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Healthcare Compliance Management

Compliance Management Software Built for HCBS Providers

Connect your compliance management and training needs in one platform — saving time, reducing risk, and keeping your agency audit-ready every day of the year.

Compliance Management Software Built for HCBS Providers

Core Compliance Tools

Waiver Academy Compliance Solutions

Reduce the risk of penalties and fines with easy-to-maintain regulatory training and compliance management solutions built specifically for HCBS and waiver providers.

Establish a corporate policy management system to communicate and monitor compliance. Create, manage, assign, and store your policies and procedures in a single location. Track acknowledgments and full version history automatically.

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Compliance management

Platform Capabilities

Upgrade Your Compliance Program

One platform that replaces spreadsheets, binders, and siloed systems — giving your team a single source of compliance truth.

Streamline Administration

Save time by managing all compliance activities — training, policies, incidents, credentials — from one centralized system.

Increase Staff Efficiency

Make it easier for staff to remain compliant and foster a safety culture without drowning in paperwork.

Reduce Regulatory Risk

Proactively identify gaps before surveyors do. Improve care quality and avoid unnecessary citations and penalties.

50-State Coverage

All state-specific mandates pre-loaded. Requirements update automatically when regulations change.

Secure & HIPAA-Compliant

Enterprise-grade security, role-based access, and full HIPAA compliance protect your agency's sensitive data.

Auto-Renewal Tracking

Automated alerts and renewal reminders ensure no credential, policy, or certification ever lapses unnoticed.

Field Guide

The 5 Training Citations Surveyors Write Most Often

Across HCBS surveys, the same handful of training-related deficiencies appear again and again. Here's what triggers them — and the operational habit that prevents each one.

01

Incomplete or missing training documentation

Why It Happens

Staff completed training, but there's no dated record, no signature, or the certificate can't be produced during the survey window.

How To Prevent It

Every completion should generate a timestamped certificate automatically. If it isn't documented, to a surveyor it never happened.

02

Expired credentials still on the schedule

Why It Happens

A CPR card, nursing license, or med-admin certification lapsed — and the staff member kept working shifts. Each shift worked is a separate deficiency.

How To Prevent It

Set escalating alerts at 90, 60, and 30 days before every expiration, routed to both the staff member and their supervisor.

03

No annual competency re-evaluation

Why It Happens

Initial competency was verified at hire, but the required annual re-check was never performed or never documented.

How To Prevent It

Anchor re-evaluations to hire-date anniversaries, not calendar years — anniversary-based tracking closes the gap most agencies miss.

04

Policy updates without staff acknowledgment

Why It Happens

The agency updated a policy after a regulation change, but can't prove existing staff were informed and trained on the new version.

How To Prevent It

Version every policy and require fresh electronic signatures on each revision — with a report showing who hasn't signed.

05

Incident follow-up training never closed out

Why It Happens

An incident triggered a corrective action plan that required retraining — but the retraining was never assigned, completed, or documented.

How To Prevent It

Link corrective actions directly to training assignments with due dates, so remediation is provable, not anecdotal.

Business Case

Why invest in compliance management software?

More than a quarter of FTEs dedicated to administrative compliance are shouldered by clinicians and direct care staff. An effective compliance solution alleviates the administrative burden so staff can focus on care — not paperwork.

  • Reduce administrative burden on clinical and direct care staff
  • Proactively identify compliance risks before audits surface them
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation without manual effort
  • Standardize compliance processes across all sites and locations
  • Real-time visibility for leadership into organizational compliance posture
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Why invest in compliance management software?

2,500+

Agencies Protected

50

States Covered

99.9%

Platform Uptime

90%

Audit Time Saved

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