Carla Valentine
MD, BCPA
Valentine Patient Advocacy
Carla Valentine
MD, BCPA
Valentine Patient Advocacy
Advocate Location
Goleta , CA 93117
Specialty
Medical Guidance
Other Services
Special Care & Aging
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
*Greater National Advocates Terms of Use Apply
How I Can Help
Are you feeling lost, exhausted, and frustrated trying to navigate the complex healthcare system? Let me advocate for you.
As a patient advocate, I can:
- Perform comprehensive chart review and medical record summary
- Organize results and reports
- Assist with understanding medical jargon and medications
- Review treatment options
- Act as a liaison between you and your healthcare team
- Facilitate appointments, follow ups, and referrals
- Help navigate and manage hospital stays and discharges
- Coordinate care for yourself or a loved one
- Facilitate conversations about end-of-life planning, healthcare power of attorney, advance
directives, and DNR orders
- Mediate challenging conversations with family and loved ones
- Ensure your voice is heard
- Help you make informed decisions about your health and much more!
In short, as your patient advocate I offer compassionate support to make your healthcare journey easier!
As a patient advocate, I can:
- Perform comprehensive chart review and medical record summary
- Organize results and reports
- Assist with understanding medical jargon and medications
- Review treatment options
- Act as a liaison between you and your healthcare team
- Facilitate appointments, follow ups, and referrals
- Help navigate and manage hospital stays and discharges
- Coordinate care for yourself or a loved one
- Facilitate conversations about end-of-life planning, healthcare power of attorney, advance
directives, and DNR orders
- Mediate challenging conversations with family and loved ones
- Ensure your voice is heard
- Help you make informed decisions about your health and much more!
In short, as your patient advocate I offer compassionate support to make your healthcare journey easier!
Important Information About Me
- I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
- I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
- I am insured
- My geographical area of practice is I work virtually nationwide and I am located in the Santa Barbara, CA area.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
As an Emergency Medicine physician, I have advocated for what is necessary and right for my patients for years. I practiced Emergency Medicine for over 20 years and not only cared for and treated patients in their greatest time of need, but also advocated for my patients to ensure they received the care and follow up they needed and deserved.
Currently, I serve as a Physician Advisor where I perform detailed medical records review with summaries to make recommendations on status determinations for hospitalized patients as well as assisting with patient appeals when denied by their insurance company. I strongly advocate on behalf of these patients which requires extensive knowledge and experience bridging law and medicine in addition to requiring understanding of regulatory compliance in health care.
For over 20 years, I have served as an advocate for friends and family when they've encountered health challenges and difficulty in navigating this complex healthcare system. From helping them understand their medical condition/illness, reviewing and summarizing their medical records, demystifying medications, walking them through what to expect during their ER visit or hospitalization, assessing whether a medical error occurred, and translating what the physician said to them in easy-to-understand language. As a board-certified Patient Advocate, I now dedicate myself to offering my patient advocacy services to you!
Currently, I serve as a Physician Advisor where I perform detailed medical records review with summaries to make recommendations on status determinations for hospitalized patients as well as assisting with patient appeals when denied by their insurance company. I strongly advocate on behalf of these patients which requires extensive knowledge and experience bridging law and medicine in addition to requiring understanding of regulatory compliance in health care.
For over 20 years, I have served as an advocate for friends and family when they've encountered health challenges and difficulty in navigating this complex healthcare system. From helping them understand their medical condition/illness, reviewing and summarizing their medical records, demystifying medications, walking them through what to expect during their ER visit or hospitalization, assessing whether a medical error occurred, and translating what the physician said to them in easy-to-understand language. As a board-certified Patient Advocate, I now dedicate myself to offering my patient advocacy services to you!
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