and expansion strategy.
Deep-dive regulatory analysis for target expansion states — licensure, accreditation requirements, reimbursement structures, and market landscape.
Comprehensive CMHC comparison reports spanning all 50 states — for founders evaluating the most favorable markets for expansion.
Investor education documents tailored to specific state markets — including Maryland, California, Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia.