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.
Keep up with news and updates from the Milbank Memorial Fund. And read the latest blogs from our thought leaders, including Fund President Christopher F. Koller.
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.
Publication Topic
Blog Post
November 2025 Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH,
Health care should not just be about treating illness. It should be about preventing it, building long-term healing relationships, and improving overall health outcomes. So, when we talk about how to extend life expectancy and improve health at a sustainable cost, the answer is simple: double down on primary care. More
News Article
May 2025 Christine Haran, Mary Louise Gilburg,
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
Publication
February 2025 Robert Seifert, Emma Rourke, Mary Jo Condon,
This report describes the experiences of states that have designed and implemented policies to pursue these multiple targets and gathers lessons from their experiences to inform future policy development. Interviews with state officials and a multi-state convening revealed the strategies states used to establish their targets and their experiences implementing them. Officials described challenges to implementation and efforts to overcome them. More
March 2024 Vishaal Pegany, Margareta Brandt, Ngan Tran, Michael Valle, Chris Krawczyk,
In the absence of a national standard for categorizing non-claims payments, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) developed a new framework to categorize and collect non-claims payment data. More
March 2024 Howard Haft, Craig Jones,
In this report, we share insights gained from our experience working with CMMI on innovative state-led primary care programs in Vermont and Maryland, presenting key elements of approaches to invest new primary care dollars. More
March 2024 Christopher F. Koller,
Invited testimony by Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher Koller at the US Senate Budget Hearing on How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency. More
December 2023 Jonathan Staloff, Max Birger, Lingmei Zhou, Ashok Reddy, Christopher Chen, Judy Zerzan-Thul, Joshua M. Liao,
A new versatile, three-step approach to identifying primary care services in claims data incorporates information about clinician, organization, and facility types and better reflects real-world practice. More
October 2022 Samuel Han,
Last June, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health requested input from the public — including providers, payers, purchasers, advocates researchers, and others — about the federal government’s role in strengthening primary health care. More
Event
June 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role that primary care plays in guarding the health and well-being of all people. As a result, an… More
May 2022 Rachel Block,
Evidence suggests strong primary care is foundational to health system transformation. It can help people lead long, healthy lives and improve health… More
