Monday, October 1, 2012
A study in New York City found that medical-legal partnership housing interventions for adult asthma patients reduced hospital admissions and the need for medication....Read More
Monday, October 1, 2012
In this article, the important role that social workers can play in a medical-legal partnership's development, process, and success is discussed. The authors argue that MLPs are greatly enhanced when they seek active engagement from social workers who can empower patients to use legal services and improve medical-legal collaborations....Read More
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Over a four-year period, the medical-legal partnership at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta secured Medicaid payments for services that would otherwise be unreimbursed. MLP services also led to an increase in physician satisfaction and saved hospital employers $10,000 annually in continuing education costs....Read More
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A three-year study of a rural medical-legal partnership showed the hospital made a 319% return on its investment in MLP services by recovering dollars for clinical services that were previously unable to be reimbursed before the MLP helped patients become insured....Read More
