Linda Winkler Garvin is Founder and President of Patient Advocate Bay Area, Inc., a national healthcare navigation and patient advocacy service that helps you navigate the logistics of the medical maze and guides you to make informed choices about your health care.
When you are faced with life-changing and life-saving decisions, please contact me to see if I can help. My services include:
- Adult & Elder Care Advocacy Services
- Assistance Managing Your Personalized Care with a Cancer Diagnosis
- Chronic Conditions
- Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
As your Health Advocate, I can…
- Accompany you or an elderly parent to physician appointments, formulate questions, and help follow-up on health recommendations.
- Help review medical bills, appeal unpaid claims, obtain pre-authorization for treatments.
- Coordinate healthcare procedures, treatments, and plans.
- Guide your decision-making when faced with a serious or complex diagnosis.
- Make home or hospital visits to ill or elderly loved ones.
- Advocate on your behalf with physicians and hospital staff.
- Assist with obtaining second opinions.
- Review medical records and explore health treatment options.
- Assist with discharge planning and assessment of needs.
- Help transition a family member from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility.
The benefits of working with Linda Winkler Garvin:
- Explore which health care options are right for you.
- Save you valuable work time by coordinating and facilitating your family members’ health needs.
- Help prevent health crises and unnecessary hospitalizations.
- Research your potential treatment options and help you determine the pros and cons so that you can choose the best health option for yourself.
- Proactive education to prevent and protect you from medical mistakes, including hospital-acquired infections.
- Communicate your healthcare needs to medical team and exchange information with family members.
- My allegiance is with you “the client”.
TESTIMONIALS
What my clients are saying …
Carol, San Mateo, CA
We were at our wits end trying to help our sister. She had multiple doctors, cabinets full of medications, confusion on what was wrong, and no answers. Linda helped us sort through the turmoil and advocate for her. She managed numerous complex … Read more >>
Cheryl, Alameda, CA
I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months after moving to Alameda from Nova Scotia, Canada. I was unfamiliar with health insurance issues in the US, but luckily I found Nurse Health Advocate, Linda Garvin. Linda helped me navigate the … Read more >>
Karen, Washington, DC
Before I took a job out of state, I used caregivers to assist with my mother’s independent living. When she moved to assisted living, I thought “outside” assistance would be unnecessary. I was wrong. While regular meals and on-time meds were no … Read more >>
Eileen, San Francisco, CA
I hired Linda to work with a friend of mine in her early twenties who lives in New York City. My friend had a health problem that required her to see a Gynecologist and was informed she may have a pre-cancerous cervical condition. She was scared … Read more >>
Joanne, San Francisco, CA
My initial experience with Linda was when I was in crisis, after being diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer in October 2019. Having access to her knowledge and expertise (with her extensive history of a nursing and medical background) in navigating … Read more >>
ACCEPTS VIRTUAL CLIENTS
I serve clients throughout the East Bay, North Peninsula, South Peninsula, South Bay, and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as throughout the country.
Linda Winkler Garvin, MSN, Patient Advocate
Founder and President
Patient Advocate Bay Area, Inc.
Helping People Make Informed Decisions about their Health Care
510-520-0186
https://www.patientadvocatebayarea.com
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