The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
The Fund identifies and shares policy ideas and analysis to advance state health leadership, strong primary care, and sustainable health care costs.
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The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is is a foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
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Publication
April 2017 Pierre-Gerlier Forest, W. David Helms,
What does it take in terms of staff, leadership, and resources to plan and implement new policies? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have been the largest complex piece of social policy legislation passed by Congress since Medicaid and Medicare—and it won’t be the last. This report examines state health policy capacity and leadership—and is especially important given the continuing debate about changes to the ACA and improving health care delivery in the United States. More
Blog Post
March 2017 Christopher F. Koller,
Finding dissenting opinions in a public health class on policy priorities for the US health system is like looking for stars in the night sky of a… More
December 2016 Christopher F. Koller,
In the aftermath of the November elections, we at the Fund had a chance to speak in person to over 125 state health policy leaders as we held meetings… More
December 2016
The Reforming States Group, one of the nation’s only bipartisan groups of state health policy leaders, has endorsed a Letter to the New Administration. More
August 2016 Christian Heiss, Stephen A. Somers, Mark Larson,
State policymakers continue to look for ways to improve responses for people with behavioral health and substance abuse conditions. The challenges to… More
May 2016 Erika Rogan, Elizabeth Bradley,
More and more attention is being paid to the social determinants of health—the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age,… More
December 2015
State agencies focused on health policy and regional health improvement collaboratives ought to be able to align their agendas. They both share a… More
October 2015 Ann Hollingshead, Jaime King, Brent D. Fulton, Joshua Rushakoff, Richard M. Scheffler,
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), originally developed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), are growing—and serve both public and private… More
September 2015 Andy Allison,
Developing effective Medicaid leadership and organizational structures is one of the paramount challenges facing governors and legislatures. Medicaid… More
January 2014
On September 30 and October 1, 2013, the Milbank Memorial Fund and the Center for Health Care Strategies convened a meeting for representatives from… More
