Thanks for the intro, Cassie!

We’re glad you’re here.

All good – welcome Eric!

Good question, Nancy – and it ties in to the explanation I provided during our live class.

“Navigation” through healthcare means providing the guidance for finding the right resources at the right time as a client transitions through the many steps to getting the care they need. You might help them navigate something as basic as keeping a list…[Read more]

Here you go, Gail: Add APHA and AdvoConnection Logos to Your Marketing Materials

If you had done a search for “logos” or “badges” – you could have found them easily. Never thought about adding a keyword of “emblems.”! We’ll add that now so if someone else uses that word, they’ll find it, too.

The link is also found on the Advocate’s Website Checklist.

My husband’s employer has a benefit for services through https://www.healthadvocate.com

Long before I was an advocate, I used their service to work out a “no, you pay!” issue between our dental and medical insurance for our kids’ wisdom teeth extraction. It was not a positive experience — it really just added yet more bureaucracy and legwork.…[Read more]

there are other directories to check, too.

Try AdvoConnection, of course (you’ll need a zip code) and GNANow.org

Lisa – just making sure you know that APHA offers you some of the forms you need. They are offered to Premium members: https://myapha.org/premium-forms-contracts/

The legal forms are generic and you’ll need to take them to your attorney to be sure all parts of them are valid in the state in which you live.

There will be others you need, too -…[Read more]

Hi all! I’m Christie Cox and joined via the phone today and wasn’t on Zoom due to a medical appointment. I apologize for rudely interrupting to say hi before I had to hop off.
I’m outside Washington DC in Virginia. I’m excited to be here. I’m a chronic illness sufferer, turning my energy and talents to helping other patients. Look forward to…[Read more]

Thank you Bonnie!!

Hello everyone,
Sorry I didn’t get this done before the session this afternoon. My name is Cassie Shella and like I said in my session introduction, I am currently a court appointed legal guardian for 14 indigent mentally ill and/or frail adults. I work for a nonprofit agency in Cleveland. I have been doing this work for almost twenty five…[Read more]