DEA Compliance Software for Medical Practices

Any practice that prescribes, administers, or dispenses controlled substances needs DEA compliance. This includes most physician offices, dental practices prescribing narcotics, and any practice with on-site dispensing.

No. PDMP query enforcement is handled by your EMR or a service like Surescripts/Bamboo Health that integrates with the state PDMP databases directly. GuardWell focuses on the upstream documentation and policy side — DEA registration, inventory, EPCS, physical security, and disposal records — not the per-prescription query workflow.

GuardWell provides a biennial inventory checklist with documentation requirements, tracks completion dates for each inventory cycle, and sends automated reminders when the next inventory is due. This ensures you never miss the DEA's biennial inventory requirement.

Prescribing or dispensing controlled substances with an expired DEA registration is a federal offense that can result in criminal penalties and practice closure. GuardWell tracks renewal dates for each provider and sends advance reminders so your registrations stay current.

Yes. The EPCS sub-module covers all compliance requirements including identity proofing, two-factor authentication setup, third-party audit documentation, and software certification verification. GuardWell tracks each requirement as a checklist item with guidance notes.

The DEA requires a complete inventory of all controlled substances at least every two years (biennially). You also need an initial inventory when you first obtain your DEA registration and whenever there is a change in pharmacist-in-charge. GuardWell tracks these cycles automatically.

Yes. GuardWell includes documentation requirements for DEA Form 106 (Report of Theft or Loss) and suspicious order monitoring. The incident management module can track controlled substance discrepancies and generate the documentation needed for DEA reporting.