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# APHA Blog : The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates

A blog about health and patient advocacy in private practice.

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## Posts

- [The Medical Menu: Explaining Patient Advocacy in the Kitchen Chaos of Healthcare](https://aphablog.com/2025/10/23/the-medical-menu-explaining-patient-advocacy-in-the-kitchen-chaos-of-healthcare/)
- [Medicaid Policy Alert: 12 Facts You Need to Know About Medicaid](https://aphablog.com/2025/02/03/medicaid-policy-alert-12-facts-you-need-to-know-about-medicaid/) - Medicaid has gotten recent attention in the midst of the leadership changes in Washington, DC. Get the facts on this vital part of the U.S. health system.
- [Are You an Impostor?](https://aphablog.com/2015/12/07/are-you-an-impostor/)
- [Off to a Running Start!](https://aphablog.com/2015/12/14/off-to-a-running-start/)
- [Step Aside Pollyanna! There's No Room Here for You](https://aphablog.com/2015/11/02/step-aside-pollyanna-theres-no-room-here-for-you/)
- [Making the Case for Nonsense](https://aphablog.com/2015/11/09/making-the-case-for-nonsense/)
- [Do You Protect Your Herd?](https://aphablog.com/2015/11/16/protect-your-herd/)
- [8 End-of-the-Year Tasks for Smart Care Professionals](https://aphablog.com/2015/11/30/8-end-of-the-year-tasks-for-smart-care-professionals/)
- [When Life Gets In the Way](https://aphablog.com/2015/10/05/when-life-gets-in-the-way/)
- [Shark Tank, Narrative, Your Audiences - and Success](https://aphablog.com/2015/10/12/shark-tank-narrative-your-audiences-and-success/)
- [Merriam Webster, The Who, and Hacking Churnalism](https://aphablog.com/2015/10/19/merriam-webster-the-who-and-hacking-churnalism/)
- [It's the #1 Reason: YDKWYDK](https://aphablog.com/2015/09/07/its-the-1-reason-ydkwydk/)
- [Goldilocks, Dad and Finding Care That's Just Right](https://aphablog.com/2015/09/14/goldilocks-dad-and-finding-care-thats-just-right/)
- [The Advice That May Tick You Off](https://aphablog.com/2015/09/21/the-advice-that-may-tick-you-off/)
- [Why I Hope These Pigs Never Fly - and You Should, Too](https://aphablog.com/2015/09/28/why-i-hope-these-pigs-never-fly-and-you-should-too/)
- [Broken Hearts Remind Us to Show Sympathy and Empathy](https://aphablog.com/2015/08/03/broken-hearts-remind-us-to-show-sympathy-and-empathy/)
- [Can an Advocate Do More Harm Than Good?](https://aphablog.com/2015/08/10/can-an-advocate-do-more-harm-than-good/)
- [8 Ways Your Advocacy Practice May Be Like The Giving Tree](https://aphablog.com/2015/08/16/8-ways-your-advocacy-practice-may-be-like-the-giving-tree/)
- [Alone, But Not by Yourself](https://aphablog.com/2015/08/24/alone-but-not-by-yourself/)
- [How Professional Patient Advocates Would Have Stopped Farid Fata](https://aphablog.com/2015/07/11/how-professional-patient-advocates-would-have-stopped-farid-fata/)
- [A Second Opinion Isn't Good Enough](https://aphablog.com/2015/07/20/a-second-opinion-isnt-good-enough/)
- [Non-Payer? Or Scammer? A New Step for Client Acquisition](https://aphablog.com/2015/06/01/non-payer-or-scammer-a-new-step-for-client-engagement/)
- [Don't Let These Headlines Be About You](https://aphablog.com/2015/06/08/dont-let-these-headlines-be-about-you/)
- [Why It Takes So Long to Acquire a New Client](https://aphablog.com/2015/06/15/why-it-takes-so-long-to-acquire-a-new-client/)
- [Just Where Is that Privacy Line?](https://aphablog.com/2015/06/29/just-where-is-that-privacy-line/)
- [Twisted Words Put Me Off](https://aphablog.com/2015/05/11/twisted-words-put-me-off/)
- [Surprising Wisdom from Chipotle Will Make Your Day](https://aphablog.com/2015/05/18/surprising-wisdom-from-chipotle-will-make-your-day/)
- [It's a Thing!](https://aphablog.com/2015/04/06/its-a-thing/)
- [Do Advocates Have a Duty to Report Dangerous Patients?](https://aphablog.com/2015/04/13/do-advocates-have-a-duty-to-report-dangerous-patients/)
- [Enemies? No, But With an Important Distinction](https://aphablog.com/2015/04/20/enemies-no-but-with-an-important-distinction/)
- [Has Your Work Been Plagiarized?](https://aphablog.com/2015/03/02/has-your-work-been-plagiarized/)
- [Celebrating the 5th Annual Private Professional Patient Advocates Week](https://aphablog.com/2015/03/16/celebrating-the-5th-annual-private-professional-patient-advocates-week/)
- [Helping Your Clients Deduct Your Services From Their Income Taxes (IRS and CRA)](https://aphablog.com/2015/03/23/helping-your-clients-deduct-your-services-from-their-income-taxes-irs-and-cra/)
- [Remembering the Mean Girls](https://aphablog.com/2015/02/02/remembering-the-mean-girls/)
- [200 Patient Advocacy Ideas For You](https://aphablog.com/2015/02/09/200-patient-advocacy-ideas-for-you/)
- [Head to Head, Toe to Toe - And Who Are the Big Winners?](https://aphablog.com/2015/02/16/head-to-head-toe-to-toe-and-who-are-the-big-winners/)
- [A New Year, and the Responsibility of Potential](https://aphablog.com/2015/01/05/a-new-year-and-the-responsibility-of-potential/)
- [Sorry. That's Not Good Enough](https://aphablog.com/2015/01/12/sorry-thats-not-good-enough/)
- [Be Bold! Like Wearing Pants to School](https://aphablog.com/2015/01/19/be-bold-like-wearing-pants-to-school/)
- [The Two Pieces of Advice You Will Ignore - Until You Are Burned](https://aphablog.com/2015/01/26/the-two-pieces-of-advice-you-will-ignore-until-you-are-burned/)
- [And They Called it Puppy L-o-o-ve](https://aphablog.com/2014/12/01/and-they-called-it-puppy-l-o-o-ve/)
- [The Weakest Link](https://aphablog.com/2014/12/08/the-weakest-link/)
- [Santa Can Teach Us Advocates Plenty About Good Branding](https://aphablog.com/2014/12/14/santa-can-teach-us-advocates-plenty-about-good-branding/)
- [The Best 3 Minutes and 16 Seconds You'll Spend Today, This Week, Month or Year](https://aphablog.com/2014/11/03/the-best-3-minutes-and-16-seconds-youll-spend-today-this-week-month-or-year/)
- [Common Courtesy and Who Owes What?](https://aphablog.com/2014/11/17/common-courtesy-and-who-owes-what/)
- [Gallimaufry: Your Questions, Some Answers, Media and Just Stuff](https://aphablog.com/2014/11/24/gallimaufry-your-questions-some-answers-media-and-just-stuff/)
- [Ripped from the Headlines.... a Warning for Health Advocates, Too](https://aphablog.com/2014/10/06/ripped-from-the-headlines-a-warning-for-health-advocates-too/)
- [Health Advocacy Ethics - Conflict of Interest? Or Important Service?](https://aphablog.com/2014/10/13/health-advocacy-ethics-conflict-of-interest-or-important-service/)
- [Monetizing, Scaling - Making Smart Choices Affects Your Advocacy Practice and Income](https://aphablog.com/2014/10/20/monitizing-scaling-making-smart-choices-affects-your-advocacy-practice-and-income/)
- [Babbling Will Get You Nowhere](https://aphablog.com/2014/09/08/babbling-will-get-you-nowhere/)
- [Chutzpah!  Know When It Crosses the Line](https://aphablog.com/2014/09/15/chutzpah-know-when-it-crosses-the-line/)
- [It's Not Marketing. It's Teaching.](https://aphablog.com/2014/09/21/its-not-marketing-its-teaching/)
- [Cruel to Be Kind and Kind to be Cruel](https://aphablog.com/2014/09/29/cruel-to-be-kind-and-kind-to-be-cruel/)
- [The One Thing You Must Do to Grow Your Advocacy Practice (and Take a Vacation, too)](https://aphablog.com/2014/08/04/the-one-thing-you-must-do-to-grow-your-advocacy-practice-and-take-a-vacation-too/)
- [The One Thing That Will Cause Your Private Advocacy Practice to Fail](https://aphablog.com/2014/08/11/the-one-thing-that-will-cause-failure-of-your-private-advocacy-practice/)
- [You're Not Charging Enough, and It's Hurting Our Entire Profession](https://aphablog.com/2014/08/18/youre-not-charging-enough-and-its-hurting-our-entire-profession/)
- [Happy Birthday to Us! AdvoConnection Turns 5](https://aphablog.com/2014/08/25/happy-birthday-to-us-advoconnection-turns-5/)
- [Turning Adversity into Proactive Survivorship](https://aphablog.com/2014/07/07/turning-adversity-into-proactive-survivorship/)
- [The Real Cost of Selling One's Soul](https://aphablog.com/2014/07/14/the-real-cost-of-selling-ones-soul/)
- [Mentors and SIGs - Our Best Resources Yet](https://aphablog.com/2014/07/21/mentors-and-sigs-our-best-resources-yet/)
- [Hidden Agendas and Being Used](https://aphablog.com/2014/06/09/hidden-agendas-and-being-used/)
- [Teaching Your Clients to Fish Starts by Leaving the Rod and Reel at Home](https://aphablog.com/2014/06/16/teaching-your-clients-to-fish-starts-by-leaving-the-rod-and-reel-at-home/)
- [Henry Ford, Mary Kay, Success and Patient Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2014/06/30/henry-ford-mary-kay-success-and-patient-advocates/)
- [Oh, It Was Nothing, Really](https://aphablog.com/2014/05/05/oh-it-was-nothing-really/)
- [When Your Competition - Isn't](https://aphablog.com/2014/05/12/when-your-competition-isnt/)
- [Where Do Patient Advocates Get Their Education or Certification?](https://aphablog.com/2014/05/19/where-do-patient-advocates-get-their-education-or-certification/)
- [Veterans, Soldiers, the VA - What They Represent to Private Patient Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2014/05/26/veterans-soldiers-the-va-what-they-represent-to-private-patient-advocates/)
- [Asking WTWTTCH Helps to Overcome the Paralysis of Analysis](https://aphablog.com/2014/04/06/asking-wtwttch-helps-to-overcome-the-paralysis-of-analysis/)
- [Contractors, Kick Backs and Clarity - That's Why We're Here for Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2014/04/14/contractors-kick-backs-and-clarity-thats-why-were-here-for-advocates/)
- [RIP Ramona - With Appreciation for The Lessons She Taught Us](https://aphablog.com/2014/04/21/rip-ramona-with-appreciation-for-the-lessons-she-taught-us/)
- [Saving Your Clients from Jerks, Crooks and Malintents](https://aphablog.com/2014/04/28/saving-your-clients-from-jerks-crooks-and-malintents/)
- [Thrills - and Some Frustration - as We Recognize Private Professional Patient Advocates Week 2014](https://aphablog.com/2014/03/02/thrills-and-some-frustration-as-we-recognize-private-professional-patient-advocates-week-2014/)
- [My Coffee Pot Caught Fire - and Other Lessons for Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2014/03/10/my-coffee-pot-caught-fire-and-other-lessons-for-advocates/)
- [We Interrupt This Thread for News About a Potential Patient Advocacy Lawsuit](https://aphablog.com/2014/03/17/we-interrupt-this-thread-for-news-about-a-potential-patient-advocacy-lawsuit/)
- [Death, Dying, Unhappiness and Misery Have Been on My Mind](https://aphablog.com/2014/02/02/death-dying-unhappiness-and-misery-have-been-on-my-mind/)
- [Doing What You Love Right Into a Hole](https://aphablog.com/2014/02/10/doing-what-you-love-right-into-a-hole/)
- [Eight Hour Day? Get Paid for Sixteen](https://aphablog.com/2014/02/17/eight-hour-day-get-paid-for-sixteen/)
- [Why Being Too Helpful Will Destroy Your Advocacy Practice](https://aphablog.com/2014/01/12/why-being-too-helpful-will-destroy-your-advocacy-practice/)
- [All Dressed Up With Big Places to Go](https://aphablog.com/2014/01/26/all-dressed-up-with-big-places-to-go/)
- [Don't Let the YesButs Stand in Your Way](https://aphablog.com/2013/12/01/dont-let-the-yesbuts-stand-in-your-way/)
- [Insurance Reimbursements for Patient Advocates?](https://aphablog.com/2013/12/09/insurance-reimbursements-for-patient-advocates/)
- [Learn Something Every Day](https://aphablog.com/2013/12/16/learn-something-every-day/)
- [Of Honor and Yardsticks](https://aphablog.com/2013/12/30/of-honor-and-yardsticks/)
- [Remember Cat's Cradle? How to Use It to Build Your Advocacy Practice](https://aphablog.com/2013/11/04/remember-cats-cradle-how-to-use-it-to-build-your-advocacy-practice/)
- [What Patients Fear - The Waiter Will Spit in Their Soup](https://aphablog.com/2013/11/10/what-patients-fear-the-waiter-will-spit-in-their-soup/)
- [Riddle Me This - Then Take a Step Back](https://aphablog.com/2013/11/18/riddle-me-this-then-take-a-step-back/)
- ['Tis the Season to Extend Your Outreach](https://aphablog.com/2013/11/24/tis-the-season-to-extend-your-outreach/)
- [High Tech, Scalability and the Human Role of Health Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2013/10/06/hi-tech-scalability-and-the-human-role-of-health-advocates/)
- [A Surefire Way to Drive Older Clients Away](https://aphablog.com/2013/10/14/a-surefire-way-to-drive-older-clients-away/)
- [Is Grampa Packin' Heat? And Other Safety Considerations for Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2013/10/20/is-grampa-packin-heat-and-other-considerations-for-advocates/)
- [The More Things Change, The More They...](https://aphablog.com/2013/09/02/the-more-things-change-the-more-they/)
- [Don't Kick Yourself Later! The Top 10 Reasons You Need to Attend the APHA Workshops](https://aphablog.com/2013/09/08/dont-kick-yourself-later-the-top-10-reasons-you-need-to-attend-the-apha-workshops/)
- [The Tragedies That Keep Me Up at Night](https://aphablog.com/2013/09/15/the-tragedies-that-keep-me-up-at-night/)
- [Flying the Not-So-Friendly Skies Can Teach Us All a Lesson](https://aphablog.com/2013/09/22/flying-the-not-so-friendly-skies-can-teach-us-all-a-lesson/)
- [And a Great Time, and Some Great Learning, Was Had by All](https://aphablog.com/2013/09/23/and-a-great-time-and-some-great-learning-was-had-by-all/)
- [Certified Patient or Health Advocate? Here we Go Again](https://aphablog.com/2013/09/30/certified-patient-or-health-advocate-here-we-go-again/)
- [Amy Vanderbilt, Emily Post, and My Mother Are Turning Over in Their Graves](https://aphablog.com/2013/08/05/amy-vanderbilt-emily-post-and-my-mother-are-turning-over-in-their-graves/)
- [Stealing Not Allowed](https://aphablog.com/2013/08/18/stealing-not-allowed/)
- [Mid-Year Resolution Check Up - What Have You Accomplished?](https://aphablog.com/2013/07/07/mid-year-resolution-checkup-what-have-you-accomplished/)
- [What Do Insurance and Success Strategies Have in Common?](https://aphablog.com/2013/07/14/what-do-insurance-and-success-strategies-have-in-common/)
- [Playing Favorites](https://aphablog.com/2013/07/21/playing-favorites/)
- [Going to Jail, Spinning Plates, Peace of Mind - and You](https://aphablog.com/2013/06/10/going-to-jail-spinning-plates-peace-of-mind-and-you/)
- [We Get By With a Little Help from Our Friends](https://aphablog.com/2013/06/24/we-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends/)
- [What Private Patient Advocates Can Learn from Paula Deen*](https://aphablog.com/2013/06/30/what-private-patient-advocates-can-learn-from-paula-deen/)
- [Filling the Gap Changes Everything for Your Patient](https://aphablog.com/2013/05/06/filling-the-gap-changes-everything-for-your-patient/)
- [Pushing Back](https://aphablog.com/2013/05/12/pushing-back/)
- [Insanity Is Repeating the Same Behavior...](https://aphablog.com/2013/05/19/insanity-is-repeating-the-same-behavior/)
- [Sharing Healthcare's Dirty Little Secrets](https://aphablog.com/2013/05/26/suspicious-phone-call-suggests-a-way-to-garner-trust/)
- [Obamacare Seeks Navigators - Is There a Role for You?](https://aphablog.com/2013/04/07/obamacare-seeks-navigators-is-there-a-role-for-you/)
- [What Does It Take to Be an Overnight Success?](https://aphablog.com/2013/04/21/what-does-it-take-to-be-an-overnight-success/)
- [The VITAL Piece of Information the Press - and Many Patients AND Advocates - Are Missing](https://aphablog.com/2013/04/28/the-vital-piece-of-information-the-press-and-many-patients-and-advocates-are-missing/)
- [Is Patient Advocacy Certification on the Horizon?](https://aphablog.com/2013/03/01/is-patient-advocacy-certification-on-the-horizon/)
- [Tax Time! Can Your Clients Deduct Your Patient Advocacy Services?](https://aphablog.com/2013/03/10/tax-time-can-your-clients-deduct-your-patient-advocacy-services/)
- [Imagine a Friend's Night Out and Dial-a-Mentor All Rolled Into One](https://aphablog.com/2013/03/17/imagine-a-friends-night-out-and-dial-a-mentor-all-rolled-into-one/)
- [Third Annual Private Professional Patient Advocates' Recognition Shows How We Have Matured](https://aphablog.com/2013/03/24/third-annual-private-professional-patient-advocates-recognition-shows-how-we-have-matured/)
- [Profession - or Calling?  What Do You Consider Your Advocacy Work?](https://aphablog.com/2013/03/30/profession-or-calling-what-do-you-consider-your-advocacy-work/)
- [An Advocate's Allegiance Makes All the Difference](https://aphablog.com/2013/02/03/an-advocates-allegiance-makes-all-the-difference/)
- [Bring It On! Forum Fireworks Erupt Again](https://aphablog.com/2013/02/10/bring-it-on-forum-fireworks-erupt-again/)
- [Hospital Providers Come to Patient Advocates' Defense](https://aphablog.com/2013/02/17/hospital-providers-come-to-advocates-defense/)
- [Ticked Off Applicants Help Us Clarify the Mission](https://aphablog.com/2013/02/24/ticked-off-applicants-help-us-clarify-the-mission/)
- [Clearing Up a Misperception About Patient Advocacy](https://aphablog.com/2013/01/13/clearing-up-a-misperception-about-patient-advocacy/)
- [If I Could File a Lawsuit, I Would](https://aphablog.com/2013/01/28/if-i-could-file-a-lawsuit-i-would/)
- [Seize the Moment!  A Free and Easy Marketing Tip for Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2012/12/03/seize-the-moment-a-free-and-easy-marketing-tip-for-advocates/)
- [Plenty of Disruption at the PPAI Conference](https://aphablog.com/2012/12/10/plenty-of-disruption-at-the-ppai-conference/)
- [Holiday Hospital Dangers Spell HERO for Patient Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2012/12/16/holiday-hospital-dangers-spell-hero-for-patient-advocates/)
- [Healthcare System Challenges in 2013 Create Opportunities for Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2012/12/31/healthcare-system-challenges-in-2013-create-opportunities-for-advocates/)
- [Professionalism Ratchets Up a Notch at the 2012 NAHAC Conference](https://aphablog.com/2012/11/05/professionalism-ratchets-up-a-notch-at-the-2012-nahac-conference/)
- ["In the Mood" - How Glenn Miller, Johnny Mercer and the Andrews Sisters Helped Dad Weather His Pain](https://aphablog.com/2012/10/14/how-glenn-miller-johnny-mercer-and-the-andrews-sisters-helped-dad-weather-his-pain/)
- [Advocate for Patients and the Environment, Too](https://aphablog.com/2012/10/21/advocate-for-patients-and-the-environment-too/)
- [Don't Let Your Cause Be the Cause of Lost Business](https://aphablog.com/2012/09/10/dont-let-your-cause-be-the-cause-of-lost-business/)
- [The Health Advocate's Olympics](https://aphablog.com/2012/08/05/health-advocates-olympics/)
- [Private, Independent - and Potentially Confusing](https://aphablog.com/2012/08/12/private-independent-and-possibly-confusing/)
- [Don't Shoot the Messenger](https://aphablog.com/2012/08/27/dont-shoot-the-messenger/)
- [What Health Advocates Need to Know about the Affordable Care Act](https://aphablog.com/2012/07/16/what-health-advocates-need-to-know-about-the-affordable-care-act/)
- [What's In a Name? A Caveat for "Navigators"](https://aphablog.com/2012/07/29/whats-in-a-name-a-caveat-for-navigators/)
- [Spring Cleaning](https://aphablog.com/2012/06/04/spring-cleaning/)
- [Dear Abby Lights a Fire Under Health Advocates, Too](https://aphablog.com/2012/06/10/dear-abby-lights-a-fire-under-health-advocates-too/)
- [How Empowering Your Clients Makes You a Better, and Stronger, Health Advocate](https://aphablog.com/2012/06/18/how-empowering-your-clients-makes-you-a-better-and-stronger-health-advocate/)
- [How Health Advocates Can Save Money for Their Clients](https://aphablog.com/2012/06/25/how-health-advocates-can-save-their-clients-money/)
- [Client Discussions: Where Do Spirituality and Religion Come In?](https://aphablog.com/2012/05/06/where-do-spirituality-and-religion-come-in/)
- [Just Who Is Making Your Clients' Medical Decisions?](https://aphablog.com/2012/05/20/just-who-is-making-your-clients-medical-decisions/)
- [Setting New Standards for a New Profession - Your Chance to Help](https://aphablog.com/2012/04/01/setting-new-standards-for-a-new-profession-your-chance-to-help/)
- [Just How Many Patient Advocates Are There?](https://aphablog.com/2012/04/16/just-how-many-patient-advocates-are-there/)
- [What's a Bad Outcome? And Where Does the Fault Lie?](https://aphablog.com/2012/04/22/whats-a-bad-outcome-and-where-does-the-fault-lie/)
- [Getting Your Clients Past Magical Thinking](https://aphablog.com/2012/04/29/getting-your-clients-past-magical-thinking/)
- [Recognizing Private Professional Patient Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2012/03/11/recognizing-private-professional-patient-advocates/)
- [More on the Paralysis of Analysis - It's All About the "M" Words](https://aphablog.com/2012/03/26/more-on-the-paralysis-of-analysis-its-all-about-the-m-words/)
- [10 Lessons Patient Advocates and Navigators Can Learn from the Superbowl](https://aphablog.com/2012/02/05/10-lessons-patient-advocates-and-navigators-can-learn-from-the-superbowl/)
- [When Is Potential Competition the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Your Business?](https://aphablog.com/2012/02/12/when-is-potential-competition-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-your-business/)
- [Patient Advocates, Income Tax Deductions and Guide Dogs](https://aphablog.com/2012/02/20/patient-advocates-income-tax-deductions-guide-dogs/)
- [A One Word Resolution for All Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2012/01/02/a-one-word-resolution-for-all-advocates/)
- [Watching the Headlines for Opportunities](https://aphablog.com/2012/01/08/watching-the-headlines-for-opportunities/)
- [Coopetition - But Don't Give Away the Farm](https://aphablog.com/2012/01/16/coopetition-but-dont-give-away-the-farm/)
- [Advocacy, Politics and the 2012 Elections](https://aphablog.com/2012/01/23/advocacy-politics-and-the-2012-elections/)
- [Some High Profile Marketing and a Review Opportunity, Too](https://aphablog.com/2012/01/29/some-high-profile-marketing-and-a-review-opportunity-too/)
- [Revisiting Education and Patient Advocates' Certification](https://aphablog.com/2011/12/04/revisiting-education-and-patient-advocates-certification/)
- [Why We Should Avoid Using the Title "Certified Patient Advocate"](https://aphablog.com/2011/12/11/why-we-should-avoid-using-the-title-certified-patient-advocate/)
- [Patient Advocacy on the Cusp of the Tipping Point](https://aphablog.com/2011/11/14/patient-advocacy-on-the-cusp-of-the-tipping-point/)
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- [Insurance Reimbursements? Not Exactly a Pot of Gold](https://aphablog.com/2011/04/11/insurance-reimbursements-not-exactly-a-pot-of-gold/)
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- [And Now a Word for Patients....](https://aphablog.com/2011/03/20/and-now-a-word-for-patients/)
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- [MORE Magazine Article - Blessings and Missed Opportunities](https://aphablog.com/2011/02/26/more-magazine-article-blessings-and-missed-opportunities/)
- [The Myth of Patient Advocacy Certification](https://aphablog.com/2011/01/03/the-myth-original/)
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- [Lessons from The Loss of a Patient](https://aphablog.com/2011/01/31/lessons-from-the-loss-of-a-patient/)
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- [Enough is Enough! Helping Elderly Patients Make Decisions](https://aphablog.com/2010/12/17/enough-is-enough-helping-elderly-patients-make-decisions/)
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- [To Quote Dr. Phil - And How's That Workin' For Ya?](https://aphablog.com/2021/09/21/with-a-nod-to-dr-phil-hows-that-workin-for-ya/)
- [... and Now the New York Times](https://aphablog.com/2016/08/22/and-now-the-new-york-times/)
- [When Clients Lie](https://aphablog.com/2016/05/09/when-clients-lie/)
- [The Enemy of the Good - Getting Out of Your Own Way](https://aphablog.com/2021/09/06/the-enemy-of-the-good-getting-out-of-your-own-way/)
- [Rats! Seattle History Exposes a Lesson for Advocates and Care Managers](https://aphablog.com/2021/07/21/rats-seattle-history-exposes-a-lesson-for-advocates-and-care-managers/) - Avoid making decisions that lead to unintended consequences. Instead use resources available to make smarter decisions for your patient advocacy or care management business.
- [AdvoConnection Blog Launch](https://aphablog.com/2010/06/01/advoconnection-blog-launch/)
- [Read About AdvoConnection Patient Advocates in O Magazine!](https://aphablog.com/2010/07/07/read-about-advoconnection-patient-advocates-in-o-magazine/)
- [Calling All Health Advocates - And Those Who Wish to Be One](https://aphablog.com/2011/04/04/calling-all-health-advocates-and-those-who-wish-to-be-one/)
- [Craving Inside Information - from the Outside](https://aphablog.com/2011/05/16/craving-inside-information-from-the-outside/)
- [Sad News and a Heavy Heart](https://aphablog.com/2011/05/20/sad-news-and-a-heavy-heart/)
- [Got Business?  AdvoConnection One Day Business Institute - Reserve Your Spot Now](https://aphablog.com/2011/09/12/got-business-advoconnection-one-day-business-institute-reserve-your-spot-now/)
- [Announcement:  The Ken Schueler Patient Advocacy Compass Award](https://aphablog.com/2011/11/03/announcement-the-ken-schueler-patient-advocacy-compass-award/)
- [Clarifications and an Update on the Schueler Compass Award](https://aphablog.com/2011/11/21/clarifications-and-an-update-on-the-schueler-compass-award/)
- [Let's Talk About Excellence in Patient and Health Advocacy](https://aphablog.com/2012/02/26/lets-talk-about-excellence-in-patient-and-health-advocacy/)
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- ["Ask a Health Advocate" Makes Its Debut](https://aphablog.com/2012/07/08/ask-a-health-advocate-makes-its-debut/)
- [In the Absence of Certification - a Code of Conduct and Professional Standards](https://aphablog.com/2012/09/03/in-the-absence-of-certification-a-code-of-conduct-and-professional-standards/)
- [The Lessons We'll Learn from Dad](https://aphablog.com/2012/10/01/the-lessons-we-will-learn-from-dad/)
- [Start and Grow Your Independent, Private Advocacy Practice - Coming Soon!](https://aphablog.com/2012/09/16/start-and-grow-your-independentprivate-advocacy-practice/)
- [We're Official!  Meet The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2012/10/29/were-official-meet-the-alliance-of-professional-health-advocates/)
- [A New Tool for Choosing Providers - and You Can Help](https://aphablog.com/2012/11/25/a-new-tool-for-choosing-providers-and-you-can-help/)
- [Time to Kick Start Your Advocacy in the New Year](https://aphablog.com/2013/01/07/time-to-kick-start-your-advocacy-in-the-new-year/)
- [The 2014 Schueler Patient Advocacy Compass Award... and the winner is...](https://aphablog.com/2014/02/23/the-2014-schueler-patient-advocacy-compass-award-and-the-winner-is/)
- [Let's Do a Refresh for 2014 - A Tipping Point for Private Advocacy!](https://aphablog.com/2014/01/05/lets-do-a-refresh-for-2014-tipping-point-for-patient-advocacy/)
- [The Affordable Care Act / Obamacare Defines Perfect Roles for Private Professional Patient Advocates](https://aphablog.com/2013/08/25/the-affordable-care-act-obamacare-defines-perfect-roles-for-private-professional-patient-advocates/)
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- [Leading By Example](https://aphablog.com/2015/06/22/leading-by-example/)
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- [Let's Play Jeopardy!](https://aphablog.com/2016/02/08/lets-play-jeopardy/)
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- [Tough Questions, Informative Discussions, and Opportunities to Count Our Blessings](https://aphablog.com/2016/06/05/tough-questions-informative-discussions-and-opportunities-to-count-our-blessings/)
- [The YOMs Are Back! (And That's Not a Good Thing)](https://aphablog.com/2016/06/13/the-yoms-are-back-and-thats-not-a-good-thing/)
- [Survey Says! The Results Are In](https://aphablog.com/2016/07/11/survey-says-the-results-are-in/)
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- [How Is Patient Advocacy Like Doing the Laundry?](https://aphablog.com/2018/03/19/how-is-patient-advocacy-like-doing-the-laundry/)
- [These 8 Yard Sale Lessons May Improve Your Advocacy Practice](https://aphablog.com/2016/04/18/these-8-yard-sale-lessons-may-improve-your-advocacy-practice/)
- [History, Tidbits of Interest, and True Confessions about Patient Advocacy Certification](https://aphablog.com/2018/04/03/history-tidbits-of-interest-and-true-confessions-about-patient-advocacy-certification/)
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- [Should Insurance Provide Reimbursement to Independent Advocates?](https://aphablog.com/2018/04/23/should-insurance-provide-reimbursement-to-independent-advocates/)
- [Revisiting the Mean Girls in Our New Advocacy Environment](https://aphablog.com/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-mean-girls-in-our-new-advocacy-environment/)
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- [To Gain a New Client, You'll Have to Break 2 Bad Habits](https://aphablog.com/2018/06/25/to-gain-a-new-client-youll-have-to-break-2-bad-habits/)
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- [When Is an Advocate Not an Advocate?](https://aphablog.com/2018/08/27/when-is-an-advocate-not-an-advocate/)
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- [Today I Expect They Will Begin to Fly. Will You?](https://aphablog.com/2016/05/30/today-i-expect-they-will-begin-to-fly-will-you/)
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- [(Update #4) Finding Opportunities During this Crisis](https://aphablog.com/2020/04/01/update-4-covid19/)
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- [Science, Darwin, and Advocacy Ethics](https://aphablog.com/2020/09/15/science-darwin-and-advocacy-ethics/)
- [STOP! HALT! Keep Quiet ... or Lose Business](https://aphablog.com/2018/03/26/stop-halt-keep-quiet-or-lose-business/)
- [Whinery - How to Make Your Fortune (Take This Quiz!)](https://aphablog.com/2016/08/15/whinery-how-to-make-your-fortune/)
- [Revisiting the Case of Farid Fata - Why Patient Advocates Must Take Notice](https://aphablog.com/2016/01/18/revisiting-the-case-of-farid-fata-why-patient-advocates-must-take-notice/)
- [Turkish Lore and Sir Francis Bacon Suggest a New Approach to Workshops and Bootcamps](https://aphablog.com/2020/07/22/turkish-lore-and-sir-francis-bacon-suggest-a-new-approach-to-workshops-and-bootcamps/)
- [Beware Those Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing](https://aphablog.com/2020/07/06/beware-wolves-sheeps-clothing/)
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