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One-Page Summary (PDF)

What We Do

We are patient advocates. We work with clients to help them make more informed medical decisions, access care, navigate employment issues, find support, and build their own self-advocacy skills as needed.

We serve patients with life-threatening and serious chronic illnesses and their families, regardless of income or residence.

Our patient advocacy services are free. We rely upon donations to provide our advocacy services.

We train professional/graduate students in law, medicine, social work, nursing, pharmacy, public affairs, psychology, biology, health systems engineering, and others who will work in or around the health care system in their future careers.

Clients are empowered to be self-advocates, whenever possible. Client and advocate decide together what advocacy is needed and steps to be taken.

Advocacy services may include:

  • Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Coordination of Care & Support
  • Family Matters
  • Employment
  • Medical Bills/Insurance
  • Public Benefits or Public/Private Disability
  • For more examples of our advocacy services, click here.

What We Don't Do*

  • litigate (file suit or take legal cases to court)
  • practice law / provide legal advice
  • practice medicine / provide medical advice
  • provide financial advice
  • provide representation in external appeals (e.g., private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, SSDI)
* We provide referrals to community resources whenever possible!

Interested In Advocacy Services? (Application)

To expedite your application for advocacy services, please complete our application (fillable PDF form)* and email it to cppadvocacy@law.wisc.edu.

*Please use the latest version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to complete this application (available here).

You can also contact us by:

As a small educational center, we work on an academic calendar and rely on students to provide patient advocacy services. We work to respond to all inquires within four (4) business days. We do our best to prioritize urgent cases.

We look forward to assisting you on your health care journey.

Want to know more about what it means to work with an advocate before contacting us? Read our Advocacy Services Brochure (PDF), One-Page Summary (PDF), description of what we do at the top of this page or see the page about Our Advocacy Process. For information on our advocacy philosophy and privacy policy, read our Client Agreement (Word).


Already a Client? (Links & Forms)

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