501(c)(3) nonprofit • Fighting for patients and families nationwide since 1988
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Fighting for Patients Since 1988

When Medical Care Causes Harm — We Stand With You

NMMAA helps patients and families understand their options after medical harm through education, advocacy, complaint resources, legal connections and patient-safety support.

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Every Victim Deserves a Powerful Voice

Start with the help you actually need.

Not every harmful healthcare experience becomes a lawsuit, but every person deserves direction. NMMAA helps patients and families identify legal, regulatory, benefits, complaint, and patient-advocacy pathways.

Current Patient Safety

Unsafe discharge, treatment interruption, facility neglect or other active threats to safety.

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Possible Malpractice

Serious injury, delayed diagnosis, treatment error, permanent impairment or death requiring legal screening.

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Case Declined

When no attorney accepts the case, other complaint, regulatory, benefits or advocacy options may still exist.

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For Attorneys

Build the human story behind the medical injury.

NMMAA's Case Impact & Client Narrative Services help counsel document what changed in a client's life—before the injury, after the injury, and who can corroborate those changes.

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Attorney-ready deliverables can include:Before & After Client ProfileFunctional Impact MatrixCollateral Witness SummariesHuman-Impact ChronologyPhoto / Video Evidence IndexExecutive Case Impact Summary
“Every year, millions of people are harmed by medical errors — and the states continue to write laws that protect the wrongdoers. We created NMMAA to change that, one patient, one family, one case at a time.”— Deirdre Gilbert, Founder & National Director
How NMMAA Helps

Education. Advocacy. Connection. Reform.

Complaint Assistance

Guidance for navigating state medical boards, hospitals and regulatory agencies.

Legal Connections

Resources that help people prepare for qualified legal review when a malpractice claim may be viable.

Independent Patient Advocacy

Connections and education for navigating care, patient rights and health-system problems.

1988Legacy of advocacy
37+ yrsPatient-centered work
50States reached
NationalPolicy and reform focus
Active Campaigns

Our advocacy goes beyond individual cases.

Challenging Texas Caps

Continuing NMMAA's campaign against Texas's limits on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.

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Cancel the Cap

A national effort focused on reforming laws that limit recovery after medical negligence.

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Restorative Justice

Advocating for transparency, disclosure, meaningful accountability and systemic safety improvements.

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Resource Center

Get something useful now — even if NMMAA cannot personally review your matter.

Patient Harm Referral Guide

Choose the right legal, regulatory, benefits or patient-advocacy path.

My Case Was Declined

Understand why a case may be declined and what other options may remain.

Medical Records & Timeline

Prepare the records and chronology that attorneys and regulators need.

Evidence Preservation

Keep notices, messages, photos, names, dates and other supporting material organized.

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“Deirdre Gilbert has been incredibly inspiring and instrumental through her deep knowledge and decisive action in the area of medical malpractice. She and her organization have helped so many people receive the responses, accountability, and justice they deserve.”— Kim, NMMAA Member

NMMAA is a nonprofit advocacy organization, not a law firm.

NMMAA cannot determine whether medical malpractice occurred, cannot guarantee attorney placement, and cannot determine whether a statute of limitations or other legal deadline has expired. Because the organization receives a high volume of requests, urgent patient-safety matters are prioritized and some requests may receive resource-based assistance rather than individualized review.