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ZERO MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD • UP TO 70% SAVINGS

Empower Patients & Champion Care with a Managed Health Advocate VA

Eliminate endless hours lost to chasing medical records from stubborn hospital HIM departments, line-item auditing inflated hospital billing statements, researching clinical trial registries, navigating Medicare Advantage prior authorizations, and drafting insurance denial appeals. SageDoer equips Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA), independent healthcare navigators, and elder care consultants with dedicated operations support supervised by an experienced Project Manager—at 0% platform markups.

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Dedicated PM Included at no extra charge
HIPAA & HITECH NDA 100% patient PHI security
Active Work Only Zero idle hours billed
Supervised Navigation Operations

Patient Advocacy Command Hub

Ops Active
Medical Records Retrieval & Chronology Binders Transmitting HIPAA releases to health systems, retrieving imaging CDs/EHRs across Epic and Cerner, and organizing chronological medical summaries.
Medical Bill Auditing & Insurance Denial Appeals Requesting itemized hospital bills, cross-checking CPT/ICD-10 unbundling errors against EOBs, and drafting Level-1/Level-2 insurance appeal letters.
Specialist Coordination & Care Plan Updates Scheduling tertiary center second opinions, coordinating medical transport, logging appointment agendas, and drafting family update memos.
Managed Rates From $6 / hr (Full-Time)
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ADVOCACY & HEALTHCARE TECH ECOSYSTEM

Proficient in Modern Healthcare Navigation, EHR & Practice Tools

Zero training lag. Our healthcare navigation virtual assistants understand HIPAA privacy rules, CPT and ICD-10 medical coding principles, Explanation of Benefits (EOB) reconciliations, and patient portal workflows.

Practice Better Advocate Client Management & Notes
SimplePractice / Jane Intake Forms & Case Scheduling
Epic MyChart / Cerner Patient Portal Record Requests
Fair Health Consumer Medical Procedure Cost Benchmarking
NeedyMeds / GoodRx Prescription Assistance Programs (PAP)
Availity Essentials Eligibility Verification & Pre-Auth Status
Box / Google Workspace HIPAA BAA-Compliant Document Vaults
DocuSign / Adobe Sign HIPAA Disclosures & Retainers
QuickBooks / Stripe Advocate Retainer Invoicing & Time Logs
1Password / Bitwarden Encrypted Portal Credential Vaults
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

What Can Your Health Advocate Virtual Assistant Take Off Your Plate?

Free your Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPAs) and elder care navigators to sit at bedside consultations, provide emotional support to stressed families, attend oncology conferences, and counsel clients.

Medical Records Retrieval & Chronology Binders

Stop wasting days following up on missing pathology reports and pathology slides.

  • Drafting and transmitting legal HIPAA compliant medical release forms
  • Following up with hospital Health Information Management (HIM) departments
  • Compiling records from multiple hospital networks into organized chronological PDF binders
  • Requesting DICOM imaging CDs (MRIs, CT scans) and tracking delivery to specialists

Medical Bill Auditing & Coding Error Triage

Protect vulnerable families from fraudulent, duplicate, or unbundled medical billing charges.

  • Requesting itemized hospital master-fee billing statements (UB-04 / CMS-1500)
  • Reconciling hospital line-items against insurance Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
  • Identifying CPT unbundling, upcoding errors, and duplicate pharmacy line items
  • Citing No Surprises Act protections for out-of-network balance billing disputes

Insurance Prior Authorizations & Denial Appeals

Overcome payer delays and gather supporting clinical documentation for appeal letters.

  • Tracking commercial and Medicare Advantage prior authorization submission deadlines
  • Collating physician letters of medical necessity (LOMN) and clinical trial studies
  • Assembling Level-1 internal and Level-2 external independent review appeal dossiers
  • Documenting insurer phone call timestamps, reference numbers, and representative names

Specialist Appointment Coordination & Prep

Ensure patients get into high-demand academic medical centers without administrative friction.

  • Coordinating intake interviews for second opinions at major cancer and specialty centers
  • Assembling doctor consultation agendas and patient question prompt lists
  • Arranging medical transport, wheelchair-accessible logistics, and parking directions
  • Syncing appointment times across patient, family caregiver, and advocate calendars

Rx Assistance Programs & Clinical Trial Screening

Slash astronomical drug costs by connecting patients with non-profit assistance funds.

  • Researching drug manufacturer Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) on NeedyMeds
  • Completing co-pay foundation grant applications for specialized oncology drugs
  • Auditing pharmacy formulary tiers and identifying therapeutic alternatives
  • Screening initial eligibility criteria for active trials on ClinicalTrials.gov

Family Care Memos & Practice Administration

Keep fragmented families aligned while maintaining an organized, profitable consulting practice.

  • Transcribing voice dictations into formatted post-visit summaries for family portals
  • Onboarding new clients, issuing service agreements & collecting retainers
  • Logging billable client advocacy hours in Practice Better or SimplePractice
  • Maintaining senior living and home care agency resource guides in your territory
WHY SAGEDOER

Why Managed Outperforms Freelance Marketplaces for Patient Advocates

Hiring unvetted freelancers on Upwork or Fiverr leaves health advocates micromanaging remote contractors while desperate clients wait for emergency hospital records. SageDoer delivers a fully supervised healthcare operations engine with zero management overhead.

Dedicated Single Point of Contact

You interact strictly with your assigned Project Manager. Send raw hospital release forms, messy medical bills, or post-appointment audio notes via Slack, WhatsApp, or email—your PM coordinates our VAs, audits formatting accuracy against your SOPs, and ensures prompt execution.

Strict HIPAA & Healthcare Privacy

Protected Health Information (PHI), client medical diagnoses, social security numbers, and hospital billing histories are safeguarded under legally binding NDAs and 256-bit encrypted credential vaults with mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Zero Platform Fees or Markups

No platform subscription cuts, no contractor buy-out ransoms, and no hidden markups. You pay strictly for actual working hours with transparent, auditable time logs detailing completed medical chronologies, bill audits, and appointment scheduling passes.

Instant Cross-Trained Standby

Never let a critical insurance appeal window or emergency hospital discharge stall because an assistant is sick. Our internal cross-trained team steps in immediately with zero workflow interruption or retraining headaches for your advocacy practice.

SIDE-BY-SIDE EVALUATION

How SageDoer Compares to Traditional Platforms

Stop wasting $150+/hr billable patient advocacy time micromanaging unverified overseas freelancers. Here is how SageDoer compares directly.

Feature Traditional Platforms (Upwork / Fiverr) The Smart Choice: SageDoer
Platform & Management Fees Up to 40% in hidden markups, bidding, and memberships 0% Hidden Fees. Pay strictly for hours worked.
Daily Team Management You must juggle, instruct, and supervise multiple freelancers Dedicated Project Manager acts as your single point of contact
Quality Assurance & Health Literacy Zero understanding of HIPAA, CPT/ICD codes, or insurance EOBs Internally vetted, rigorously trained healthcare operations specialists
Hiring & Deployment Speed Endless cycles of interviewing and testing candidates Instant delegation. We immediately assign the right specialist.
Billing & Invoicing Complex, multi-freelancer invoices with currency headaches Simple, unified, centralised USD invoicing
Staff Turnover & Replacements Start the hiring and training process all over again mid-crisis Seamless internal replacements with zero workflow disruption
STREAMLINED ONBOARDING

How Our Managed Service Works

A battle-tested 4-phase framework designed to get medical records organized, billing audits completed, and client care plans documented without draining your clinical advocacy time.

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Phase 1

Submit Requirements

Share your advocacy focus (billing advocacy, oncology navigation, elder care), active software tools (Practice Better, SimplePractice), and immediate administrative bottlenecks via Email, Form, or WhatsApp.

Connect within 4 hours
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Phase 2

Finalise the Deal

Our dedicated project manager will promptly connect to review your client intake workflows, medical record templates, billing audit guidelines, and HIPAA confidentiality protocols.

Clear Scope & Protocols
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Phase 3

Expert Execution

Your project manager takes full charge of operations, getting medical chronologies compiled, billing statements audited, appeal letters drafted, and family memos sent through our vetted team.

Quality-Checked Output
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Phase 4

Pay Only for Output

We log and charge exclusively for the virtual assistant's actual working time. Your dedicated project manager's supervision is completely free.

0% Management Overhead
PREDICTABLE PRICING

Transparent Rates. No Hidden Markups.

Flexible part-time or full-time support plans designed to scale alongside your active patient caseload, complex medical appeals, and practice expansion.

Flexible Practice Support

Part-Time

Ideal for independent patient advocates, solo elder care navigators, and boutique billing advocates managing 5 to 15 active patient cases.

$7 / hour
20 Hours Per Week • Est. $560 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
  • Pay only for hours of pure work
  • Dedicated Project Manager included
  • Free management supervision
  • Zero setup or onboarding fees
  • No monthly membership charges
  • Weekly consolidated productivity report
Get Started with Part-Time
MAXIMUM VALUE
High Output & Scale

Full-Time

For multi-advocate healthcare navigation firms, medical billing appeal practices, and non-profit patient support networks with heavy caseloads.

$6 / hour
40 Hours Per Week • Est. $960 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
  • Pay only for hours of pure work
  • Dedicated Project Manager included
  • Free management supervision
  • Zero setup or onboarding fees
  • No monthly membership charges
  • Priority turnaround & instant standby replacement
Scale with Full-Time
VERIFIED FEEDBACK

Trusted by Board Certified Patient Advocates & Healthcare Navigators

See how independent health advocates eliminated medical records backlogs, overturned thousands in unfair hospital billing charges, and reclaimed 20+ hours each week.

"Retrieving pathology and radiology records across three hospital systems for a complex oncology client used to eat 12 hours of my week. Our SageDoer VA handles every HIPAA release, tracks HIM departments, and compiles clean chronological binders. We cut second-opinion prep time in half."

KW
Karen W., RN, BCPA Founder, Beacon Patient Advocacy, Seattle

"Auditing line-item hospital bills for unbundled charges was overwhelming our billing advocacy desk. SageDoer cross-checks every CPT code against Fair Health Consumer data and drafted an appeal packet that saved our client $48,000 on an out-of-network surgical bill."

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Marcus R. Managing Director, Medical Bill Champions, Denver

"The free dedicated Project Manager is what sets SageDoer completely apart from Upwork. I drop raw voice recordings from hospital discharge planning meetings into Slack, and my PM coordinates our VA to draft formatted care summaries for the family without my oversight."

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Elena L., MSW, BCPA Principal, Compass Care Navigators, Chicago

"Researching foundation copay grants on NeedyMeds and tracking manufacturer patient assistance forms was drowning our team. Our SageDoer VA secured $14,000 in prescription co-pay funding for two rare disease patients last month."

DK
David K. Senior Advocate, ElderCare Health Partners, Austin

"Retrieving pathology and radiology records across three hospital systems for a complex oncology client used to eat 12 hours of my week. Our SageDoer VA handles every HIPAA release, tracks HIM departments, and compiles clean chronological binders. We cut second-opinion prep time in half."

KW
Karen W., RN, BCPA Founder, Beacon Patient Advocacy, Seattle

"Auditing line-item hospital bills for unbundled charges was overwhelming our billing advocacy desk. SageDoer cross-checks every CPT code against Fair Health Consumer data and drafted an appeal packet that saved our client $48,000 on an out-of-network surgical bill."

MR
Marcus R. Managing Director, Medical Bill Champions, Denver
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Realistic Answers for Health Advocates & Patient Navigators

Clear details about non-clinical boundaries, HIPAA confidentiality, medical records retrieval, and daily advocacy operations.

No. Our Virtual Assistants provide professional administrative, logistical, research, document retrieval, and billing operational support. They are not licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, or clinical diagnosticians, and they never render clinical opinions, prescribe medications, or diagnose conditions. Instead, they handle the heavy back-office machinery that bogs patient advocates down: requesting medical records from hospital HIM departments, tracking HIPAA authorizations, auditing line-item hospital bills against insurance EOBs, researching prescription assistance grants, scheduling appointments at academic medical centers, and drafting non-clinical family care update memos. All clinical evaluations, ethical advocacy counseling, and medical decisions remain strictly under your direct professional oversight.
Healthcare navigation involves highly sensitive personal medical records, diagnostic reports, and financial accounts. All SageDoer team members operate under legally binding non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) drafted specifically to comply with HIPAA and HITECH standards. We mandate role-based permissions (such as restricted administrative access in Practice Better, SimplePractice, or Jane App without master banking or financial withdrawal privileges) and sharing credentials through encrypted enterprise vaults like 1Password or Bitwarden with mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA). Documents are stored strictly within client-designated BAA-compliant cloud folders.
Our health advocacy virtual assistants are experienced across standard modern practice management platforms: Practice Better, SimplePractice, Jane App, MyChart (Epic), HealtheLife (Cerner), Availity, Fair Health Consumer, NeedyMeds, GoodRx, ClinicalTrials.gov, QuickBooks, and DocuSign. They understand medical record taxonomy (history & physicals, operative notes, pathology reports, discharge summaries), standard billing forms (UB-04, CMS-1500), and CPT/ICD-10 coding terminology.
Unlike freelance platforms where you waste billable advocacy hours micromanaging individual contractors, SageDoer pairs you with an experienced Project Manager at zero extra cost. You drop raw hospital records, itemized bills, or audio dictations via Slack, WhatsApp, or Email. Your PM assigns tasks to our skilled healthcare VAs, verifies that medical release letters and billing spreadsheets match your standard operating procedures (SOPs), and returns finished deliverables on schedule. You are billed strictly for the VA's active working hours.
Typically within 24 to 48 hours. After an intro scoping session with your dedicated Project Manager to align on your software stack (e.g., Practice Better, SimplePractice, Google Drive), medical records tracking templates, and billing audit rules, we immediately match and assign the best VA from our vetted internal team and start clearing your administrative backlog.
None. There are zero onboarding fees, zero recruitment charges, and no long-term lock-in contracts. You pay strictly for actual working hours recorded in transparent, auditable time logs. You can scale between part-time and full-time or adjust support hours as your caseload and complex appeal sprints demand.
TALK TO OUR TEAM

Reclaim 20+ Hours Every Week for High-Impact Patient Care

Tell us about your active client caseload, medical records retrieval backlog, or billing appeal workload. Connect directly with our project management team through your preferred channel.

Request Your Dedicated PM

Specify your advocacy practice specialty, active client caseload, and back-office support requirements. Our Project Manager will respond within 4 business hours.