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Making the Case for Medical-Legal Partnerships: An Updated Review of the Evidence (2020–2024)

By Michael Gallo, Research Consultant, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

Friday, June 13, 2025

This comprehensive literature review, published by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP), offers an in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed research on medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) from September 2020 through August 2024. Building on earlier reviews from 2013 and 2020, this third installment captures the evolution and growing impact of MLPs across healthcare systems. The review examines… Read more »…Read More

NCMLP-Authored Reports & Fact Sheets Peer-Reviewed Research

Establishing a Pay-for-Performance Contract Between a Legal Services Organization and a Medicaid Managed Care Organization

By Jean Edwards, PhD, RN (University of Kentucky), Tracy Goodman, JD (Children's Law Center), Kate Marple, MSc (Who Tells the Story?), Katelyn Collins, BS, BA (University of Kentucky), Maria Casoni, MSL, MPH, Bethany Hamilton, JD (NCMLP), Lori Eisele, JD (University of Kentucky), Kimberly Northrip, MD, MPH (University of Kentucky)

Monday, May 12, 2025

Social and legal factors profoundly influence health, and medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are an evidence-based solution that integrates legal expertise into healthcare settings to address these social drivers of health (SDOH). By collaborating to resolve health-harming legal needs and advocate for systemic change, MLPs improve outcomes for patients and communities alike. Historically funded through philanthropy and… Read more »…Read More

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Article: Kaiser Permanente Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative Featured in Health Services Research

By Natasha Arora, Sarah Terry, Holly R. Stevens, Vanessa W. Davis, Gerson Sorto, Bethany Hamilton, Marisa Conner, Alejandra Cabrera, Shane R. Mueller, Maria Casoni, Hiba Elkhatib, Ellen Lawton

Key findings from NCMLP’s collaborative work on the Kaiser Permanente Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative are featured in Health Services Research, a leading peer-reviewed journal. The new article, “Health, Housing, and Justice: Two‐Year Implementation Evaluation of a Health System’s Multi‐State Medical‐Legal Partnership to Address Housing Instability,” sheds light on how health and legal sectors are working together… Read more »…Read More

Patients Systems / Cost Workforce Peer-Reviewed Research

Understanding and Addressing the Health-Related Legal Needs of Older Adults and their Families – Webinar Series

By National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

All of us experience health-related legal needs as we age, but the nature and urgency of those needs are particularly acute for vulnerable populations of older adults. NCMLP will host two webinars featuring presentations by subject matter experts that aim to equip healthcare providers and MLP teams with: 1) information about the health-related legal needs… Read more »…Read More

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