Show Notes
Do any of these describe you? Your parent lives out of town and is in the midst of a health care situation. Your parent is hospitalized and you don't understand what they are entitled to with insurance and length of stay. Or, you suspect medical errors occurred in a nursing facility or hospital. If you can answer yes to any of these, consider hiring a Patient Advocate who can take care of all of this for you and your parent. This podcast is so chock full of ways you can benefit from having a Patient Advocate that it takes 2 episodes just to get through it all. Teri, owner of NShore Patient Advocates, talks about why and when a family should hire a Patient Advocate. This truly is an episode that can benefit your entire family. Check out Teri's company at www.northshorern.com
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