COPD Pocket Consultant Guide vs AppealPath

This is the COPD Foundation's Pocket Consultant Guide (PCG) app. The latest version of the app has sections devoted to 1) patients & caregivers and 2) healthcare providers. This app is an educational resource only and should not be considered as offering medical advice.

AppealPath helps Medicare patients and family caregivers fight back against denials, discharge disputes, and coverage refusals — with the specific guidance most people never get. Know your rights Understand how Medicare Advantage works, what your plan is actually required to do, and where the system fails people most often — backed by federal OIG findings, not guesswork. Step-by-step guided tools Denial Navigator walks you through exactly what to do after a denial. Appeal Assistant tracks your deadline and generates a letter template. Discharge Defense calculates your exact fast-appeal deadline when a facility says it's time to leave — some of these windows are measured in hours, not days. Patient Advocate Ask anything about your specific situation and get direct, specific answers — not vague disclaimers. Patient Advocate knows the difference between what a case manager controls and what your doctor controls, and tells you exactly who to talk to and what to say. Built on the data Federal investigators found that 95% of appealed skilled nursing facility denials get overturned. IRF appeal overturn rates exceed 80% at some plans. Most families never appeal because they don't know they can. AppealPath changes that. AppealPath is an educational tool, not a law firm — for case-specific legal help, we'll always point you to a free SHIP counselor.