We assist psychiatric hospitals, mental health and substance abuse residential and community based treatment providers meet and sustain compliance with federal, state, and provincial regulations. Behavioral health organizations billing Medicaid and Medicare must comply with Conditions of Participation and extensive provider manuals, state audits and surveys. Our behavioral health compliance experience is trusted, knowledgeable, and informed by best practices in the field.

We successfully prepare all modalities of mental health and chemical dependency treatment for state licensing surveys. This includes hospitals, inpatient units, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, partial hospital, and many other programs requiring state certification.

Licensing services include policy manual review and development, mock surveys, Board and leadership training, and assistance with corrective action plans. We can focus on one or all regulations; e.g. governance, client rights, human resources, Life Safety Code, medical records, confidentiality, quality improvement, etc.

For organizations concerned with a CMS or state survey relative to Medicaid or Medicare, we conduct independent compliance assessments and provide written recommendations. 

Following a sentinel event or critical incident, an qualified, professional and independent "root cause analysis" will bring to focus contributing factors. This outside review often results in new knowledge that can form the basis of new policy or procedure.

Please contact us to learn more. The best run and most reputable organizations experience licensing and compliance issues. There number and complexity of mental health and substance abuse treatment regulations, Medicaid and Medicare laws, and accreditation standards contribute to procedural breakdowns. We can help.