Kim Feth

BSW
Healthcare Survival Kit
Kim

Kim Feth

BSW
Healthcare Survival Kit
Advocate Location
BENSON , NC 27504
Specialty
Medical Guidance
Other Services
Insurance & Billing
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
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How I Can Help
The healthcare rules are stacked so you'll stop asking questions, give up, pay the bill, or accept the unsafe discharge. None of that's by accident.

That's why I step in. I untangle the chaos and turn panic into calm.

When hospitals push unsafe discharges, I stop them. When insurance companies deny what they owe, I don't take no for an answer. When medical bills are wrong—and most are—I dig in, demand proof, and refuse to let families get crushed.

I give families the roadmap the healthcare system never wanted them to have. I stand in the gaps that patients fall through and get the hardest things done when it matters most.

Every day, that looks like:

A complex orthopedic injury, unexpected surgical complications, or a new spinal cord or brain injury—with no clear path forward? I build a roadmap that honors the patient's goals, respects the family's resources, and avoids the pitfalls the system ignores.

Giving all your time and energy to a complex patient at the hospital, facility, or at home? I figure out what matters most, get to work, and give you room to breathe.

Not sure if home is still safe for aging parents? I show you the strengths and the risks, and point to the right solutions—whether that's more support at home or a move into care.

A stack of bills and denial letters designed to intimidate? I cut through the jargon, call the insurer's bluff, and make them play fair.

I don't just sit in the chaos—I name it, dismantle it, and guide families through it.

Because I've been on the inside as a medical social worker medical billing professional, I know the hard truths the system won't tell you. I'm not afraid of tough conversations—whether that's holding an insurance company accountable or telling your mom what she doesn't want to hear about care planning.

I take the problems no one else wants to touch, and I fix them. Not passively. With truth, strategy, and relentless persistence.
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
  • I am insured
  • My geographical area of practice is Based in NC | Serving Nationwide | Specializing in Wake County to the Coast
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
I didn't set out to become a healthcare advocate. The broken healthcare system made me one.

For 13 years, I worked as a medical social worker—in hospitals, home health, and other settings. I've seen just about everything, and nothing rattles me. I know what really happens behind the scenes—how insurance companies drag their feet, how hospitals rush discharges, how families are left scrambling in the dark.
I know the system from the inside. I've spent 10 years in medical billing, and I know how to spot the problem and make things right.

Then the system came for my own family.

First, it was our teenage son. One moment he was whole. The next, he was in the hospital with a badly fractured leg, facing a long, hard recovery. I was thrown into the chaos—bills, the wrong insurance plan, the endless calls —all while trying to keep my family steady.

I learned fast: when healthcare breaks, it breaks hard.

Then came my husband. What should have been simple turned into a 24-month nightmare—misdiagnoses, surgical complications, failed discharge planning, and watching a strong man relearn how to walk while I slept on an air mattress in a rehab room.

I was the sole breadwinner, the sole caregiver, and the one person standing between him and a system that treated him like a number.

One night, my husband said, "I wish we could take everything you know and everything we've lived through and use it to help other people." He was right.

What we survived wasn't just bad luck—it was proof of how broken the system really is.

When I got laid off days later, I didn't see it as a setback. I saw it as a dare. A chance to stop playing nice, stop keeping quiet, and start building something that would cut through the confusion, the silence, and the fear families face every day.

That's why I started Healthcare Survival Kit.

I exist to call out what the system won't say, to stand where families get crushed, and to guide caregivers and patients toward power, clarity, and relief. I've got the professional training, the personal scars, and the grit to do what the system won't: put patients first, solve the hard problems, and break barriers.
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Formal Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BSW 1990
Faith Experience
  • Christianity
Additional Skills
CARE NAVIGATION & DISCHARGE

Unsafe hospital discharge prevention
Unsafe facility discharge prevention
Complex hospital discharge planning
Hospital discharge management
Discharge appeal and delay
Inpatient discharge on patient timeline
Care coordination across multiple providers
Post-acute care planning
Accompaniment to medical appointments
Case manager communication
Rehab director negotiation
Physician follow-up coordination
Transition of care planning
Care plan development
Second opinion navigation

PLACEMENT & FACILITY SELECTION

Assisted living placement and vetting
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) selection
Physical rehabilitation facility selection
Memory care facility research and vetting
Facility safety ratings review
Long-term care placement
Rehab Without Walls and home-based rehab options
Short-term vs. long-term placement decisions
Out-of-network facility navigation

MEDICAL BILLING & FINANCIAL ADVOCACY

Medical bill audit and review
Explanation of Benefits (EOB) reconciliation
Insurance denial appeals
Self-insured employer health plan navigation
Medicare billing disputes
Medicaid applications and spend-downs
Interstate Medicaid navigation
Ghost network management so treatment begins
Balance billing disputes
Itemized bill review
Federal and state patient billing protections
ERISA plan appeals
Surprise billing (No Surprises Act)

POPULATIONS & CONDITIONS

Pediatric advocacy (peds to geriatric)
Adult advocacy
Adolescent Advocacy
Geriatric care navigation
Hospice navigation and transition
Rare disease navigation
Cognitive decline
Dementia care coordination
Neuropsychiatric evaluation navigation
Mental illness navigation — all diagnoses
Dual diagnosis (mental illness + medical)
Medication discrepancy review
Caregiver burnout
Long-distance caregiving
Veteran healthcare navigation
VA system navigation
Post-surgical recovery coordination
Neurosurgical patient advocacy

INSURANCE TYPES

Medicare
Medicaid
VA / Veterans Affairs
Employer self-insured plans
Private insurance
Underinsured populations
Commercial insurance

GEOGRAPHY & LOGISTICS

North Carolina
National virtual advocacy
In-person advocacy for critical appointments
Evening and weekend availability
HIPAA compliant

HOME TRANSITION SUPPORT

Caregiver setup and support
Home safety planning post-discharge
Caregiver resource packets and guides
In-home support coordination

Spinal Cord:

Spinal cord injury (SCI)
Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar SCI
Incomplete vs. complete spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury rehabilitation navigation
Spinal stenosis
Spinal cord compression
Myelopathy
Paraplegia and quadriplegia / tetraplegia
Bowel and bladder dysfunction management coordination
Adaptive equipment navigation
SCI Model Systems navigation

TBI:

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Mild, moderate, and severe TBI
Concussion and post-concussion syndrome (PCS)
Acquired brain injury (ABI)
TBI rehabilitation navigation
Cognitive rehabilitation coordination
TBI and co-occurring mental health conditions
TBI and behavioral changes

Neurological:

Neurology care coordination
Neuropsychiatric evaluation navigation
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Parkinson's disease
ALS / amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Stroke and CVA recovery
Seizure disorders / epilepsy
Neuropathy (peripheral, diabetic, autonomic)
Neurodegenerative disease navigation
Post-stroke rehabilitation coordination
Neurological disease and long-term care planning

Psychiatric:

Psychiatric care coordination
Acute psychiatric crisis navigation
Inpatient psychiatric admission
Involuntary commitment navigation
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) admission
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) navigation
Psychiatric medication reconciliation
Dual diagnosis (psychiatric + medical)
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder
Treatment-resistant conditions
Psychiatric discharge planning
Mental health parity law enforcement
Professional Affiliations
NC, EMT-B