Year Established: 2009
Categories: Home Care & Nurses
Services: healthcare advocacy, patient advocacy, patient navigation, patient billing, patient coding, medical case management, insurance claims, insurance appeals, mediation
Specialties: healthcare planning, medical decision making, cancer care, advance care planning, serious illness, seriously ill children and adolescents, senior placement services, medical billing, medical insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, end of life care for children, end of life care for adolescents, end of life care for adults
Associations: American Nurses Association, National Association of Social Workers, Alzheimers Association, Alliance of Professional Health Advocates, Greater Chicago Advocates, Caring Bridge, Seniorliving.org, Family Caregiver Alliance, AARP, American Academy of Pediatrics

The National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants is a non-profit healthcare advocacy organization dedicated to empowering advocates and consumers to navigate our healthcare system effectively and facilitate informed decisions around high quality, timely, safe and affordable care. We promote rigorous standards for the practice of advocacy including ethical considerations and codes of conduct when providing medical decision-making support; We educate consumers and healthcare professionals on research and current trends in patient-centered navigation, advocacy and decision-making support; We partner with individual advocates and other grassroots organizations to collaborate on patient-centered reforms that maximize use of the healthcare system, protect consumer choice and improve access to high quality, affordable care. We welcome as members everyone who is interested in the field, either as a professional or an interested consumer. We have several levels of membership available.