FAQ
If you're here, you're probably in the middle of something overwhelming.
About Healthcare Advocacy
A healthcare advocate is your personal guide — like a GPS — through the chaos of the medical system. We're independent, and we work for you, not for hospitals or insurance companies. That means translating medical terminology, coordinating communication between multiple specialists, reviewing medical bills for errors, helping you challenge insurance denials, and researching providers. We don't provide medical care — but we do provide something just as important: clarity, calm, and support.
Lived experience. Kim spent over a decade as a social worker in a Level 1 Trauma Center, then personally experienced her husband's surgical complications and months of hospitalization across three facilities. Each discharge failed her family in a new way — and that shaped how we work with every family now.
Laughter gives perspective. It reminds you there's life outside of the hospital, outside of the bills, outside of the chaos.
Medical Bills & Insurance
Three tiers: a Basic review (1–4 outpatient bills), a Comprehensive review (4–9 outpatient bills), and a Premium review for hospital and surgical bills with complex charges. We also handle comprehensive insurance appeals and basic open enrollment assistance.
We accept major credit cards and ACH transfers via email invoice, through Stripe, a trusted and secure platform. We never store your payment information. We don't accept insurance or Medicare payments — that keeps our focus on your interests, not a payer's requirements.
Working With Us
We start by listening — to your goals and what's actually weighing on you — then map out a clear path forward. Sometimes that means catching a single billing error. Sometimes it means building a full care roadmap for a complex situation.
Book a free 30-minute consult — often same-day. Within hours, you'll get a follow-up email summarizing your situation with recommendations. If we move forward, services typically begin 24–48 hours after payment, often sooner.
A follow-up email with a summary of your situation, the key barriers we see, any recommendations we can give you right away, and relevant service options with pricing. If we're able to solve your problem during that first call, there's no charge.
We don't give legal or medical advice — we work alongside your attorneys and doctors. We collaborate with discharge planners while prioritizing your goals over their timelines. And we're not a substitute for 911, though Kim does have EMT-B training.
Yes — we accommodate non-English speakers through translation technology and use adaptive technologies for accessibility needs.
About Kim
A social worker with 13 years of direct hospital practice experience. She's personally navigated her husband's recovery after surgical complications across four months and three hospitals, manages complex care for her own child, and provides respite caregiving for an aging parent — combining professional expertise with lived experience.
We believe in collaboration and transparency, and that healthcare doesn't have to feel like a battle you fight alone.
You get one window to get the early decisions right. It doesn't stay open long.
The only question is whether you'll be in the room when it closes. What do you need right now? Let's find out.
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