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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
How Strong, Collaborative Leadership is Key to MLP Success
Introduction As one of the country’s oldest cities, Philadelphia amassed many nicknames. Each name holds its rich history or story about the...Read More

Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Addressing Rural Health Inequities through Medical-Legal Partnership: MLP Spotlight featuring McKinney Medical Center & Georgia Legal Services Program
Introduction Waycross, a rural city located about 125 miles south of Savannah, Georgia, is recognized for its natural beauty and historical significance....Read More
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Kaiser Permanente studies show MLP increased access to legal services, improved job satisfaction, and reduced ED visits
Download the evaluation report executive summary to learn more. In 2021, Kaiser Permanente’s national Office of Community Health launched a Medical-Legal Partnership...Read More
Thursday, June 6, 2024
NCMLP, HealthBegins, and Kaiser Permanente Host Webinar on the Impact of Investing in Legal Aid to Improve Health and Housing Stability
Past event. The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP), in collaboration with HealthBegins and Kaiser Permanente, is excited to host the webinar,...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