Nancy Davenport-Ennis, Founder of Patient Advocate Foundation personally became involved in legislative reform on behalf of cancer patients while a dear friend of hers, Cheryl Grimmel, was battling breast cancer and her insurance company. As Cheryl valiantly fought her fight, the Virginia Task Force for Insurance Reform fought to reform insurance coverage for cancer patients. Victory for the task force came with the passage of Virginia House Bill 240 sponsored by Delegate Mary Christian in 1994.

Cheryl lost her battle with breast cancer in December 1994, and on the night of her funeral, as the rest of the world was ringing in the New Year, Nancy and Jack Ennis wrote business plans for National Patient Advocate Foundation and Patient Advocate Foundation. Cheryl's inspiration lives on in each initiative in which the Foundation is involved as it seeks to provide avenues of access to insurance funding for evolving cancer therapies, therapeutic agents and devices deemed medically efficacious by the medical and scientific communities through legislative reform.

Born of two, NPAF and PAF are now the working organizations of many. At the helm are an Executive Board, Scientific Board, and Honorary Board, and supporting it all are our Partners in Progress.



About Patient Advocate Foundation

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) is a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization which provides professional case management services to Americans with chronic, life threatening and debilitating illnesses. PAF case managers serve as active liaisons between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis matters as they relate to their diagnosis also assisted by doctors and healthcare attorneys. Patient Advocate Foundation seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability.

For more information about Patient Advocate Foundation, visit www.patientadvocate.org. Para la informacion en el espanol, haga clic aqui.



Patient Advocate Foundation named one of the "Top 25 Places to Work in Hampton Roads" for 2007 by Inside Business

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Contact Us

Mail: 700 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Suite 200 Newport News, VA 23606

Phone: 1 (800) 532-5274 Fax: (757) 873-8999

Email: info@patientadvocate.org

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