Maggie LaNoye

RN
Via Health Request Advocacy
Maggie

Maggie LaNoye

RN
Via Health Request Advocacy
Advocate Location
Livonia , MI 43154
Specialty
Insurance & Billing
Other Services
Wellness & Lifestyle
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
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How I Can Help
I help individuals, families, and caregivers navigate health insurance denials with informed, independent clinical advocacy. A registered nurse since 2010 — with experience across bedside care and utilization management on both the provider and payer sides — I understand how denial decisions are made from every angle, and exactly where they can be overturned.

My practice is built on four principles:

Wisdom — I bring bedside clinical expertise, provider-side UM experience, and payer-side clinical operations to every case. You will no longer face your insurer's language confused and alone. You will understand what happened, why it happened, and what the evidence actually says.

Justice — Every patient deserves access to the care their plan owes them. I review denials, build appeals, coordinate medical necessity documentation, and pursue every available avenue on your behalf. You will know that someone is standing firmly in your corner.

Courage — I will tell you honestly what your case is worth and pursue it fully when it can be won. You will no longer feel powerless against a system designed to be overwhelming.

Temperance — I do not promise outcomes. I promise disciplined preparation, honest communication, and steady advocacy at every step. You will have clarity, not false hope — and a clear path forward regardless of the outcome.

A denial is not the end. And you do not have to face it alone.
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
  • My geographical area of practice is United States
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
In 2020, my newborn son spent eleven days in the NICU. For eight of those days, he carried the wrong diagnosis and received the wrong care. He was not improving. Every intervention had been attempted and every measure had been maxed. When his labs revealed his insulin levels were five times the normal range — levels consistent with an adult, not a newborn — the team continued the same course without further investigation. When I asked when his labs would be repeated to track that finding, I was told they would not be.

That was the moment I had a choice. I chose to rise.

I contacted the head of the NICU at a neighboring hospital where I had previously worked. I requested an endocrinology consult directly. Within hours, an endocrinologist reviewed his chart and said what no one had said in eight days: this was classic hyperinsulinism. With the correct diagnosis and treatment, she said, he would have been home in three days.

He was home shortly after.

That experience did not make me angry at the system. It made me clear-eyed about it. The system is imperfect — but it is the one we have, and every person within it deserves to access the care they are owed. What most people do not know is that when they feel defeated, when they have been told no, when every measure seems exhausted — there are still steps that can be taken. There is still a path forward.

Most people simply do not know it exists. That is why I do this work.
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Formal Education
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, 2010
A.A.S., Nursing
Additional Skills
My clinical and operational background spans both sides of the utilization management process — provider-side and payer-side — giving me a perspective that is uncommon in patient advocacy. I understand not only how to build a compelling appeal, but how clinical determinations are made, documented, and defended internally by health plans. This allows me to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities that a purely clinical or purely administrative advocate would miss.

My nursing background includes inpatient acute care, complex pediatric cases, and end-of-life care, providing me with the clinical fluency to review medical records, identify documentation deficiencies, and communicate with treating physicians as a clinical peer — not simply as a representative.

I have direct experience with NCQA standards, healthcare platform implementation, and best practice models of care — knowledge that informs how I evaluate whether a health plan's denial process itself was applied correctly and consistently.

I am a personal NICU family who navigated a misdiagnosis in real time, successfully advocating for a correct diagnosis and treatment plan when the system had reached its stated limits. I understand what it means to be on the other side of that table — not as a professional, but as a parent — and that experience is inseparable from the care and precision I bring to every case.

My approach is grounded in stoic principles — Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Temperance — which means every client receives honest assessment, disciplined preparation, and steady advocacy regardless of the complexity of their case.
Professional Affiliations
APHA