For ARC-PA Accredited and Pre-Accreditation PA Programs

Accreditation is a team sport. Run with one.

Dr. Scott Massey, PhD, PA-C Dr. Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CFounder & Principal30+ Years in PA Education
Medea Valdez, DHEd, MPAS, PA-C Medea Valdez, DHEd, MPAS, PA-CLead Consultant · Accreditation & Program Development30+ Years in PA Education
Dr. Stephanie Bowlin, EdD, PA, DFAAPA Dr. Stephanie Bowlin, EdD, PA, DFAAPASenior Consultant · A Standards & Institutional Accreditation35+ Years in PA Education
Dr. Vivian Moynihan, MD, MPH Dr. Vivian Moynihan, MD, MPHMedical Director · B Standards & Document Review15+ Years in PA Education · 40+ Years MD
Cathy Ruff, MS, PA-C Cathy Ruff, MS, PA-CSenior Consultant · Curriculum & Competency-Based Assessment30+ Years in PA Education
Dr. Tina Butler, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C Dr. Tina Butler, DMSc, MPAS, PA-CConsultant · Data Analysis & Mock Site Visits15+ Years in PA Education
Dr. Jennifer Eames, MPAS, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA Dr. Jennifer Eames, MPAS, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPASenior Consultant · Accreditation Strategy & Policy20+ Years in PA Education
Dr. Antoinette Polito, EdD, MHS, PA-C Dr. Antoinette Polito, EdD, MHS, PA-CConsultant · Curriculum Design & Didactic Year15+ Years in PA Education
Dr. Jen Hixon, DHSc, PA-C Dr. Jen Hixon, DHSc, PA-CSenior Consultant · New Program Development & Accreditation Compliance35+ Years as PA · 25+ as Program Director
Dr. Johnna Yealy, PhD, PA-C Dr. Johnna Yealy, PhD, PA-CConsultant · New Program Development & Program Startup20+ Years in PA Education
Meghna Patel, PA-C Meghna Patel, PA-CConsultant · Assessment Systems, CQI & Accreditation Remediation8+ Years as PA-C · 5+ in PA Education

Eleven consultants, including former ARC-PA Commission Chairs and founding program directors, across every stage of the accreditation lifecycle.

Map Your Accreditation Timeline

No sales pitch. Specific guidance on your timeline.

11Consultants
20+Avg. Years in PA Education
250+Combined Years in PA Education
30+PA Programs Served

The Problem

Most accreditation consulting is solo work. PA accreditation isn't a solo problem.


The dominant model in our space is the individual consultant: one expert working alone, with a single set of eyes on every document. But the Sixth Edition standards demand specialized depth across A standards, B standards, clinical year, assessment, faculty sufficiency, and program development at the same time. No single consultant has equal depth in all of them.

Every program we work with gets a primary and a secondary consultant, paired to your specific situation. A former ARC-PA Commission Chair reviews documents flagged for B-standards compliance. A WSCUC peer evaluator pairs in for institutional and A-standards work. Every Self-Study Report has multiple reviewers before submission. You hire the whole team's expertise, whoever leads your engagement.

Our Services

We meet your program where it is in the accreditation lifecycle.


Stage 01

Provisional Application & Monitoring

From initial provisional through continuing accreditation, with a 15–18 month timeline built backward from the site visit.

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Stage 02

Continuing Accreditation

Two-year engagements for programs preparing for validation: SSR drafting, mock site visits, and assessment process refinement.

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Stage 03

Probation & Focused Review

Urgent support for programs facing adverse action. Shorter timelines, intensive document review, direct response strategy.

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Stage 04

New Program Development

A three to five year runway for institutions building a PA program from scratch, from feasibility study through initial provisional.

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Add-on

Comprehensive Data Services

C1.01 and C1.02 analysis, assessment process design, and SSR data sections. Bundled with any tier above.

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The Team

Our consultants have run PA programs, not just advised them.


Dr. Scott Massey, PhD, PA-C

Dr. Scott Massey, PhD, PA-C

Founder & Principal

30+ Years in PA Education

Medea Valdez, DHEd, MPAS, PA-C

Medea Valdez, DHEd, MPAS, PA-C

Lead Consultant · Accreditation & Program Development

30+ Years in PA Education

Tools We Build

Consulting taught us where the gaps are. So we built tools to close them.


Edulytic Solutions

AI-powered ARC-PA accreditation reporting.

Built exclusively for PA programs by a team that has spent decades inside them. Replaces manual, spreadsheet-based reporting and the cost of a dedicated data analyst.

99.5%Accuracy
2 minvs. 5 hrs manually
FERPACompliant
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Student Success Programs

A multi-modal, evidence-based student success program.

A 10-module curriculum, a two-day on-campus workshop, coaching, and coach training, all built to address student attrition at its root. Bought by Academic Affairs leadership at tuition-dependent institutions, and an adjunctive resource for programs working to remediate high attrition.

4Ways to Engage
RetentionFocused
EvidenceBased Program
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Our Approach

Longitudinal mentoring: meetings every two weeks, for as long as it takes.


We work alongside your program team every two weeks, with monthly assessment reviews in between, and every engagement works backward from your site visit or validation date. No binder handed over at the end of a contract.

We aim to leave your program with a sustainable assessment process, one your team can run on its own long after our engagement ends.

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Recent Results

We don’t cherry-pick. We take programs in serious jeopardy, and the outcomes hold.


100%Of the programs we supported on probation returned to good standing
90%Positive outcomes across our engagements, including high-risk programs
ZeroPrograms turned away for being too risky. We take all comers

We accept programs regardless of their accreditation status, including those in serious jeopardy. Because we don’t cherry-pick, these results reflect the full range of what we take on. We refresh these figures as new ARC-PA commission actions are posted.

One conversation is enough to map your timeline. No sales pitch.

Map Your Accreditation Timeline

Specific guidance on your program's stage. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you.