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As the need for patient advocacy grows, so does the importance of making these services accessible to everyone. A recent Wisconsin State Journal article explores the growing field of patient advocacy in Madison, highlighting how advocates help patients and families navigate complex medical decisions, coordinate care, and address insurance challenges. The article features CPP Director …
When Jodie Mazza contacted the Health Justice Clinic, her family was facing an unexpected setback in her husband Carl’s recovery from oral cancer. After undergoing treatment that required the removal of part of the roof of his mouth, Carl had been scheduled for a reconstructive surgery at Mayo Clinic, a procedure that would help restore …
Four graduates of CPP’s Community Resource Navigator Program (CRNP) recently published research they completed through the program in the Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research. Titled The Impact of the Resource Navigator Program: Evaluation of Dental Access and Need in Madison, Wisconsin, the study examined how CRNP connects low-income and underinsured community members …
When Aleeza Barkas was diagnosed with a rare form of progressive hearing loss, she expected the medical challenges ahead. What she didn’t expect was that she would have to spend over a year fighting her insurance company for coverage of a medically necessary cochlear implant. A Progressive Condition Now a Verona resident and product support scientist, …
When older adults across Wisconsin began receiving unexpectedly high medical bills earlier this year, many were left frustrated, confused, and unsure where to turn. What started as individual calls for help soon revealed a much larger problem affecting thousands of Medicare beneficiaries across the state. Since late March, Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) Legal Fellow …
A procedure required for surgery shouldn’t be hard to get covered, but for many transgender patients seeking gender-affirming care, pre-operative electrolysis sits in a frustrating gray zone. Ash Eisen, a second-year Masters of Social Work student at UW–Madison, spent the past year learning exactly how deep that gray zone goes. Eisen joined the Center …
The Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) is extremely proud to celebrate longtime volunteer Pete Daly, who was recently recognized as a 2026 Governor’s Service Award Volunteer of the Year by Governor Tony Evers and Serve Wisconsin. Pete was honored at the 2026 Governor’s Service Awards ceremony on June 24 at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in …
Read about the transformational experience our undergraduate students are having in the spring ’26 edition of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences magazine: Wayfinders in the Health Care World: Through an advocacy program at the Center for Patient Partnerships, students help Madison-area residents traverse a complicated medical system. In the same issue, CALS Dean …
The Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) seeks a manager advocate for the new rural health insurance program. The mission of this new program is to support patients in using health insurance and coverage to gain timely, effective, and accessible health care in rural Wisconsin communities. The position will coordinate this new endeavor, lead helpline intake, one-on-one consumer …
Sarah Davis, Director of Center for Patients Partnership, received the Marygold Melli Award from the Legal Association for Women (LAW) on September 25. This annual award celebrates an outstanding professional who has also contributed to the interest of women in law. LAW commended Davis’s commitment to health advocacy, demonstrated through her leadership with CPP. From …