Resources

Based on interviews with 40 clinicians in health care settings that offer vulnerable patients access to civil legal services, this white paper examines clinicians’ perceptions related to their role and preferences when it comes to addressing social determinants of health. Using medical-legal partnership as one promising intervention, the paper illustrates the features of the model that clinicians perceive to be most attractive and beneficial for patient care. Among the paper’s findings, clinicians reported feeling that legal services resolved patient issues efficiently and effectively, and that the co-location / accessibility of in-house legal services was one of the most valued aspects of the model.…Read More

In early 2019, Manatt Health surveyed and then convened a group interview of 17 MLPs to identify common themes and trends across programs around strategies for sustaining and financing MLP programs. Leveraging the field’s insights and Manatt Health’s expertise in financing social determinants of health, a recent webinar walked through current and potential financing opportunities for MLP activities, including several case studies illuminating innovative Medicaid funding opportunities. The full recording of that webinar along with the webinar slides are available for download.…Read More

The VA Medical-Legal Partnership Readiness Guide provides VA Medical Centers with a step-by-step approach to starting and sustaining a medical-legal partnership. The guide was developed with support from the Bob Woodruff Foundation.…Read More

The last decade has seen steady growth of Veteran-specific MLPs across the country, from only one in 2009 to thirty-one as of January 2019. This issue brief provides a look at the state of the VA MLP field – why and how legal services have grown in VA Medical Centers, where VA MLPs are operating today, and considerations for the future. …Read More