LawNY's Finger Lakes Legal Care (FLLC) project embeds attorney/paralegal staff at Rochester Regional Health and two University of Rochester Medical Center clinics. Over the last several years, FLLC has helped patients recover hundreds of thousands of dollars, access stable and safe housing, maintain benefits, and helped improve patients' health outcomes.
This 51 minute radio show on WXXI News, explores what a medical legal partnership is, and discusses FLLC's impact in the community with:
Rebecca Russo, JD, staff attorney at LawNY, and founder of Finger Lakes Legal Care
Gayle Elledge, JD, director of sponsored programs and research for Rochester Regional Health
Mahala Schlagman, M.D., assistant program director for health equity in the Internal Medicine Residency program at URMC
Tommie Scott, URMC patient and FLLC client, and
Lucia Colindres, daughter of a RRH patient and FLLC client
Click here to visit WXXI and listen to the show