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 …
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Resource Navigator Alumni Publish Dental Research in the Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research
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: …
Fighting for Insurance Coverage Validated: Patient Persistence and CPP Advocacy Leads to Coverage for Medically Necessary Cochlear Implant Surgery
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 …
Advocating for Seniors Through Partnership
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 …
Advocacy Faculty Member Pete Daly Receives Governor’s Volunteer of the Year Award
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 …
Resource Navigator Program featured in GROW magazine
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 …
WE ARE HIRING! JOIN OUR MISSION-DRIVEN TEAM
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, …
Director Sarah Davis Honored with Marygold Melli Award for women in law
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 …
CPP Director Featured in PBS Wisconsin’s “Rx Uncovered”
CPP Director Sarah Davis explains the complexities of self-funded health plans, currently the most common form of health coverage in the U.S., for PBS Wisconsin’s new series on rising medication costs. Her insight comes after …
In the News: CPP Director Interviewed on Governor’s Proposal to Audit Insurance Companies
Media Outlet In Business Madison explains Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to make Wisconsin the first state to audit insurance companies over denying health care claims. The reporter brought in Center for Patient Partnerships Director Sarah …