Laura Willging

RN, BCPA
Laura

Laura Willging

RN, BCPA
Advocate Location
Dubuque , IA 52001
Specialty
Medical Guidance
(563) 412-6620
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
TeleAdvocacy Not Offered
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How I Can Help
Primary motivations are for patient rights and healthcare needs. Helps to foster patient education, healthcare decision autonomy and self-governance. Assists with establishing or mending the patient-physician relationship while encouraging shared decision making, informed consent, patient safety and eliminating access-to-care burdens such as prior authorization insurance denials for testing and prescribed medications. Strengths: assisting in the breast implant harmed patient community (device injury, failure, illness or the cancers caused by the devices: BIA-ALCL, BIA-SCC).
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • My geographical area of practice is N/A
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
As a young child I helped care for a family member who had chronic health challenges. I’d attend doctor appointments and engage & learn whatever I could. Then when my grandpa was spending his last days in the hospital, he saw me in his room and thought I was a young nurse and that stuck with me and my family ever since. I come from a family with a strong sense of service and justice. I’ve worked in healthcare roles or facilities for over 3 decades. (RN license obtained in 2000.) I’ve always tuned in to my innate desire to help educate people about their own role in their healthcare by enhancing literacy, reviewing their options, rights and ways of implementing health risk reductions. Having had myself suffer a medical device injury and subsequent illness for a decade, I was on the receiving end of healthcare. I struggled to find proper care and diagnosis. I’ve learned much from being on both sides of the fence. I am determined to fight for what the patient needs in regards to achieving best health outcomes and I am not afraid to use assertiveness when necessary.
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Formal Education
Northeast Iowa Community College, ADN/RN, 2000
Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA)
Additional Skills
I’ve had some experience working for a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) navigating healthcare and prescription plans and monitoring progress of prescription insurance claims processing resulting in Prior Authorization approvals, denials and appeals. Prior to that, I advocated for Prior Authorization approvals on physician prescribed treatments, tests and prescriptions. I’ve assisted in advocating for a person in the prison system by submitting medical support narratives to their Attorney, State Medical Official(s) and DOJ. Assisted a veteran with their VA disability case decision denial, appeal which did end up in decision reversal (awarded). Have knowledge of HIPAA application and health information coordination & management and patient care gap bridging between interdependent digital platforms and EMR; manual data integration. Am a VO delegate for the State of Iowa Longterm Care Ombudsman Program hoping to elevate the resident voice and educate all about resident rights related to the Older American’s Act and more.