Don’t Touch Me – Go Away!!

Children with chronic and/or serious illnesses are exposed to many potentially traumatizing situations. Examples include receiving a frightening diagnosis, exposure to painful procedures, coping with unfamiliar and complex medical technologies, being separated from a...

5 tips for working with insurance companies

5 Tips for working with insurance companies Having a health insurance claim or request for services denied can be really frustrating.  There are two ways to avoid these situations: making sure you dot your i’s and cross your t’s so that a claim isn’t rejected in the...

How to Advocate for Your Child’s Health Care

Chances are you can remember a time when the health care system did not seem to take your concerns seriously or provided care in a way that hardly seemed “caring”. After all, the “system” is huge, so it is not always easy for one patient or parent to be heard. If this...