Publications

The Milbank Memorial Fund has published The Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy since 1923. It has commissioned and published reports since early in the last century and, beginning in the early 1990s, published a series called Milbank Reports. From 1999 to 2013, the Fund co-published with the University of California Press a series of books titled California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public. The Fund currently publishes reports, issue briefs (shorter papers), and Milbank-Supported Reports, reports published with partner organizations.

Case Studies

Three Projects Receive Inaugural State and Local Innovation Prize

July 19, 2018
In Chicago, they are preventing lead poisoning in young children. In Chatham County, Georgia, they are building a continuity of care system for jail inmates, and in Washington State, they are using multiple data sets to coordinate care for dual eligibles. Meet the winners of the inaugural Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize.
Report

Bundling, Benchmarking, and Beyond: Paying for Value in Home- and Community-Based Services

July 11, 2018 | Andrea D. Bennett, Pam Curtis, and Curtis S. Harrod
As the US population ages, the demand for long-term care options has grown. Special focus has been on Medicaid programs, which pay for most long-term…
Reforming States Group Publication

Behavioral Health Integration and Workforce Development

May 23, 2018 | Rachel Block
Providers, payers, and state policymakers are moving to implement behavioral health integration (BHI) models as evidence of their effectiveness builds. But many states face an obstacle—the lack of a health care workforce that has the legal authority, training, and skills necessary to practice in these new models. How can states accelerate the development of a BHI workforce?
Report

Views from the Heartland: Prospects for Bipartisanship in Health Reform

April 26, 2018 | David K. Jones
Last year’s “repeal and replace” fight in Congress underscored how deep—and deeply confusing—disagreements over health care policy can be. Author David K. Jones traveled to Colorado and Kansas to find out what Republican and Democrat legislators were concerned about now when it comes to health reform. What does the bipartisan conversation look like in these states?
Milbank-Supported Report

Creating An Age-Friendly Public Health System: Challenges, Opportunities, and Next Steps

March 30, 2018 | Amanda J. Lehning, Anne De Biasi
This report summarizes an October 2017 meeting held by Trust for America’s Health, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, during which national, state, and local public health officials came together with aging experts, service providers and others to discuss how public health could contribute to an age-friendly society and improve the health and well-being of older Americans. The convening resulted in a Framework for an Age-Friendly Public Health System, which is described in the report.
Issue Brief

All for One and One for All: Developing Coordinated State Opioid Strategies

February 22, 2018 | Noam N. Levey
The opioid epidemic has spawned numerous state efforts to develop strategies to combat the crisis. While each strategy on its own may be worthwhile, effectively coordinating these efforts will likely prove to be the key to reducing the number of families and communities damaged by opioid abuse. Summarizing the critical experience of senior officials working on the crisis, this issue brief identifies the key ingredients in a coordinated state opioid strategy.
Milbank-Supported Report

Strengthening Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports in an Evolving Policy Environment: A Toolkit for States

December 7, 2017 | Stephanie Anthony, Arielle Traub, Sarah Lewis, and Cindy Mann, Mannatt Health; Alexandra Kruse, Michelle Herman Soper, and Stephen A. Somers, PhD, Center for Health Care Strategies
Low-income adults who need and use long-term services and supports are among the most complex, expensive, and fast-growing populations covered by Medicaid. One of the greatest challenges state officials face is how to organize and pay for these services. This toolkit, written by Manatt Health and the Center for Health Care Strategies with support from the SCAN Foundation and the Milbank Memorial Fund, addresses these challenges.
Report

State Population Health Strategies that Make a Difference

October 12, 2017 | David K. Jones, PhD, and Christopher J. Louis, PhD
We know that state health policy can play an important role in improving population health. But where have there been objective improvements in the health of residents? How were those improvements achieved and what are the lessons?
Report

Telehealth Private Payer Laws: Impact and Issues

August 23, 2017 | the Center for Connected Health Policy
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth as a way of expanding patient access to care, especially in rural areas. This report looks at ways to expand and clarify telehealth reimbursement policies, especially as they relate to private payers.
Report

Standardizing the Measurement of Commercial Health Plan Primary Care Spending

July 25, 2017 | Michael H. Bailit, Mark W. Friedberg, and Margaret L. Houy
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 supporting it?