Complex Care Health Settings and Medical-Legal Partnerships
Year Developed: 2019
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Clinicians, Enabling Staff
Secondary Audience: PCAs
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This fact sheet describes five complex care settings that have integrated medical-legal partnership services into care delivery to tackle SDOH. It also features data on the ways these partnerships have demonstrated initial success in improving both physical and mental health conditions as well as stabilizing income and housing for patients with complex conditions while also curbing costly overuse of health care services by addressing the root causes of patients’ problems.
Resource Details: People with complex health needs confront social needs including housing instability or homelessness, immigration challenges, criminal system involvement, and unlawful disenrollment from public benefits. These needs have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, and the health care system will be better equipped to address these needs by integrating legal professionals as part of the SDOH strategy. This factsheet shares best practices and strategies for integration of MLP services in a complex care setting.
Resource Topic: , Operations
Resource Subtopic: Enabling Services (ES), Programs and Services, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).
Keywords: Health Systems, Integrated Care, Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs).This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.