Home Health · Hospice · Private Duty—Est. 2001, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Successful leaders from the other side of the survey.
Solutions for Care is a team of surveyor-trained senior clinicians — among them former state & accreditation surveyors, a Medicare hearing officer and an OIG corporate-integrity reviewer. For 25 years, agencies have called when the stakes are highest: surveys, accreditation, ADR & post-payment review, compliance and turnarounds.
Why agencies call Solutions for Care
A survey should never be the scariest day of your year. Our consultants spent years on the other side of the table — as state and accreditation surveyors, and adjudicating federal appeals as a Medicare hearing officer. Today, all of that knowledge works 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 & survey-response documentation
- ADR review & post-payment review — additional documentation requests, medical review and post-payment audit responses
- 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 →
“Nancy Allen was invaluable as the consultant and instructor for a training program in the Republic of Palau… A regulatory framework was created for the community-based healthcare program.”
The specialists
Senior clinicians. Zero bench players.
Every engagement is delivered by the team — 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
Surveyor · hearing officer · author — her story → ★ 2026 Medbridge Clinicians’ Choice Award: Nursing
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 the new edition debuted at HCAF’s HomeCareCon 2026 in Orlando, where our founder presented on client acquisition.
“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
Our 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.