Capital & funding
$50M
Federal grant submission
Moffitt, Speros & regional partners
Our role
Drafted submission and coordinated grant strategy, timelines, and deliverables across partners to support leadership’s pursuit of funding.
Simplify your roadmap.
01 / 03
Where do we start?
One priority.
One shared direction.
- Operations
- Finance
- Clinical
Improve patient access across sites
A defined scope your team can act on.
02 / 03
Does the case hold up?
Will it be sustainable?
- Demand
- Capacity
- Cost
Compare options. Test assumptions.
A business case to guide the decision.
03 / 03
OWNERSHIP
Who does what next?
- Workstreams
- Owners
- Milestones
An execution playbook for the team
A clear next step for each owner.
- $100M+
- Built for healthcare system leaders
- 4–6 weeks
- A focused first engagement
- From $25k
- Representative Roadmap fees
Trusted by mission-driven healthcare leaders
Where we help
The opportunities that will define your future don't care about your org chart.
When a key priority depends on several teams, it needs shared ownership, focused capacity, and real accountability to follow through. That’s where we come in.
Choose an area to explore
Patient access & admissions
Make access work
across the system.
Connect referral pathways, admissions, and site operations so your teams can act on the same priorities.
Bring the right teams into the work
ReferralsAdmissionsSite operations
One access planShared ownership. Agreed measures.
Case studies
Results achieved
alongside client teams.
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Patient access
42%
over
15 months
Admissions growth
Mental Health Cooperative · Tennessee
Our role
Connected market strategy, outreach, referral development, and intake conversion, supported by shared dashboards and clear ownership.
Care delivery
Client annual revenue
$200M
Model-of-care redesign
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Our role
Framed the Lifelong Recovery model, co-designed team handoffs, coordinated a research pilot, and established operating routines.
Economic value
7× ROI
Median financial return on investment
New revenue plus cost savings relative to engagement fees.
2024–2026
Source
- Calculation
- (Estimated new revenue + estimated cost savings) ÷ Arden Clark fees.
- Median
- The middle value across the engagement-level multiples.
- Sample & period
- Arden Clark engagements, 2024–2026. The engagement count is not available.
- Basis
- Internal estimates of new revenue and cost savings. This measure does not represent realized profit.
Client perspective
“We were stuck, and then we weren’t. I think it’s that simple. Thanks for getting us moving.”
How our process works
Not just clarity, but the confidence to see it through.
Your starting point
Know exactly what to do next.
4–6 weeks
Turn the initiative into a clear strategy, business case, and execution plan.
What you leave with
A shared direction
Strategy, scope, and leadership alignment.
A business case
An economic model and its assumptions.
A plan to act on
An execution blueprint and milestones.
Put it into practice
Put the plan to work.
8–12 weeks
Set up the responsibilities, workflows, and reporting that make the plan operational.
What you put in place
Clear ownership
Governance, responsibilities, and decision cadence.
Visible progress
Dashboards, KPIs, and reporting.
Working routines
Workflows, playbooks, SOPs, and working sessions.
Keep things moving
Help your team take over.
6–12 months
Review performance, resolve issues, and improve over time as internal owners take the lead.
Keep the work working
Regular course corrections
Review performance data, iteration, and optimization.
A way to resolve issues
Escalation and resolution as the work progresses.
Knowledge that stays
Transfer leadership and assets to the people who will own the work.
PHASE I
What to expect getting started.
Core deliverables
Initiative blueprint
The outcome, scope, and priorities. Clear boundaries for what the work includes.
Economic model
Integrate costs, estimated returns, and alternative scenarios, with explicit assumptions.
Leadership package
Pitch deck and supporting materials for the initiative and decisions leaders need to make.
Execution Playbooks
Workstreams, accountable owners, and measurable milestones for delivery.
Who’s in your corner
Senior capacity.
Built around your team.
A purposefully small team with senior reach.
Arden Clark embeds principals with deep experience, supported as needed by experts and specialists.
No big company overhead. No handoff to junior staff learning on your dime.
Just decades upon decades of experience growing and improving behavioral health and SUD treatment organizations.
Troy GroenkeCEO, Arden Clark
Email TroyA strong fit when…
- You are a leader in a $100M+ healthcare system.Your work spans sites, departments, or P&Ls.
- The initiative has an executive sponsor and buy-in.And needs shared progress across teams.
- Senior execution capacity would help you move faster.A right-hand partner who helps design the program and run it.
Early-stage startups and single-site practices are generally not a good fit.
Work through the fit with usDo we need to commit to every phase?
No. Start with the Roadmap. Build and Run are separate decisions, based on the economic case and executive sponsorship.
Watch this partHow do you work with our internal teams?
We work alongside your leaders, keep a small external footprint, and use your tools wherever possible. Knowledge transfer is part of Run, so internal owners can carry the work forward.
Watch this partHow will we measure progress?
We define a small set of access, throughput, and economic measures with your finance and operations teams, then review them as the work progresses.
What about confidentiality?
We work within your privacy, security, and compliance frameworks. Patient-identifiable data is only accessed when explicitly required and approved. Please keep patient information out of your initial inquiry.
How is engagement risk managed?
We define the scope and milestones for each phase, then assess progress together before deciding what follows. We do not guarantee financial results.
What happens in the working session?
We spend 45 minutes on your initiative, what is getting in the way, and whether a Roadmap is a useful next step. You do not need to select a fee level or commit to an engagement beforehand.
Watch this partStarting is easy
Talk it through.
45 minutes with the right partner or principal to work through what you’re trying to accomplish, what’s getting in the way, and what the right next step looks like.
Request a working sessionMeet the principals
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Troy
CEO and finance principal
MBA
Scott
Growth, access, and ops
Master’s, Health Care Management
Kate
Tech and AI
MBA
Amy, FAHP, CFRE
Major gift fundraising & capital campaigns
Monica
People ops and org transformation
Experience at
Dave
Turnarounds and interim leadership (fractional CEO, COO)
- 01Start with the outcome you need.
- 02Identify what is holding it up.
- 03Plan, build, run.
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