Rosalie Garcia

RN, MSN (Masters of Science in Nursing)
CarePath Advocate LLC
Rosalie

Rosalie Garcia

RN, MSN (Masters of Science in Nursing)
CarePath Advocate LLC
Advocate Location
Milwaukee , WI 53225
Specialty
Medical Guidance
Other Services
Special Care & Aging
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
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How I Can Help
I provide independent patient advocacy and healthcare navigation for older adults and families in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin, in person or virtually.

Attend medical appointments with you — in person across Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin, or virtually anywhere — taking notes and asking the questions that get missed

HOSPITAL ADVOCACY: daily support during admissions, and discharge planning so the transition home doesn't fall through the cracks

TECHNOLOGY: Set up and teach MyChart and other patient portals, telehealth visits, and online scheduling — technology support built on my healthcare informatics career

Organize medical records and paperwork into one clear picture

Support family caregivers, including adult children coordinating a parent's care from out of state

Review and organize complex medication lists — as nursing faculty teaching pharmacology, I catch duplications, interactions, and unnecessary medications
Locate specialists, prepare you for consultations, and support second opinions

Coordinate care across multiple doctors, clinics, and health systems

Help you understand your insurance coverage and support appeals of denied claims and prior authorizations

Full advocacy services available in Spanish — se habla español
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
  • I am insured
  • My geographical area of practice is Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin — including Brookfield, Waukesha, Menomonee Falls, Racine, Wauwatosa, New Berlin, and Mequon. In-person locally; virtual support available.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
I've been a registered nurse for more than 20 years. Along the way, I've trained thousands of healthcare professionals — nurses, physicians, and entire care teams — and spent part of my career in healthcare informatics, the world of electronic records and patient portals that now sits behind every visit. That career taught me two things. First, healthcare is genuinely hard to navigate — even the professionals need ongoing training to keep up, so families were never meant to figure it out alone. Second, the technology that was supposed to make care easier has become its own maze: another portal, another password, another message that never gets answered — and it's often hardest on the older adults who need care most. Families are asked to master both worlds at their most frightened, exhausted moments. I founded CarePath Advocate to stand on their side of both — translating the medical world into plain language, untangling the technology, and making sure their voice is heard in every decision. You shouldn't have to navigate healthcare, or the systems around it, alone.
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Formal Education
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) — Walden University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - University of Madison Wisconsin
Language Proficiency
  • Spanish
Faith Experience
  • Christianity
Additional Skills
Care settings & transitions:
- Hospital admission and bedside advocacy
- Hospital discharge planning and transitions home
- Skilled nursing facility (SNF), inpatient rehab, assisted living, and memory care decisions
- Home health and aging in place
- Coordinating multiple specialists across health systems

Technology & access:
- MyChart, Epic, patient portals, telehealth setup, electronic health records (EHR) — healthcare informatics background
- Healthcare technology help for seniors
- Bilingual advocacy — Spanish / se habla español
- Long-distance family caregivers and adult children coordinating a parent's care
- Medical power of attorney (POA) and healthcare proxy support

Conditions & clinical situations:
- Type 1 and type 2 diabetes (T1D, T2D), insulin management, new diagnoses, diabetic complications
- Heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation (AFib), heart attack recovery, cardiac conditions,
- Stroke and TIA recovery
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), asthma, chronic respiratory illness, oxygen at home
- Pneumonia, sepsis, ICU stays and post-ICU recovery
- New cancer diagnoses — treatment navigation, chemotherapy, radiation, oncology second opinions
- Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, competency and care decisions
- Parkinson's disease and neurological conditions
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Polypharmacy, medication reconciliation, medication safety, drug interactions — pharmacology faculty
- Post-surgical recovery and rehabilitation
- Falls, frailty, and safety in aging adults
- Repeated hospitalizations and ER visits
- Palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life decisions

Insurance & paperwork:
- Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare paperwork
- Medicaid and dual-eligible coverage questions
- Commercial insurance, prior authorizations, denied claims and appeals
- Medical bills, billing errors, explanation of benefits
Professional Affiliations
Registered Nurse, State of Wisconsin — 20+ years of clinical nursing experience across hospital and health-system settings
Adjunct Nursing Faculty, Bryant & Stratton College — teaching pharmacology to nursing students (current)
Ongoing continuing education in nursing practice and medication safety as an active RN and nursing educator