Wednesday, 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
Posts Categorized: Patients
Friday, October 13, 2017
Preventing homelessness in 15 minutes
When a patient’s mother called pediatrician Megan Sandel to say her housing voucher was going to be cancelled and her family was going to become homeless, the medical-legal partnership was able to prevent it…in 15 minutes....Read More
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Housing help that paved the way for cancer surgery and remission
When a Nebraska woman canceled her mastectomy because she received an eviction notice and feared she would not have a place to recover, the medical-legal partnership team went to work. Oncologist Kerry Rodabaugh recalls the journey that ended with remission....Read More
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Improving blood sugar with food benefits
When Eric Campbell’s blood sugar suddenly went up, his doctor asked him, “What changed?” He said his food benefits had decreased. While helping Eric, the medical-legal partnership team at Whittier Clinic found an administrative error that affected hundreds of families....Read More