MDS Consulting & Finance is a health care planning, policy making and management firm that provides legal, operational performance improvement, facility design, business development, and competitive analysis and profiling services. Its clients include medical groups, individual physicians, health-related businesses, nonprofit health care systems, foundations, academic medical and surgical centers, and urban and rural hospitals. The company also serves various government organizations, including attorney generals offices and county health departments. Its services include staff recruitment, medical group formation, and strategic, business and facility planning. The company additionally conducts operational, service line need and feasibility studies. MDS Consulting & Finance is a part of Ridgecrest Healthcare Group, which was incorporated in 1986 and offers a range of value-added services to health care organizations.