Responsible buyer
Target buyer Economic buyer: Owner, CEO, or COO of a for-profit or nonprofit SUD/behavioral health treatment organization (residential, PHP/IOP, OTP, outpatient counseling), 1–5 sites, $2M–$20M revenue. They feel accreditation as a revenue gate: no accreditation → no commercial credentialing, no Google ads, and in a growing set of states, no license or Medicaid enrollment. Champion: Clinical director or compliance/QA lead who has been handed "get us CARF'd" on top of a clinical caseload.
Cost of the gap
Painful problem A treatment center facing a CARF survey must demonstrate conformance to 1,400+ ratable standards spanning governance, financial planning, risk management, health & safety, workforce files, rights, accessibility, performance measurement, and program-specific clinical standards Verified . Survey findings cluster predictably: outcome data not trended over at least two data points; personnel-file gaps (missing reviews, unsigned job descriptions, lapsed license verifications); strategic plans without measurable, data-connected goals Verified .
Outcome
Minimum viable offer The CARF Behavioral Health Readiness Dossier — $14,500 fixed (founding $11,500, cap 6), 15 business days. Includes: standards-gap analysis signed by a former surveyor; complete standards-mapped policy library with adoption pages; personnel-file exception report; outcome-data trending workbook (MIC-aligned); 90-day corrective workplan; obligations calendar. Guarantee: if the dossier misses a standard that becomes a survey finding in an area we rated conforming, we remediate free and refund 25%.
Decision rule
Proceed only when the source record, service boundary, responsible reviewer, and release criteria can be named before work begins.