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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Miss a week. Miss a lot!

Link & Learn Don't forget:  you'll need to be logged into the APHA membership site to access some of these links: www.myAPHA.org Are you the Chicken? or the Pig? (APHA Blog)     Tax Time! Can You Deduct the Cost of Your Patient Advocate? (updated for 2019 taxes) (AdvoConnection Blog)     Adding Guardianship to Your Advocacy Practice (last week's expert call-in, with resources)      The APHA Mentoring (Coaching) Program

Schedule & Attend Link to the Advocacy Master Calendar of Events   Understanding Insurance for You and Your Practice Tuesday, March 3 Liability, BOP, E&O insurance – when it comes to insuring our businesses and practices, those names can be confusing, and policies can be daunting. Why do advocates need insurance? We aren’t medical, so what could go wrong? If you don’t have insurance for your practice yet, but know you’ll need to acquire it in the near future, do you know what to look for and what questions to ask?       If you already have insurance for yourself and your practice, how confident are you that it covers you for the potential problems it needs to cover? Are you receiving the most competitive rate? Are there differences in the insurance needs of a nurse or physician who shifts a practice to advocacy? What other questions do we have, or, what questions can be answered that we don’t even know to ask? Kyle Pass, APHA’s Insurance Adviser, will be our guest for this call. Kyle has been working with APHA members for almost three years, insuring many, and answering questions for most. Join us for this informative call.            You may register up to 3 hours prior to the call. Register for this call.

Celebrating Five Star Reviews!   Premium +ADL members: Find instructions for asking your clients to submit their reviews.   Congratulations to these AdvoConnection Directory-Listed members who have achieved and received 5 star reviews for their work! Remember - these stars were awarded by clients for whom they have saved lives, health, or money, and improved the quality of life for the person who provided the review. Deidra Kindred  Mary Daniel Rick Pugach   Rae Drazin  Karen Leitson  Anya Grace  Nicole Rochester    A job very well done. Congratulations!

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Updates   Online Courses for Advocates   PracticeUP! online is a sister site to APHA. APHA members may take courses for free or at a discount. www.PracticeUPOnline.com     TWO (2) New Courses Now Available! Earn 1 CE (BCPA) for each! APHA members take these courses either discounted - or free!   Client Acquisition: Converting Callers to Clients Carrying on the Conversation       ........................ Assessments and Price Estimates for Your Work with Clients       _____________________________________________       Plus Trisha's TIPS:  Tactics for Improved Practice Success   Who Are You, and Why Are You Here?   If Prospective Clients Go Cross-eyed They Won’t Hire You         Trisha's TIPS is a free subscription service. Find all TIPS and sign up for delivery here.

Call for Speakers! (Deadline is this week.) International Conference on Patient Advocacy October 22 to 24 in Chicago Learn more and watch a great 2+ minute video from our 2019 Conference If you are interested in being a presenter/speaker at ICOPA 2020, find the information you need here: https://icopaconference.com/call-for-speakers/

Certification Corner   Find the information you need about earning your BCPA at the PACB's website. Register now!   Register for the Upcoming BCPA Exam! Registration ends this week!   No changes have yet been made to the qualifications for taking the PACB exam. You can still earn your BCPA without proving education or experience. This is your best opportunity to take the exam!* Register for the Spring 2020 exam by February 20. Now is the time to get registered! *Not sure if you need to be certified, or want to be certified?  There's a free course for that!

A special section for AdvoConnection Directory Listed members.   Reminders for +ADL members: January Directory profile stats are available! Here's how to retrieve yours.     Monitor requests for help!  Patients need you! Recent requests have come from: Montana Michigan  Arizona Georgia Texas  Colorado ... and other states and provinces! Important! We have received a new Red Flag Report for you to review. A Red Flag report is made by an AdvoConnection Directory Listed member who has run into a problem client and wants to warn other advocates in case they are contacted by this person.  Read the new Red Flag Report.

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Connect & Share in the APHA Connect! Discussion Forum Link to the APHA Connect Discussion Forum     General Conversation Medical Records Consolidation – Best Practices? Colorado Advocates Time Tracking Tool Recommendation  2020 World patient Safety Summit – March 6-7 Trying to Decide about Certification?   Family Doctor.org Neighborhood Navigator  Like Your Website? Kidney Transplants Medicare benefit period - exceptions?      +ADL Member Forum Media Request – San Diego Reader Media Request – Next Avenue Best Case/Worst Case Tool for Medical Decision-Making Media Request – for a book by a well-known writer Guardianship questions      Canadian Corner Questions about a Canadian Case

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