Patient Navigator LLC

24/10/2022

If you're interested in an advocacy overview and some good tips, take a listen (about 30 minutes after opening sequence).

24/10/2022

Good news coming from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. Read this article to know more. PS: Republicans want to do away with $35 insulin among other Medicare cost savings they want to destroy. Vote Democrat up and down your ballot!

A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fact sheet outlines key Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Medicare changes and effective dates. Key prescription drug affordability highlights include: 2023 — Insulin will be limited to $35 for a month’s supply. This takes effect January 1 for ins...

18/10/2022

Medicare Advantage Plans over-promise and under-deliver, putting patients at risk. Don’t fall for their slick advertising during “MediScare” open enrollment.

06/06/2022

Hope you'll listen to my story and my advice about how to find your way through a medical challenge.

In this episode, Rachael Moss talks with patient advocate Elisabeth Schuler about how to make the most of your visits, how to go in feeling prepared, and how to manage the logistics of a diagnosis without feeling like you’re in over your head. Patient advocates can be a loved one, or a hired profe...

17/01/2022

What Exactly is Independent Patient Advocacy? Please read and share my article in which I present an overview of health and patient advocacy – where it’s been, where we are now, and where we may be going. Learn about the history, the reality, the services and ethics, and advocacy organizations advocacy. I include questions that patients can use to interview a patient advocate and my thoughts on future trends. Thank you.

20/10/2021

The Nagourney Institute has been doing groundbreaking work for years. For many tumors, there are now ways to identify what treatments might work best but many patients don't know about tests available to help them do that. This article is a good example. Cancer science improves constantly. Take time to investigate.

Few cancers strike greater fear into patients than pancreatic cancer. With over 60,000 new cases per year and 48,000 deaths, this disease is among the most lethal of all human malignancies. Unfortunately, pancreas cancer does not have any early signs or symptoms. Most often, people complain of weigh...

23/08/2021

I was panelist in this interesting conversation. Listeners will come away with a good idea of what patient advocate and navigators do!

Video posted by Positive Aging SourceBook on Positive Aging SourceBook.

17/06/2021

I am quoted in this U.S. News and World Report article which is very well done. Take a look!

Choosing a cancer hospital is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make.

05/05/2021

This Might Hurt is a documentary that opens the conversation about how we treat pain in our country by highlighting an emerging treatment, Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET). Featured on National Public Radio, EAET has shown to be effective in a large randomized controlled trial and recommended as a “pain management best practice” by the National Institute of Health’s task force to combat the opioid epidemic.

This virtual, live screening and discussion will take place on Sunday, May 16 at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET. The film is 1 hour 20 minutes and the panel discussion will be about 40 minutes. It is a chance to ask the pioneer in this treatment your questions about how it may/or may not be able to conquer chronic pain. Directed by Kent Bassett and Marion Cunningham, This Might Hurt follows a group of patients through their EAET treatment with Dr. Howard Schubiner. Dr. Schubiner has been treating chronic pain for nearly two decades and is a leading researcher in the field of pain medicine.

The film will be followed by a virtual panel discussion which will include Dr. Howard Schubiner, other clinicians and patient advocates from the Pacific Northwest region.
Film Website: https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/
CE Information: This screening and Q&A session has been approved for 2 CE credits.
• NASW WA State Chapter: Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, Licensed Mental Health Counselors
• BCPA (Board Certified Patient Advocate)

Registration is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-might-hurt-live-virtual-screening-qa-tickets-146975416427

THIS MIGHT HURT | Live Virtual Screening + Interactive Q&A with Dr. Schubiner, directors Kent Bassett and Marion Cunningham

30/03/2021

If you lost someone during the coronavirus pandemic, take note. Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, FEMA will provide financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020. Details forthcoming so watch this space.

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23/03/2021

If you’re a Medicare patient anticipating a surgery, read this article. This Trump rule is short-sighted and will result in some very bad outcomes. Some patients who would normally be hospitalized for certain surgeries will now be treated as outpatients. This is a terrible idea. Biden Administration needs to eliminate this rule.

The Trump-era regulation will push some hospital patients to more expensive outpatient care.

13/10/2020

A useful Consumer Reports article. Check out the section on "How to Fight Big Medical Bills." Tips everyone should know.

Consumer Reports asks, Could your medical bills make you sick? That debt doesn’t just hurt your bank account—it can harm your health, too. What you must know now.