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.
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June 2025
A new Milbank Quarterly study finds that the evidence base supporting policies that restrict social media use like school cell phone bans and anti-cyberbullying laws has significant limitations. More
May 2025
On May 12, the Rhode Island Cost Trends Steering Committee and the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner hosted their annual public forum on health care affordability and quality. s. On the same day, the Massachusetts Senate held a hearing for Senate Bill 867, which would establish a primary care spending target. More
As state health policy leadership becomes more important and more challenging, the Milbank Memorial Fund is launching recruitment for the 2025-2026… More
April 2025
Engaging policymakers with authority over population health funding and policies in leadership development has great potential to depolarize issues… More
March 2025
Christopher F. Koller will step down as president of the Milbank Memorial Fund after 12 years of leading the 120-year-old foundation dedicated to… More
December 2024
This year, our 5 most-read publications (not including Milbank Quarterly articles) included the Primary Care Scorecard; a brief with recommendations for improving health care market oversight at the state level to help sure more sustainable health care costs and higher quality; a blog on the impact of a Supreme Court decision that opened the door to more legal challenges to federal regulations; and more. More
October 2024
The first time Utah state Rep. Steve Eliason was asked what he was going to do about a rash of youth suicides in his suburban Salt Lake County… More
September 2024
The Milbank Quarterly was pleased to present its Early Career Award in Population Health to Patricia (Trish) Homan, PhD, an associate professor of sociology and director of research and strategic initiatives for the Public Health Program at Florida State University, at the 2024 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference in September. More
On September 20, 2024, the National Institute of Health (NIH) held a ceremony to unveil a plaque honoring the 625 Black men in the US Public Health… More
August 2024
Not many people enter state government after a successful decades-long run in the private sector. Even fewer end up serving in both the state… More
