Milwaukee Patient Advocates
A Milwaukee patient advocate is a trained professional who handles the coordination, paperwork, and phone calls around your care, covered by Medicare. Careway works with patients across Milwaukee County by phone and video.
Advocates work with you by phone and video. There is no office to travel to.
What makes care here hard to manage
Competing systems in one city
Milwaukee has several large health systems, and patients frequently have a primary doctor in one and a specialist in another. Nothing moves between them automatically.
- Requests and moves records between systems
- Tracks referrals through to a booked appointment
- Keeps one calendar and one medication list across all of them
The county ADRC is the door most people miss
Milwaukee County's Aging and Disability Resource Center is the entry point for long-term care, in-home help, and benefits counseling. Very few families are told about it during a medical visit.
- Points families to the county ADRC and helps them prepare for that call
- Follows up on what the ADRC recommends
- Screens for BadgerCare Plus and the Medicare Savings Programs
Where Milwaukee patients get care
- Froedtert Hospital
- Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
- Ascension Wisconsin
- Children's Wisconsin
Questions from Milwaukee
Yes. Medicare's care management programs are Medicare-covered services available to eligible patients here. If you have a supplemental insurance policy (Medigap) or Medicaid, your standard coinsurance may be fully covered.
Not necessarily. Your advocate works with you by phone and video and knows the coverage rules, programs, and health systems in your state. There is no office to travel to, and no appointment you have to drive across town for.
Other cities in Wisconsin
Talk to someone who can take this on
Checking whether you qualify takes a couple of minutes. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you plainly.
Covered by Medicare. If you have a supplemental policy (Medigap) or Medicaid, your standard coinsurance may be fully covered.