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How it works

Three things Wardwell does that your current process doesn’t.

We’re not replacing your compliance knowledge. We’re giving you the time to actually use it.

  1. Step 01

    We read what you already have.

    Give us access to your CASPER/iQIES at the setup call — or just upload your last CMS-2567 if iQIES access takes a few days to sort. Wardwell ingests your survey history, the public CMS Care Compare data on your facility, and your staff roster (CSV import if you have one). Setup takes about 15 minutes. You won't touch it again unless something material changes.

    Wardwell works alongside whatever EHR you already use — PointClickCare, MatrixCare, or paper. We don't replace it. We don't ask you to migrate.

  2. Step 02

    We watch everything you can't.

    Wardwell monitors your facility's compliance posture continuously:

    Federal Register updates, CMS QSO memos, and State Operations Manual revisions — every one classified for whether it applies to your license type and state before it ever reaches you. Your state's survey-process changes and enforcement trends. Your open deficiencies and whether corrective actions are on track for the proposed compliance date. Staff certification expirations — CNAs, CMAs, ADON licenses, CPR cards, TB tests, abuse registry checks. Your QAPI meeting schedule and attendance. Documentation gaps a surveyor would cite under Phase 3 Requirements of Participation.

    Two channels: a weekly digest of everything that applied to you, and separate urgent alerts for items that can't wait (immediate jeopardy guidance, enforcement memos that change civil money penalty calculations, a CNA whose certification expires in 7 days).

    The survey cycle
    1. Annual survey
      Day 0
    2. PoC submitted
      Day 10–45
    3. Revisit window
      Day 45–60
    4. Ongoing monitoring
      Days 60–365
    5. Next annual window opens
      ~Day 305
  3. Step 03

    When the state cites you, we draft the response.

    A Plan of Correction isn't a form — it's an argument. It has to demonstrate that you understand the root cause, that your corrective action addresses it, that you have a monitoring system to prevent recurrence, and that you can meet the compliance date the surveyor proposed.

    Wardwell reads each citation on the CMS-2567, references our F-tag knowledge base for the cited tag's structural requirements (what surveyors specifically look for under F-689, F-684, F-880), and reviews your correction history for that same F-tag family. We draft a PoC for each deficiency that addresses all four required elements. Every draft is versioned — your DON can regenerate, edit, and compare. What used to be a 4-hour scramble is a 15-minute review.

That’s it. Monitor, alert, prepare.

Want the longer-form version? See everything that’s included or read the Wardwell guides — administrators’ field manuals for CMS-2567 response, IDR filings, and Special Focus Facility recovery.