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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
COVID-19 Advocacy Update #8*
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Hope you enjoy a Happy - and Safe! - Cinco de Mayo! |
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Link & Learn |
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Don't forget:
you'll need to be logged into the APHA
membership site to access some of these links:
www.myAPHA.org |
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Connect with Anne!
Making Wellness Services Part of Your Advocacy
Offerings
Thursday, May 7 <- this week!
Join Anne Llewellyn as
she talks with Nurse Advocate Rajitha Bommakanti, BSN,
RN, CCM founder of the Healthy You Lifestyle Center. We
will discuss how you can add/incorporate wellness into
your practice. Learn the strategies and be a change
agent in making a positive impact on your client's
behaviors that are impacting their health and wellness.
We're sorry.
Anne's call has reached capacity and is now closed to
new registratrants. Reminder notices will be sent
Wednesday and Thursday to those who have registered. |
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APHA Expert Call-in
Helping Your Clients Pay for Your Services (or
Anything Else)
in an Unexpected Way
Wednesday, June 3
Often you hear from a
potential client who would love to hire you, but is
limited in his/her ability to pay you. Or, they call to
ask you to help them manage and reduce medical bills and
are left with little or no means to pay a balance, or…
you know… the list, and those who struggle to pay, goes
on.
They may not realize there could be an untapped resource
they never even knew existed! No, it’s not about
borrowing money, and it’s not money that ever needs to
be paid back.
Lisa Rehburg is the principal of Rehburg Life
Settlements. She works with people to uncover funds they
might never have gained access to in any other way;
funds that would have just disappeared, kept by a life
insurance company that never had to pay out for its
insured customer.
Lisa will walk us through how such a “settlement” works,
and scenarios where clients can benefit. She’ll also
tell us about the process to gain access to the funds,
and will manage our expectations about possibilities. |
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You may register on the
day of the call up until
3 hours prior to the call.
Register for this call. |
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WE ARE PATIENT ADVOCACY POWERED BY TECHNOLOGY! |
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AdvoConnection Directory
Top Search and SEO* congrats to: |
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Rick Pugach (92 visits / 67 potential
clients!) |
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Laura Mendez (47 visits / 40 potential
clients!) |
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Lisa Berry Blackstock (44 visits / 40
potential clients!) |
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These members had the
most visits to their AdvoConnection Directory listings
in April.
How many
visits did your profile get?
*SEO = Search Engine
Optimization
= tweaking
your listing so search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing
include your listing at the top of their search results.
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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.
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A job very well done. Congratulations! |
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Claire Thevenot, APHA
member, was spotlighted in an article published by the
Georgia CORE,
Patient Advocate Play Significant Role in Cancer Care |
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Consumer’s Checkbook published
Patient Advocates, (an overview of the profession
and its benefits to patients and families), featuring
several APHA members:
Martine Brousse, Adria Goldman Gross, Elisabeth Schuler,
Sandy Thigpen, Barbara Abruzzo,
and
Mary Daniel. |
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LegalZoom published
Managing Medical Debt and How to Avoid It based on
advice from APHA member,
AnnMarie McIlwain. |
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APHA Premium +ADL members:
Want to respond to
requests
for advocate expertise? Find them in your +ADL Connect!
Discussion Forum - see the list of recent requests
below.
If you are
a
Premium +ADL member featured in the news,
please submit the link to us. |
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Updates
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Online Courses for Advocates |
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PracticeUP! online is a sister site to APHA. APHA
members may take courses for free or at a discount.
www.PracticeUPOnline.com |
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Are You Certified?
Do you need to earn CEs or CEUs?
Please take the
PracticeUP! Online
CE / CEU Survey
PracticeUP! Online has offered BCPA CEUs
since its inception.
Recently we have begun reaching out to
additional certifying bodies
to get permission to offer PracticeUP! students the CEs / CEUs they
need. But we need to know from you which
certifications they should be! Examples:
see above -
the new Pandemic course now offers
CEs for three different certifying bodies.
The survey will take about 2 minutes
of your time,
and could make earning your CEs or CEUs much easier.
Find the survey
here.
Deadline: May 15th
<- next week |
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A special section for
AdvoConnection
Directory
Listed
members. |
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Reminders for
+ADL members: |
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April Directory profile stats are available!
Here's how to retrieve yours. |
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Note:
This is a great opportunity to ask clients and
previous clients to add ratings and reviews to your directory
listing!
Here's how. |
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Did you see your invitation?
AdvoConnection is
looking for
guest bloggers.
We have invited +ADL members to submit.
Invitations went out Monday and are good only
through May 15.
Let us know if you are listed in the directory,
but did not receive your invitation and we'll
send it along.
(Our first
submissions were published last week - see
Link &
Learn
above.) |
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Monitor requests for
help!*
Patients need you!
Recent requests have come from: |
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Virginia |
Maine |
Florida |
Nebraska |
New York |
Ontario |
... and other states and
provinces! |
*We are
beginning to see a big uptick in
requests for help,
and a surge in directory searches...
please keep your eye on the Unmet Needs
list. Patients need you! |
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ADVERTISEMENT |
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Reviews found on Amazon: |
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This is a great marketing book that is exceptionally organized,
easy to understand and includes exceptional advice. The specific
marketing strategies on public relations, creative ideas on
developing and defining your brand and the wonderful resource
list at the end of the book are just a few reasons why I love
and recommend this book. |
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While the information in the book is basic - good for someone
with no business experience - it also lays out a concrete path
of 'must do' tasks for anyone starting a private healthcare
advocate business and keeps you on track. |
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This book is well written, well organized, and contains valuable
information for businesses in this field. I recommend it without
reservation. |
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Learn more about
The Health Advocate's Basic Marketing Handbook
Take
advantage of your APHA Discount from here. |
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Coronavirus / COVID-19 Forum |
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Health Insurance Grants for the Unemployed |
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COVID 19 Care Interfering with Other Health
Care? |
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Two Great Posts to Share with Clients |
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Curiosity re: re-Opening |
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General
Conversation |
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Any Alzheimers Specialist Advocates? |
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Professional Identity and Branding |
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Option for California SNF residents to designate health
care agent |
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Guarantor Contract Addendum |
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E&O Insurance |
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Hipaa and privacy forms |
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providing emergency advocacy |
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ICOPA 2020 Announcement |
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Best place for reviews? |
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Any other cancer-only advocates? |
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“Angry Patients Are Getting Billed” |
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Professional Identity and Branding |
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+ADL Member Forum |
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SBA Loans – Help for Determining Eligibility and
Obtaining One |
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Media Request – Kiplinger |
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Media Request - Consumer Reports |
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Media Request - MedPage Today |
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Media Request - ABC News |
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* The APHA Tuesday Agenda and COVID-19
We continue to identify the many
ways we can support you
in an effort to balance your need to stay safe with your desire
to grow your patient-service practice during this critical time.
Our Tuesday Agendas will continue to reflect this focus
as long as need be.
Of course, if at any time you can think of any way we can
support
your needs, please do reach out! Your success is our success. |
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Many of our members with clinical
credentials - doctors, nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician
assistants, and others -- are working on the front lines to defeat this
virus and end this pandemic.
Many others are volunteering their time to make others' lives easier and
allay some of their fears in the midst of this horror.
Our sincere thanks to each of you for
helping others through this crisis. |
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Alliance of Professional Health
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