Governance & administration
Strategic plan with measurable goals, governing body composition, bylaws, conflict-of-interest policy, and organizational chart — all present and crosswalked to the standard.
The most rigorous CARF / Joint Commission readiness dossier a treatment center can get.
SurveyReady assembles a documentation-complete accreditation readiness dossier — every standard crosswalked, every policy drafted, every personnel file checked, every outcome trended — verified against the letter of the accreditor's manual before a former surveyor signs the release.
Every standard in CARF's 2025 Behavioral Health manualFive statutory notice elements, gate-checkedDHSMV · USCG · UCC · judgment lien searchesSpecialist release on every pack5-business-day SLA
Why dossiers fail
A single missing standard can delay your survey by months.
A behavioral health organization's accreditation is only as strong as the documentation behind it. Miss one of the 1,400+ standards, skip a required personnel-file element, fail to trend outcome data, or neglect a policy update — and the survey can be delayed, result in a conditional or non-accreditation decision, or expose the organization to revenue loss from delayed credentialing.
Most organizations prepare by hand, from memory, once every three years. The manual has not been read end-to-end since the last survey. That is exactly where gaps hide.
SurveyReady exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
$100k+
typical cost of a failed first survey attempt (delayed revenue, re-survey, corrective work)
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the accreditor's manual — standard by standard.
We do not summarize the standards and hope. Every dossier is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of CARF's 2025 Behavioral Health manual. These are the provisions each dossier is held to.
Health & safety
Emergency preparedness plan, fire and disaster drills documented quarterly, infection control plan, and safety inspection logs — verified by date and content.
Personnel & credentialing
Personnel files complete with license verification, background checks, orientation records, performance evaluations, and continuing education — every file checked against the standard.
Outcome measurement
Outcome data collected and trended at least annually, with evidence of use for program improvement — statistical process control or equivalent method.
Rights & ethics
Client rights policy, grievance procedure, informed consent documents, and ethics code — all adopted and posted as required.
Quality improvement
Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) updated every 90 days, Annual Conformance to Quality Report (ACQR) completed, and standards-update patching applied within 30 days of release.
How a dossier is built
Intake to former-surveyor release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A former surveyor or veteran compliance director signs every release. That order is never reversed.
01
Accreditation Gap Scan
Upload your current policies, personnel files, and outcome data. We return a free completeness read: which standards you already meet and which are missing.
02
Standards crosswalk & evidence collection
As your clerical agent, we map every standard to your existing documentation, flag gaps, and request missing items from your team.
03
Grounded drafting
Policies, plans, and forms are drafted from your validated data and the standards rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
04
Deterministic completeness gates
Every standard is checked: policy present, personnel file complete, outcome data trended, drill logged. Any failure blocks release.
05
Expert review & sign-off
A former surveyor or veteran compliance director reviews the exception queue and signs the readiness dossier. High-risk or first-time accreditation routes to attorney review first.
06
Delivery & conformance subscription
You receive the dossier: crosswalk, policies, evidence log, personnel-file completeness report, outcome trending, and a 90-day QIP calendar. Post-survey, a conformance subscription maintains the file continuously.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Expert-signed
No dossier ships without a former surveyor's signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released dossier.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard dossier library.
1,400+
Standards crosswalked
Every ratable standard in CARF's 2025 manual, every applicable file.
Why SurveyReady
Built to be the most thorough option a treatment center has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every standard crosswalked and accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a standard requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run checks as your clerical agent. We never provide legal advice, represent you in a survey, or make clinical decisions.
Engagement
Flat fee, per released dossier. No hourly billing, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a documentation standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Accreditation Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released Readiness Dossier ($14.5k–$32k); disclosed pass-through search fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for high-risk or first-time accreditation.
- Optional Conformance Subscription ($1.25k–$3.5k/month) for QIP, ACQR, standards-update patching, and personnel-file monitoring.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is SurveyReady a law firm?
No. SurveyReady, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for high-risk or first-time accreditation.
Do you contact the accreditor or conduct the survey?
Never. SurveyReady is not a survey preparation firm and does not contact CARF or The Joint Commission on your behalf. The organization remains the accredited entity and the party responsible for all survey interactions.
What makes a dossier 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by the accreditor's manual: every standard crosswalked, every policy drafted, every personnel file checked, outcome data trended, and drills logged. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to an expert-signed dossier. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per released dossier ($14.5k–$32k), plus disclosed pass-through costs. No hourly billing and no percentage of any revenue or grant funding.
See what's missing before it costs you a survey.
Start with a free Accreditation Gap Scan. Send your current policies, personnel files, and outcome data and we'll return a completeness read against every standard in CARF's 2025 Behavioral Health manual.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the organization conducts its own survey.