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.
Quarterly Topic
Quarterly Article
January 2024 Emilie Francis-Auton, Janet C. Long, Mitchell Sarkies, Natalie Roberts, Johanna Westbrook, Jean-Frederic Levesque, Diana E. Watson, Rebecca Hardwick, Peter Hibbert, Chiara Pomare, Jeffrey Braithwaite,
This study identifies four system “enablers” that can help guide large-scale transformation in health care systems. More
April 2023 Kushal T. Kadakia, Anaeze C. Offodile,
US health care reform over the past decade has placed substantial focus on rewiring health care financing, specifically increasing provider accountability for utilization (i.e., cost) and/or outcomes. More
January 2023 Joseph T. Kannarkat, Soleil Shah, Natasha Parekh, Francis J. Crosson,
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) seeks to develop evidence-based alternative payment models (APM) to improve health care quality… More
January 2023 Denise A. Tyler, Zhanlian Feng, David C. Grabowski, Lawren Bercaw, Micah Segelman, Galina Khatutsky, Joyce Wang, Angela Gasdaska, Melvin J. Inger,
Context: In 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing… More
Quarterly Opinion
October 2022 Kushal T. Kadakia, Zirui Song,
Rather than focusing on “clinical non-inferiority,” or whether the reform lowers spending without negatively affecting outcomes, the authors propose focusing first on improving health first and second on lowering the implications for spending second. More
October 2022 Rachel Tobey, James Maxwell, Eric Turer, Erin Singer, Zoe Lindenfeld, Robert S. Nocon, Allison Coleman, Joshua Bolton, Hank Hoang, Alek Sripipatana, Elbert S. Huang,
Context: Efforts are ongoing to advance value-based payment (VBP), and health centers serve as essential access points to comprehensive primary care… More
March 2022 Anne-marie Boxall,
To make progress implementing payment and delivery system reforms, state governments need to make genuine stakeholder engagement routine business, develop reforms that build on past successes, and ensure health reform is a top priority for bureaucrats and political leaders. More
August 2020 Christine A. Yee, Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt,
Context: Bundled payments have been promoted as an alternative to fee‐for‐service payments that can mitigate the incentives for service volume… More
January 2020 Sander Steenhuis, Jeroen Struijs, Xander Koolman, Johannes Ket, Eric van der Hijden,
Sander Steenhuis of the Talma Institute at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and colleagues report on their systematic literature review of the payment model, in which they identify and categorize 53 key elements that affect the bundled payment contract development process. More
