Developing a Medical-Legal Partnership in Rural Appalachia
Year Developed: 2016
Resource Type: Archived Webinar.Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc)
Outreach Staff
PCAs
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff
Enabling Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This webinar discusses the development of a Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) practice in a rural setting, where the distance between legal and health partners is up to five hours, and the availability of services for low-income patients is scarce.
Resource Details: The National Nurse-led Care Consortium hosts this webinar highlighting the recently formed medical-legal partnership in East Tennessee. This session will focus on developing a Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) practice in a rural setting, where the distance between legal and health partners is up to five hours, and the availability of services for low-income patients is scarce. Using tele-technology to communicate between partners, and elevating the combined health and legal priority of children’s healthcare insurance access and optimization, the East Tennessee MLP has tackled some of the common challenges of rural MLPs, and brought new solutions to rural MLP practice.
Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations
Keywords: 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.