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  • State Strategies for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP): A Milbank State Leadership Network Convening Recap

    Fact Sheet Milbank State Leadership Network State Health Policy Leadership

    State Strategies for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP): A Milbank State Leadership Network Convening Recap

    October 2025 Sofia Espinosa Mary Louise Gilburg Morgan McDonald

    Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)  The Milbank State Leadership Network (MSLN) hosted two virtual sessions for state-to-state… More

  • Population Health Public Health

    You Serve at the Pleasure of the President: As Such You are No Longer Wanted or Needed

    October 2025 Lawrence O. Gostin

    Throughout my career, I have chaired and been a member of countless scientific and health policy advisory committees for the federal… More

  • Making Data Work: Collecting Better Health Care Workforce Data to Inform State Policy and Planning

    Report Milbank State Leadership Network State Health Policy Leadership

    Making Data Work: Collecting Better Health Care Workforce Data to Inform State Policy and Planning

    October 2025 Emily Levi Mary Jo Condon Janice Bourgault

    This policy brief provides an overview of opportunities to improve state health care workforce data collection and analysis. More

  • Public Health

    Fluoride in Drinking Water (and Our Brains)

    October 2025 Dalton Conley

    Almost 28 years ago, I became a young, new father. Too young by a couple months, actually, since my daughter was born prematurely. During her… More

  • Rethinking Hospital Efficiency — from Ratios to Public Trust

    Commentary Health Care Affordability

    Rethinking Hospital Efficiency — from Ratios to Public Trust

    October 2025 Thom Walsh

    Our experience in Vermont highlights both the strengths and the limitations of evaluating efficiency using standard measures of expenses and revenue. More

  • Targeting Rural Health Care Workforce Investments by Tracking the Local Distribution of Medicaid Primary Care Providers

    Milbank State Leadership Network State Health Policy Leadership

    Targeting Rural Health Care Workforce Investments by Tracking the Local Distribution of Medicaid Primary Care Providers

    October 2025 Anushree Vichare Qian (Eric) Luo Mandar Bodas Clese Erikson Yoon Hong Park Patricia (Polly) Pittman

    The newly launched Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) invests $50 billion dollars towards strengthening health care across rural America, including by creating sustainable access to rural health care providers and improving workforce development. As states prepare proposals for the RHTP, they need a clear understanding of the workforce available to serve these populations, especially the primary care workforce available to rural Medicaid beneficiaries. More

  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Laws on Overdose Deaths in the United States

    Health Equity Opioid Use Disorder Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Policy

    Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Laws on Overdose Deaths in the United States

    October 2025 Spruha Joshi Victoria A. Jent Sneha M. Sunder Katherine Wheeler-Martin Magdalena Cerdá

    See all articles in the special issue, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers… More

  • A Special Issue of The Milbank Quarterly—Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?

    A Special Issue of The Milbank Quarterly—Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?

    October 2025 Magdalena Cerdá Beth McGinty Alan B. Cohen

    After publishing a special issue in 2023 celebrating the Quarterly’s Centennial Anniversary that was devoted to the broad theme of the future of population health, our editorial team decided to focus the next special issue on a theme of great importance to state health policymakers. More

  • Milbank Memorial Fund Names Debra Lubar Next President

    October 2025

    Debra Lubar, PhD, who served in leadership roles at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under five administrations, will become the Milbank Memorial Fund’s 11th president on December 1, 2025, succeeding Christopher Koller More

  • Investing in Primary Care: The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now

    Report Primary Care Transformation

    Investing in Primary Care: The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now

    October 2025 Jessica McCann Margaret Flinter

    Decades of research confirms the safety, quality, and effectiveness of care provided by NPs, including care for complex patients, and their acceptance and approval by patients. Yet challenges remain in recruiting and retaining NPs in primary care. More