Kimberly Acosta
BSN, RN, BCPA
Professional Healthcare Advocates
Kimberly Acosta
BSN, RN, BCPA
Professional Healthcare Advocates
Advocate Location
GLENDORA , CA 91741
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
CARE
COORDINATION
• Assist with and attend appointments • Facilitate communication with and between providers
• Long-term facility oversight and placement guidance • Coordinate second opinions • Diagnosis
and treatment education • Clinical trial information • Work with all designated family members
SENIOR
SERVICES
• Research options for public and private living arrangements • Arrange for and coordinate
home-based care, assisted living facility or other long term care arrangement • Provide
facility oversight to ensure patient safety and provision of rights
TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE
• Assist with a hospital discharge • Arrange home-based care • Help coordinate transfer to
a rehab or other subacute facility • Work with your provider to ensure outpatient
therapies are received • Provide for peace of mind with facility or home care oversight
MEDICATION
MANAGEMENT
• Screen for medication errors and interactions • Create an organized/updated medication
list • Set up assistance for medication delivery • Medication education • Assist with
Alternative Therapy options
END OF LIFE
SERVICES
• Education and Options • Assistance with Advanced Directives and end of life wishes • Help
with Estate Planning • Funeral and Celebration of Life Assistance • Spiritual care and support •
Rituals and blessing provided by our Chaplain • Hospice referrals
INSURANCE
AND BILLING
• Our certified Medicare Specialist will help review your current insurance plan and assist you
with finding options. • Review medical charges/billing and reconcile discrepancies
CRISIS
CARE
• Guidance through a health crisis
• Education regarding your options and rights
PERINATAL
SUPPORT
• Guidance and navigational support for high risk pregnancy, advanced maternal age and
maternal and fetal complications • Extensive network of genetic counselors, NICU and
perinatal nurses, midwives, doulas and perinatologists. Support through every stage, attend
appointments, review records, education, referral and second opinion assistance
COORDINATION
• Assist with and attend appointments • Facilitate communication with and between providers
• Long-term facility oversight and placement guidance • Coordinate second opinions • Diagnosis
and treatment education • Clinical trial information • Work with all designated family members
SENIOR
SERVICES
• Research options for public and private living arrangements • Arrange for and coordinate
home-based care, assisted living facility or other long term care arrangement • Provide
facility oversight to ensure patient safety and provision of rights
TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE
• Assist with a hospital discharge • Arrange home-based care • Help coordinate transfer to
a rehab or other subacute facility • Work with your provider to ensure outpatient
therapies are received • Provide for peace of mind with facility or home care oversight
MEDICATION
MANAGEMENT
• Screen for medication errors and interactions • Create an organized/updated medication
list • Set up assistance for medication delivery • Medication education • Assist with
Alternative Therapy options
END OF LIFE
SERVICES
• Education and Options • Assistance with Advanced Directives and end of life wishes • Help
with Estate Planning • Funeral and Celebration of Life Assistance • Spiritual care and support •
Rituals and blessing provided by our Chaplain • Hospice referrals
INSURANCE
AND BILLING
• Our certified Medicare Specialist will help review your current insurance plan and assist you
with finding options. • Review medical charges/billing and reconcile discrepancies
CRISIS
CARE
• Guidance through a health crisis
• Education regarding your options and rights
PERINATAL
SUPPORT
• Guidance and navigational support for high risk pregnancy, advanced maternal age and
maternal and fetal complications • Extensive network of genetic counselors, NICU and
perinatal nurses, midwives, doulas and perinatologists. Support through every stage, attend
appointments, review records, education, referral and second opinion assistance
Important Information About Me
- I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
- I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
- I am insured
- My geographical area of practice is Serving all of Southern California
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
During her years as a professional registered nurse Kim often found a breakdown in communication between patients, their physicians, and the healthcare team. With a deep passion for quality patient care as the driving force, her goal became to bridge this gap to ensure continuity of care, patient safety and best outcomes.
Kim has worked in a variety of healthcare settings caring for patients on both ends of the lifespan, infants through seniors. She began her career as a Perinatal nurse with the USC Perinatal Group. Focusing on maternal and fetal medicine, high-risk pregnancies, maternal complications, procedures, and coordinating referrals to other specialists, she often worked in collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
From there she moved into home health and hospice care where she has, for several years, worked with patients who have multiple health concerns. It was while doing this work that she felt the driving need to pursue advocacy, as far too often she witnessed the communication breakdown between providers and clients in the home. She devoted much of her time to communicating with providers on behalf of her
patients, educating them and their family members about their health conditions, medications, and available options, thereby empowering them to take an active role in their care.
As a hospice nurse Kim considered it a blessing to be with someone as they were nearing end of life, and in doing so has learned that more often than not, dying is a process, not a single event. She has been honored to guide patients and family members through that journey, ensuring death with dignity.
Kim earned her BSN from Azusa Pacific University where she was a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing for her academic excellence. She is currently a member of the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates, a subscriber to the Health Advocate’s Code of Conduct and Professional Standards, and is a proud member of the Glendora Chamber of Commerce in California.
Kim has worked in a variety of healthcare settings caring for patients on both ends of the lifespan, infants through seniors. She began her career as a Perinatal nurse with the USC Perinatal Group. Focusing on maternal and fetal medicine, high-risk pregnancies, maternal complications, procedures, and coordinating referrals to other specialists, she often worked in collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
From there she moved into home health and hospice care where she has, for several years, worked with patients who have multiple health concerns. It was while doing this work that she felt the driving need to pursue advocacy, as far too often she witnessed the communication breakdown between providers and clients in the home. She devoted much of her time to communicating with providers on behalf of her
patients, educating them and their family members about their health conditions, medications, and available options, thereby empowering them to take an active role in their care.
As a hospice nurse Kim considered it a blessing to be with someone as they were nearing end of life, and in doing so has learned that more often than not, dying is a process, not a single event. She has been honored to guide patients and family members through that journey, ensuring death with dignity.
Kim earned her BSN from Azusa Pacific University where she was a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing for her academic excellence. She is currently a member of the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates, a subscriber to the Health Advocate’s Code of Conduct and Professional Standards, and is a proud member of the Glendora Chamber of Commerce in California.
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