Q. What your strengths are. Be bold and honest!
A. My strengths are that I am a creative problem solver, I thrive on a challenge, I have advocacy experience, and I am very comfortable navigating the healthcare system.

Q. What you think your weaknesses are (meaning – you hope/expect to get help with it thru this course.)
A. My weakness may be t…[Read more]

Hi everyone! It was great to meet everybody.
About me: I am 62 years old and I live in Florida. I have always wanted to be a patient advocate. It began when I was diagnosed with a rare neuromuscular disease which is progressive and affects the axon of the nerve and causes muscular atrophy. Was diagnosed @ 40 years ago so I needed to go to…[Read more]

Hello everyone,

I hope you have enjoyed your first week so far! Thank you to everyone so far who has posted their introductions, I have enjoyed reading them!

Couple of things I wanted to reach out about.

1. Doodle poll is still coming. I have 5 questionnaires still missing, there is a question on there about availability for daytime phone calls…[Read more]

Greetings everyone,

My name is Lawanda Banks. I live in Four Oaks North Carolina. I am honored for the opportunity to take this course. I am currently an Insurance Authorization Specialist for Intermountain Healthcare, formally known as SCL Health, which is based out of Salt Lake City Utah. I work remotely. My employer is a large Healthcare…[Read more]

Hi all, first I’m really excited to get to know all of you over these next few months!

I live outside of Boston and have three boys between 12 and 5.

My professional life has been spent mostly in “Operational Excellence,” partly on improving processes and building strong management systems but mostly focused on helping managers learn those…[Read more]

Hello everyone!

Here is the link to the first live session for your viewing pleasure 🙂

Thankfully, all of the calls that I was receiving on my computer during the call did not show up in the recording. I apologize again for those little disruptions as I was talking!

Have a wonderful afternoon.

Steph

I’ve been asked to serve as the person in charge at the time of “end of life” for a potential client. They are getting all their paperwork in order but want me to be the one who makes sure their requests are followed through. However, they also want me to have access to finances to take care of whatever is needed at that time for their care. I…[Read more]

Hello-
My name is Lisa Balsam and I live in Yarmouth, Maine-15 minutes from Portland. I have been a nurse for 28 years and have seen my career travel through many types of nursing, in and out of hospital settings. I have been a bed side nurse in all kids of in patient units, out patient triage nursing, clinical educator, nurse manager and Chief of…[Read more]