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The Ethics of Health and Patient Advocacy

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below. or Read the Reviews Course Description: One of the most important fundamentals to health and patient advocacy as a profession is its reliance on its codes of ethics to inform performance and expectations. Several codes have been developed over the years, all of which support advocacy as perhaps the most ethical profession among those who choose to work in healthcare systems. This course will walk you through the core values upon which […]

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Assessments and Price Estimates for Your Work with Your Client

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below. or Read the Reviews Course Description: You have a yes! You and a new client have discussed possibilities and they are now eager to work with you. They need you, and you are poised to help them weather their healthcare system storms… but… now there are many more questions that need answers: What’s the plan? HOW will you help them? How will you affect their outcomes? What are their hopes? What are

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Client Acquisition: Converting Callers to Clients

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below. or Read the Reviews Earn 1 CE toward your BCPA Certification. Course Description: Your phone rings, and you find a prospective client on the other end, hoping you can help them with your advocacy skills. After a long and friendly conversation where you show them just how helpful you can be, the two of you hang up the phone – and you never hear from them again. What went wrong? You were

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Setting Your Prices

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below. or .Read the Reviews 2 CEs are available toward BCPA certification. See “CEs” below. Course Description: It’s part art, and part science: pricing your services accurately – high enough to maintain and grow your practice, but low enough that clients will want to pay for your services. It can be done through simple math – but how exactly are you supposed to do that math? This course will help you understand the

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Financial Basics: Budgeting, Cash Flow, and Capitalization

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below. .Read the Reviews  or Giving Your Practice a Healthy Financial Start Course Description: Starting an advocacy or care management practice means you must develop business skills to support your advocacy skills. Without business skills and application, your new business will fail! The financial basics taught in this course will show you how to give your new practice a strong foundation through proper planning. You will create start-up and first year budgets, learn about

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Best Practices for Naming Your Practice

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below.  or (Sample Course ~ Register for Free) Course Description: You may be surprised to learn that naming your practice isn’t simply about the name you like. It’s more about the name that will be distinctive, and will help you achieve your future goals. This course will walk you through the important aspects of naming your new advocacy practice, including marketing, legal, and practical considerations. Choose this Course: to help you decide what

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Is Advocacy Certification Right for You?

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below.  or (Sample Course ~ Register for Free) Course Description: There are several forms of certification for health and patient advocates and care managers that address professional skills and ethics. You may be asking yourself if certification is necessary, and if so, which certification to acquire. Choose this Course:  to help you decide if you need to be certified as a health or patient advocate. Who should take this course: Anyone who wants to

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Understanding the Allegiance Factor

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Already Registered?  Click on the first lesson below.  or (Sample Course ~ Register for Free) Course Description: The Allegiance Factor is the ethical basis on which independent health advocacy is formed. It’s the basis for all the work an advocate performs on behalf of a patient-client. Choose this Course: To help you understand the Allegiance Factor, and to see how the courses work at the PracticeUP! learning site. Who Should Take this Course: Anyone who would like to learn more

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