Articles and Updates

What happens when you identify specific improvements in population health in several states—and then ask, “How did they do that?” You gain a…  More

The federal government is committed to supporting state health policy innovation, but where is the common ground in an otherwise fractured political…  More

Thomas J. Betlach, director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state’s Medicaid system, is widely recognized as a…  More

“Twenty-five years ago, when this foundation saw that the federal government was incapable of addressing the health care concerns of its…  More

Howard Markel, the editor-in-chief of The Milbank Quarterly, is the author of a new book, The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek,…  More

In late July, Massachusetts signed a revised marijuana bill into law. The legislation was a long time coming, and ended two-and-a-half years of work…  More

Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth—the use of technology to deliver health care to patients in a setting different from…  More

The first group of state officials to participate in the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) completed the interactive course in…  More

BY LISA DULSKY WATKINS It’s rare to have the opportunity to observe collaboration in action firsthand. But that’s what happened when I recently…  More

Primary care is often acknowledged as the foundation of any high-performing health care delivery system. But how much of our health dollars go to…  More