The Blog is Back!
After several months absence–and many wonderful developments–I am resuming the Healthcare Liaison Blog! It was a very busy fall…
Healthcare Liaison is expanding the 2010 locations for for its popular two-day workshop “Becoming a Healthcare Advocate: 11 Steps to a New Career in Healthcare”. These workshops are open to consumers, professional healthcare advocates, those teaching in the field and policy and legislative interests. We have new locations!
SEATTLE, WA–January 30 and 31st
BERKELEY, CA–February 27th and 28th
TUCSON, AZ–March 20th and 21st
BOSTON, MA–May 1st and 2nd
The links will take you to the brochure describing the workshop and you can complete payment on-line with a credit card or PayPal. There are still spaces in the Seattle workshop and registrants are eligible for a referral bonus when they “bring a friend”.
In other major news, we have a professional organization! I founded the organization, the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants, in July 2009 and am now the President of NAHAC for 209-2010. You can read about the Association and join at NAHAC
In November 2009 the newly-formed National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants held its First Annual Conference! NAHAC currently has 62 members and membership is open to everyone: professional advocates, consumers, academicians and policy and legislative participants. Members who were not able to attend the conference can listen to the podcast on the web site and hear workshops on case studies, HIPAA for advocates, insurance-made-understandable and more. to join: NAHAC.
We are holding our second annual Conference in Washington DC in November 2010. Join NAHAC to get the details as soon as they’re released!
Understanding the Mysteries of Medicare
Need help with Medicare? It’s a complicated system to understand, especially when you’re first enrolling. Join me in at a workshop in Portland, Oregon September 12th to learn and understand how it works. The text of the flyer follows:
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National Association Formed
I am very pleased to announce the formation of the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants (NAHAC, www.nahac.com), the organization, as it says on the web page, “dedicated to improving the consumer healthcare experience.” Why NAHAC and why now?
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National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants
A frequent occurrence: the phone rings, and a desperate voice on the other end of the line says “I need to find an advocate and I came across your website, but you’re not in my area. Do you know anyone in my state who does what you do?” Up until now, there was no central Association that consumers could go to if they wanted to find an advocate. There will be, effective August 1, 2009.
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Empowered Healthcare Conference May 16, 2009
Joanna Smith, LCSW, MPH, the CEO of Healthcare Liaison, will be a panelist at the upcoming Empowered Healthcare Conference, Saturday, May 16th at Mission Bay, San Francisco. To find out more information and register for the conference, read the information at the Empowered Healthcare Conference web site.
Empowered Healthcare Conference