Home Health · Hospice · Private Duty—Est. 2001, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
The consultants who sat on the other side of the survey.
Solutions for Care is a team of surveyor-trained senior clinicians, led by Nancy Allen — former state & accreditation surveyor, Medicare hearing officer and OIG corporate-integrity reviewer. For 25 years, agencies have called when the stakes are highest: surveys, accreditation, compliance and turnarounds.
Why agencies call Solutions for Care
A survey should never be the scariest day of your year. After a decade as a state and accreditation surveyor — and years adjudicating federal appeals as a Medicare hearing officer — Nancy Allen knows exactly what happens behind closed doors. Today she and a surveyor-trained team put that knowledge on your side of the table.
What we do
Four disciplines. One through-line:
agencies that pass, and thrive.
- Survey preparation readiness & full mock surveys — state, federal (Medicare / Medicaid) and accreditation
- ACHC, CHAP and The Joint Commission accreditation consulting
- Plans of Correction, ADR & survey-response documentation
- Start-ups, licensure applications & provider enrollment
- Corporate Integrity Agreements — independent reviewers · due diligence for M&A · government inquiries
- Experienced administrators & clinical managers, on site when you need them
- Steady leadership through transitions, vacancies and turnarounds
- Operational stabilization for home health, hospice, nursing homes & ALFs
- QAPI program development & performance-improvement projects
- Clinical record & coding reviews, with ongoing training and support
- Corporate integrity monitors · administrative analysis that improves patient outcomes
- Education for administrative, clinical & operational staff — individualized to your organization
- Understanding law & regulation: why we do what we do
- Policies & procedures · compliance program development (OIG guidelines)
- Work with universities & government · books, articles & editorial reviews
- Advocates for all ages — geriatric and the physically & mentally challenged
- Developing care-management programs inside your agency
- Dedicated practice at SolutionsforCare.net →
Founder & President
Nancy E. Allen
BSN, RNC, CMC — Certified Clinical Specialist in Home Health & Care Management
Founder and president of Solutions for Care, Inc., consulting in community-based health care since 2001. Her clients include community-based providers — home health, hospice and private duty — plus government agencies and universities.
A respected educator, speaker, and industry spokesperson, Nancy has presented for the Home Care Association of Florida for more than 15 years. She has also partnered with MedBridge to simplify employee onboarding, develop Florida continuing education content, and perform compliance reviews for over 100 interactive courses.
Now marking its 20th year helping healthcare organizations achieve successful, deficiency-free surveys, Nancy's book, Survivor! Ten Practical Steps to Survey Survival, remains a trusted resource for its practical guidance and engaging style. Her articles have also been published nationally and internationally.
- State & accreditation surveyor — nearly 10 yearsShe knows exactly what surveyors look for, because she was one.
- Medicare hearing officerConducted and adjudicated federal administrative hearings.
- OIG corporate-integrity reviewerServed with the Office of Inspector General.
- Author — “Survivor! Ten Practical Steps to Survey Survival”Now marking its 20th year as a trusted resource — practical guidance, engaging style, deficiency-free results.
- MedBridge partner & national speakerSurvey Survival Parts 1 & 2 · Florida CE development · compliance reviews for 100+ interactive courses · 15+ years presenting for HCAF.
From Florida to the Pacific
When nations build home health from zero, they call Solutions for Care.
With the University of Hawaii and the Pacific Island Health Officers Association, Nancy has served on projects establishing home health and hospice in the Republic of Palau and American Samoa — training physicians, nurses, therapists and chaplains in community health, and helping create the regulatory framework for governmental oversight.
The Tausi Feagaiga project trained caregivers to serve American Samoa's elders — work that continues to shape community-based care across the Pacific.
Nancy Allen was invaluable as the consultant and instructor for a training program in the Republic of Palau… The stakeholder's meeting was a huge success, attended by Queen Bilung, the Minister of Health, President and Chief of Staff. A regulatory framework was created for the community-based healthcare program.
The specialists
Senior clinicians. Zero bench players.
It is not just Nancy: two of our consultants are surveyor-trained — one of them served as a surveyor for many years. When we prepare you for a survey, it is from lived experience on both sides of the table.
Nancy Allen BSN, RNC, CMC
Founder · Survey & Compliance
Jennifer Newberry BSN, DPS
Consultant
Beth Schultz RN
Interim Management
Cat Armato RN, CHC, CHPC, CHPN
Hospice Consultant
What agencies say
Insights gleaned from Solutions for Care consulting heightened our sensitivity to regulations, which were key to a successful deficiency-free survey.
I believe all of your hard work, advice and support were incredibly helpful to us, and hopefully we have translated your wisdom into a successful survey process.
She left no stone unturned in this step-by-step method of how to prepare for a survey. For any office wanting a deficiency-free survey, her book is the book to read. I did — and we passed!
Your leadership, instruction, guidance and support helped prepare us for the surveyor's expectations and gave us success on our survey.
The book
Survivor! Ten Practical Steps to Survey Survival
Learn from someone who is a surveyor what really goes on behind closed doors. Now marking its 20th year helping healthcare organizations achieve successful, deficiency-free surveys, Survivor! remains a trusted resource for its practical guidance and engaging style — and a new edition debuts at HCAF's HomeCareCon 2026, where Nancy is speaking.
“The perfect solution for preparing home care organizations to glide through the survey process with flying colors.” — Lu Post, President, Home Care Institute · “Now there's a practical approach to surviving the surveyors.” — Stephen Tweed, President, Leading Home Care
Policy & compliance manuals
1 hour of consulting included with every manualMedBridge training, curated by Solutions for Care — $101 off with our promo code
Nancy's own Survey Survival course, Florida Continuing Education, Texas HCSSA Administrator Training and a full clinical library — plus streamlined employee onboarding. Use code SOLUTIONSFORCARE at checkout.
Starting an agency — or stranded mid-startup by a consultant who vanished?
Licensure applications, Medicare enrollment, accreditation prep, policies and training — we finish what someone else started, and we answer the phone.
Insights & events
Straight talk on surveys, QAPI & value-based care.
Let's talk
Tell us where it hurts — a survey window, a vacancy, a startup, an audit.
Every engagement starts with a conversation with the Solutions for Care team. No call centers, no juniors — senior clinicians who have done this for decades.