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State Network
Blog Post
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
Publication
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
News Article
November 2016
By Mark Gibson* It was with sorrow that the Milbank Memorial Fund received news of the passing of friend and former program officer Robert A. (Rob)… More
With the election of a new administration and potential for significant changes in federal health policy in general and the Affordable Care Act… More
August 2016
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) combines affordable, community-based housing with access to supportive services to help vulnerable individuals and… More
The first woman to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate, Senator Harriette Chandler has served as a state legislator for over 20 years. She is… 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
July 2016 Deborah Bachrach, Jocelyn Guyer, Ariel Levin,
Faced with mounting evidence about the importance of social factors in determining health outcomes, state Medicaid officials are looking for ways to integrate services that address these factors into their coverage, payment, and delivery models. More
June 2016 Lindsay Goldman, Robert Wolf,
It is projected that by 2050, 83.7 million Americans will be over the age of 65, almost double the number who were that age in 2012. What can states do to support an aging population? More
May 2016 Martha Gerrity,
Since 2010, when the Milbank Memorial Fund published its first behavioral health integration (BHI) report, “Evolving Models of Behavioral Health… More
