Maria Miskovic

Care Choice Care Man

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and elder advocate for the last thirty years, Maria’s experience throughout the healthcare continuum offers a unique perspective into the navigation of the healthcare system.  While working in a hospital case management role, Maria’s familiarity with mental health challenges and those in need of decision-making support brought her to be very involved with the guardianship process.  She served on the hospital ethics committee and participated in many situations where patients in the hospital were either unable to make decisions for themselves, or they had no legal representatives to do so.  Maria joined an elder and estate planning law firm after leaving her hospital work, assisting clients with disabilities, mental health needs and elder care needs with navigation.  In 2012, Maria began Care Choice Care Management, which focuses on helping clients and families in a more personalized fashion, and with the charge of addressing the lack of customer service provided in many healthcare settings today.  Care Choice is one of the largest practices of its kind in the Midwest, and leads the industry with innovative and creative solutions for people in need.  In 2023, she created Decision Advocates, a Guardianship and Powers of Attorney for healthcare decision-making service.  Decision Advocates filled a gap in the community by offering guardianship and healthcare Power of Attorney services that were personalized, and empowered the concepts of surrogate decision-making for individuals who have the ability to participate in their own care.  In 2024, the Care Choice Comprehensive Network was born to include an additional arm of services called West County Psychological Services, for counseling and integrated school services for the Greater St. Louis community.  Maria enjoys family, gardening, cooking, and the outdoors in her spare time.