News from the National Center
View AllWednesday, November 8, 2023
CrescentCare: An MLP for the Community
Following Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana native, Ranie Thompson dreamt of establishing the first medical-legal partnership (MLP) in the state. Though resources thwarted her...Read More
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Kaiser Permanente expands partnership with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership to address housing stability
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated, nonprofit health care provider, is expanding its innovative Health, Housing, and Justice: Medical-Legal Partnership initiative across...Read More
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Guest Article: Helping Family Caregivers Through the Lens of a Medical-Legal Partnership
What do you do when you are responsible for the care of your elderly or disabled loved one, but you are not...Read More
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Launch New Partnership to Increase Access to Justice and Health Equity
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP) are excited to announce a...Read More
MLP in the media
View AllTuesday, December 12, 2023
HealthBegins blog: Going beyond ROI to measure the benefits of community partnerships
Too often health systems and payers measure the value of social health interventions solely through their bottom line, in dollars returned through...Read More
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
HealthBegins blog: “Why Health Systems Are Putting Lawyers on the Care Team”
One year ago, Kaiser Permanente (KP) became the first large, private integrated health system to strategically invest systemwide in medical-legal partnerships (MLPs)...Read More
Friday, April 1, 2022
MLP Works: How a Cincinnati MLP Reduced Hospital Admissions by 38%
Many medical and legal professionals understand how important medical-legal partnership (MLP) is when it comes to improving patient and community well-being, and...Read More
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
KP Institute for Health Policy: To reduce health inequities, clinics need lawyers on the team
Social ills, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, fuel sicknesses that our health care system must then address. Now more than...Read More