AJ Patient Advocacy Inc
Your Personal Healthcare Navigator
AJ Patient Advocacy Inc
EIN: 88-2881149
Mission
A+J Patient Advocacy is your personal healthcare navigator, supporting children, teens, and young adults living with chronic illness. We are on a mission to reduce health disparities by promoting access to appropriate care for the most marginalized patients, increasing patient engagement, and providing knowledge of diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for patients and their families. Our work is not done until you, the patient, is thriving!
Ruling year
2022
Executive Director
Rebeka Acosta
Main address
9620 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Suite E4-1170
Las Vegas, NV 89123 USA
EIN
88-2881149
Health care quality
Patient social services
Patients' rights
Health
Population served
Children and youth
Young adults
NTEE code
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (E01)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reportsWhat we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Health Advocacy & Education
- Navigating your diagnosis / illness
- Finding your care team / interviewing providers
- Requesting medical records and treatment summaries / test results
- Organizing records / care notebooks
- Navigating medical language, system processes, and care team members
- Communicating across large care teams, both medical and social service
- Creating a medical calendar / prioritizing specialists and treatments
- Creating disease roadmaps and long-term medical planning
- Health education (transition counseling) for older children and teens, including real world practice to master skills
- Help finding your voice for children, teens, young adults, and family caregivers
- Referrals to community organizations and professionals that provide food or housing assistance, educational system advocacy, insurance review and plan selection, medication review and education, mental health support, disease-specific resources, sibling and caregiver support
Where we work
Awards
Vegas Stronger Champion 2023
KTNV Channel 13
Affiliations & memberships
The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates 2021
National Association of Healthcare Advocacy 2021
Greater National Advocates 2022
Health Advocate X 2022
Unite Nevada 2022
Patients for Patient Safety US 2022
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of new champions or stakeholders recruited
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Health Advocacy & Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of media articles reflecting preferred issue framing
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Health Advocacy & Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of first-time donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Health Advocacy & Education
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average number of days taken to respond to customers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Health Advocacy & Education
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of phone calls/inquiries
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Health Advocacy & Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Health Advocacy & Education
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
Children, teens, and young adults living with chronic illness, and their families and support systems.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Financial data
AJ Patient Advocacy Inc
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $1,895 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $1,895 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $401 |
| Administration | $417 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $818 |
AJ Patient Advocacy Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $0 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $0 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $0 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Rebeka Acosta
There are no officers, directors or key employees recorded for this organization
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
AJ Patient Advocacy Inc
Board of directorsas of 05/13/2023
Board of directors data
Sara Cox
Veradigm Health Solutions
Term: 2022 - 2025
Elizabeth Schurrer
St. Ignatius of Loyola School
Marie-France Hache
PwC
James Lee
Salesforce
Joel Cox
Veradigm Health Solutions
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 05/13/2023GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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