Archives: Advocates

Sandra is our Insurance and Billing expert. Sandra brings 20 years experience as a Professional Medical Biller. In her role as a Professional Medical Biller, she educates patients about their insurance coverage, including benefits, limitations and out of pocket costs.   She also helps with submitting necessary documentation to ensure claims are filed and paid correctly.  She […]

Darlene Christy, a native of South Philly now residing in Tampa Bay, has built a remarkable career journey, ultimately finding her calling in patient advocacy. Her professional trajectory commenced with a 30-day temp assignment, leading to a dynamic career in both qualitative and quantitative research since 1987. With a focus on healthcare research, Darlene became […]

June is part of our administrative team. She is our Billing Manager. She has been instrumental in developing and streamlining our billing processes. June’s career has been in the medical/dental field with over 37 years as a Practice Administrator for a multi-office specialty practice. In this role, she managed the day- to day operations, including managing […]

Debbie is part of our administrative team at Stepping Stone Advocacy Services. She serves as our Office Manager. In addition, she maintains the accounting side of our business. She is vital to our team as she keeps all the moving parts, moving, and organized. Debbie brings 40 years of office administration and management to our […]

Kristi brings over 12 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist (OT), to Stepping Stone Advocacy Services. An Occupational Therapist is skilled in assessing, modifying, and adapting patient environments to meet their needs. All of these skills include communication, navigation, coordination, investigation, evaluation and education. These are the cornerstone of Patient Advocacy at Stepping Stone […]

Barbara brings to Stepping Stone Advocacy over 40 years of nursing experience working in a variety of medical environments including Medical-Surgical nursing, Acute Rehabilitative medicine, Case Management, Home Health, Education, and Clinical Management. Barbara’s experience in these areas accentuates patient and family education, evaluation and coordination of care to appropriate levels, quality assurance, Physician and staff education, […]

My Story – A Journey of Advocacy As I married and raised four children, I searched for opportunities to stay engaged in my career. I have consistently been creative and willing to step out of my comfort zone to challenge myself when those new opportunities arose. This led me from staff nurse, to home health […]