Deb Gordon

Deb Gordon started the topic Time Sensitive (and potentially ongoing) Media Opportunity: Dallas Area in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 4 months ago

Hi folks – I just fielded a call from the Dallas Morning News about a big battle in the Dallas/Ft Worth market between a major insurer and a major hospital system. The reporter is looking for advice for patients who may be caught in the middle. I spoke to him generally but said I would connect him with advocates in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area as…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic TIME SENSITIVE MEDIA OPPORTUNITY (MEDIGAP PLAN N) in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 4 months ago

Hi everyone – Are you an expert in Medicare? We have a reporter request for Insurance.com about Medigap Plan N. His deadline is this week so this is time sensitive. He needs just one person to answer each question below. If you have a response, please send it to us at media@aphadvocates.org and we will forward it to him. Please provide your…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic MEDIA OPPORTUNITY in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 4 months ago

Hello ADL members,

We’ve received a press inquiry from Prevention magazine about how to advocate for yourself regarding your health. The focus is on advice for the general public, women in particular (audience is majority women, average age 60 years old). The article will run in print and digital.

The reporter would like to interview someone…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic TIME SENSITIVE MEDIA OPPORTUNITY – Hospital billing in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 5 months ago

Hi Everyone – I’m happy to follow up with the story that ran related to this media request. Adria Goldman Gross and AnnMarie McIlwain responded right away, we passed along both of their contact info, and they both made it into the piece! A real win-win. Congrats to Adria and AnnMarie for a nice media hit on an important…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic TIME SENSITIVE MEDIA OPPORTUNITY – Hospital billing in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 5 months ago

Hi +ADL folks,

We received the following time sensitive media request from a reporter at VERIFY, Tegna’s national fact-checking brand (she says their stories air on more than 50 stations across the country and are shared on our website http://www.verifythis.com.)

Today we’re working to answer a viewer question about medical bills.

The question is:…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic Seeking expertise on the Health Insurance Premium Payment program in the forum SIG – Medical Billing & Claims Forum 6 months ago

Do you know about the Health Insurance Premium Payment program? We got a request for some information about it and we’d like to tap into your expertise. If you know this program well and how it impacts patients/consumers, please get in touch asap. Please email me directly at deb@aphadvocates.org and mention HIPP in the subject line.

Thanks!…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic Seeking expertise on the Health Insurance Premium Payment program in the forum General Conversation 6 months ago

Do you know about the Health Insurance Premium Payment program? We got a request for some information about it and we’d like to tap into your expertise. If you know this program well and how it impacts patients/consumers, please get in touch asap. Please email me directly at deb@aphadvocates.org and mention HIPP in the subject line.

Thanks!…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic Please Remember to Monitor Requests for Help in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 6 months ago

Hi everyone – We fielded a request from the mother of an adult patient with paranoid schizophrenia (in Minnesota). The mother is the patient’s legal guardian and needs help navigating and getting her son into a community mental hospital. Can anyone help? Please reach out to us at membersvc@aphadocates.org and we’ll share details.

As with so many…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic Quick Billing Advocacy Survey in the forum SIG – Medical Billing & Claims Forum 6 months ago

Hi billing/financial experts!

We’ve been thinking a lot about how best to serve you all and the patients who need help with their medical bills. We’d also like to brag about our members’ (collective) achievements on our new consumer-facing website so the public understands how great a resource APHA members are.

With those goals in mind, would…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic TIME SENSITIVE: Media Opportunity – TODAY JULY 22 in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 6 months ago

UPDATE: My apologies – the reporter is based in Canada and looking for advocates in Canada. is this you? Please get in touch!
Deb Gordon started the topic TIME SENSITIVE: Media Opportunity – TODAY JULY 22 in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 6 months ago

Hi ADL members,

We just got another quick turnaround media request. A reporter is looking to speak with someone TODAY, JULY 22, 2022 by 3pm (eastern?). I’m trying to gather details on how the reporter wants to get in contact but if you can answer this query, please get in touch with us ASAP! (media@aphadvocates.org or deb@aphadvocates.org) and…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic TIME SENSITIVE Media opportunity in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 6 months ago

Hello all – We’ve gotten a request from a high-caliber national publication seeking an advocate to speak with TODAY (7/14) or TOMORROW (7/15) about negotiating medical bills and dealing w/debt collectors.

The reporter has asked us to pass along information to her so please get in touch ASAP if you want to be connected. Please email…[Read more]
Deb Gordon started the topic Join me for a Fireside chat on health care costs in the forum General Conversation 6 months ago

Hi all,

I’m about to go on a podcast on Fireside. If you’re around, please hop on! (and we’ll share the recording later for anyone who’s interested)…

Tune in to an upcoming show live on Fireside: Reducing Healthcare Costs in America: Possible? Sidebar with Judge Winslow Hosted by Dan Winslow on Jul 14 • 12pm EDT. Increasing information and c…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic TIME SENSITIVE Media Request in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 7 months ago

Hi Karen – Sorry I didn’t see this until now but yes, the writer had filed her story on Thursday evening (June 30). We’ll let you know if she comes back for any future stories!
Deb Gordon replied to the topic TIME SENSITIVE Media Request in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 7 months ago

OR email her directly but please copy us (membersvc@aphadvocates.org) so we know she’s got what she needs. Thank you!

Kathleen Doheny (kathleendoheny@gmail.com)
Freelance Journalist–Health & Lifestyle–Los Angeles-based
https://muckrack.com/kathleen-doheny
Twitter: @DohenyKathleen
Deb Gordon started the topic TIME SENSITIVE Media Request in the forum +ADL Forum: Directory Listed APHA Members Only 7 months ago

Hello ADL members –

I just got off the phone with a journalist on a deadline. She’s writing a ‘Tips to Get the Healthcare You Deserve’ article for an AARP-type audience. Please see her note below and if you can respond before end of day June 30, please email your response to one or both questions below and we will pass them along…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic pancreatic cancer in the forum General Conversation 8 months ago

Great, important discussion. I also have a relative who is a survivor of pancreatic cancer – so rare but will hopefully become more common. From that case just as a concerned family member not a professional advocate, I saw up close how many factors will determine what’s the treatment approach or protocol for any individual patient.

@Bayla, how…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic Do you have expertise in Sickle Cell Disease? in the forum General Conversation 8 months ago

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!
Deb Gordon started the topic APHA Town Halls in the forum General Conversation 8 months ago

Thanks to everyone who made it to the Town Hall discussion yesterday (5/17). We had great attendance and robust conversation about what APHA membership means to folks and how we can improve the website experience/s.

If you have feedback on the website/s (myAPHA, AdvoConnection, Practice UP!), please join us for the second session, tomorrow…[Read more]
Deb Gordon replied to the topic People that need advocates in the forum General Conversation 8 months ago

Hi Karen, Thanks for this question. We are here to support you and your practice but APHA’s policy is that these advocate requests are directed at members who meet the requirements to be listed in the directory. Please get in touch (membersvc@aphadvocate.org) so we can see how we might support you getting into the directory! –Deb
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