Official resource directory
Reliable starting points for healthcare and legal questions
These links go to government agencies responsible for the information. They are free to use and do not require hiring Next Move Care.
Use the right source
Information is not representation
This directory provides general educational links. It is not medical, legal, insurance, eligibility, or emergency advice. External agencies control their own rules, deadlines, decisions, and websites. Confirm time-sensitive instructions directly with the responsible organization.
01Medical & coverage
Understand the process before a deadline passes
Medicare.gov
Medicare fast appeals
Official instructions for asking for a fast review when Medicare-covered hospital, skilled-nursing, home-health, rehabilitation, or hospice services may be ending too soon.
Use the contact information and deadline printed on the notice for the specific case.
Open official resource ↗Medicare.gov
Medicare Care Compare
Search and compare Medicare-enrolled hospitals, nursing homes, home-health agencies, hospices, dialysis facilities, clinicians, and other providers.
Ratings are one source of information and do not guarantee admission, availability, fit, or outcome.
Open official resource ↗U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Your right to access health information
Plain-language information about rights to see and obtain copies of health information under HIPAA when the rule applies.
Rules, permitted fees, timing, and exceptions depend on the request and the organization involved.
Open official resource ↗Medicare.gov
Medicare hospice coverage
Official information about Medicare hospice eligibility, covered services, costs, and choices.
The hospice and payer must explain how the benefit applies to the person’s specific plan of care.
Open official resource ↗02Rights, access & legal help
Find the organization responsible for rights or legal questions
U.S. Department of Justice
Effective communication and disability access
Official ADA guidance about effective communication with people who have hearing, vision, speech, or other communication disabilities.
The support required depends on the organization, communication need, and circumstances.
Open official resource ↗HHS Office for Civil Rights
Health and human-services civil-rights complaints
Official information about filing a civil-rights complaint involving certain healthcare or social-service providers and programs.
A complaint process may have deadlines. This link is information, not a determination that a violation occurred.
Open official resource ↗Virginia State Bar
Virginia legal help
State Bar information about lawyer referral, Virginia Free Legal Answers, civil legal-aid programs, and other legal-help options.
Next Move Care does not select counsel, provide legal advice, or receive referral compensation.
Open official resource ↗Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services
No Wrong Door Virginia
A statewide pathway to person-centered supports for older adults, people with disabilities, veterans, caregivers, and families.
Program availability, eligibility, and response time are determined by the responsible agencies.
Open official resource ↗Need help organizing the next conversation?
General resources are free. Individual advocacy begins with a first conversation.
Next Move Care can help a Virginia patient or family prepare questions, organize a care-planning concern, and—after written authorization— participate in defined communication. Do not send records through the public website.
Resources verified July 25, 2026. A link is not an endorsement, referral, or guarantee. External content may change.