Mevlude “Mev” Markashi, RN, BSN, CHFP, is a health care industry expert and clinical operations consultant for Markashi Home Health Consulting, LLC. Ms. Markashi celebrates nearly 25 years of success in the health care sector as a nurse and administrator, and she brings her diverse expertise to her role as a consultant. Markashi Home Health Consulting LLC offers clients a broad spectrum of services extending to compliance monitoring and oversight and comprehensive transition management support, including interim leadership staffing. Ms. Markashi’s focus as a consultant is on helping clients streamline processes and reevaluate their resources in order to better meet their goals, improve outcomes and boost client satisfaction.
Ms. Markashi holds an Associate of Applied Science in nursing from the College of Staten Island and earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing with a minor in psychology at Lehman College in 1999. She is a registered nurse in both New York and New Jersey and has continued to pursue additional professional credentials and professional development opportunities throughout her career, including specialized credentials for health care finance professionals and certified specialist business intelligence. She began her nursing career as a medical-oncology registered nurse at St. John’s Riverside Hospital and a member of the Staten Island University Hospital float team before moving into pharmaceutical sales for AstraZeneca in 2001. After three years with AstraZeneca, Ms. Markashi returned to nursing as an administrator, and in 2008, she accepted a position as the director of clinical operations for the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island.
During this time, Ms. Markashi continued to hone her expertise as an administrator. Between 2010 and 2012, she served as the regional director of patient services for Premier Home Health Care Services, Inc., rising to become regional vice president of operations in 2013. Ms. Markashi was named director of clinical eligibility and intake enrollment for Senior Health Partners, Inc. in 2014, and in 2015, she moved on to freelance consulting. Over the next two years, Ms. Markashi began to develop a reputation for professional excellence in high-profile circumstances. She launched Markashi Home Health Consulting in 2021 as a way to bring her consulting acumen to a broader range of clients across the country, and she continues to operate the company while providing consulting services with her signature client focus and in-depth personalization.
Ms. Markashi is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and is active in numerous professional organizations in order to stay at the leading edge of her field. Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her outstanding achievement and commitment to her work, including accolades for her team leadership and product education skills during her time with AstraZeneca. Ms. Markashi was featured in The National Digest as a leader in home health care, and she has been an in-demand speaker and professional development coach for companies throughout the sector, including a presentation for a notable New Jersey-based home care accreditation company, Commission on Accreditation for Home Care.
Outside her work in health care consulting, Ms. Markashi is extremely active in various community and humanitarian efforts, working as a refugee advocate and translator for Catholic Charities of New York and a volunteer for the New York City Medical Reserve Corps. Additionally, she is a longtime supporter of the American Red Cross and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Ms. Markashi credits her success to her attention to detail and adaptability, and she is proud to be able to see each of her clients’ projects through to their completion. She considers her work on behalf of patients and company employees to be the highlight of her career and is proud to be able to bring positive outcomes for those whose lives her work affects.