Hi Deb – that email address doesn’t work. Do you have another one?

I have taken care of many young people with Sickle Cell. Tough disease for sure. Looking forward to learn more! Anne Llewellyn

Hi @Nicole Rochester – What incredible expertise you have. I will follow up with my contact and circle back with you here or offline. Thank you!

Thanks Kathy!!!!

Hi Raye,
Ethics need to comprise 6 hours for BCPA recertification. I think you’re good with 6.5!

See page 5 of the PACB CE Handbook for confirmation 🙂

Have a GREAT day!
Nicole

This is so timely. I have been working with a client just coming out of Skilled Nursing with no resources. What a complex process. Hours of telephone waiting. Once I got through was able to get a lot of valuable information. I would love to talk with those of you who have expertise. Thank you for opening this conversation, Avrom.…[Read more]

Bonnie,

Thank you! If my client chooses MD Anderson and decides to make a trip there, I will recommend to her that we bring you on board through that process if that is okay with you.

Thanks again,

Sherri Miller

I am a pediatrician who gave the monthly sickle cell talk at the community hospital where I worked for 13 years because there was a significant gap in knowledge and education re: sickle cell. During my clinical practice, I had numerous patients whose pain was not adequately managed and who were subject to bias and discrimination. It is a topic of…[Read more]

Here’s the MD Anderson referral process:

https://bit.ly/3ar306F

She could come in as a new patient to MDA, but they might want to do a complete workup–she’d have to call & discuss her particular details.

Also, MDA (as well as other comprehensive cancer centers) offers an a la carte pathology service where her biopsy slides can be sent there…[Read more]

This is what I’ve added to the bottom of my invoices. I’ve never had feedback from former clients but hoping that if they submit my charges on their tax returns, the IRS will recognize us as a vital part of health care expenses!

“Please keep this invoice for your records to ask your tax preparer if you may deduct my professional services for…[Read more]

I do not want to have my services covered by insurance. Once that would happen, they would dictate what I services I could and could not perform, for how long, and in what way. JUST LIKE THEY DO IN EVERY OTHER AREA OF HEALTHCARE.
No thank you!

If anything, I would love to see Advocacy services provided by BCPAs be reimbursed via FSA, HSA, and…[Read more]

The link doesn’t work unless you set up an account but this actually occurred some time ago. I have two clients for which we filed for a settlement but the word on the street is they’re going to settle for pennies on the dollar. And the patients will be responsible to negotiate settlement on their outstanding claims with the providers. Sharity and…[Read more]

Thanks Jennifer, and it’s good to know you have such a depth of experience in this area. I will make a note of your contact info if I run into an appeal that is beyond my expertise!