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.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is is a foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
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), case studies, and Milbank-supported reports, reports published with partner organizations.
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August 2024 Vinayak Sinha, Emma Rourke, Mary Jo Condon,
Abstract More Americans are being diagnosed with behavioral health conditions, and nearly half will have a behavioral health issue, such as… More
Fact Sheet
July 2024 Sofia Espinosa, Mary Louise Gilburg,
An overview of an MLSN briefing on the Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 state health disparities report. More
Issue Brief
July 2024 Roslyn C. Murray, Christopher M. Whaley, Erin C. Fuse Brown, Andrew M. Ryan,
Policy Points States grappling with high and rising health care spending can draw inspiration from the Oregon State Employee Plan’s hospital… More
July 2024 Sofia Espinosa, Mary Louise Gilburg, Morgan McDonald,
With direction from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Milbank Memorial Fund convened four panels designed to synthesize evidence and opportunities for postpartum mortality reduction to inform the Postpartum Maternal Health Collaborative. More
May 2024 Lauryn Walker, Lisa Dulsky Watkins, Christopher F. Koller,
States should consider six key activities to prioritize resources and use their authority most effectively. More
May 2024 Lauryn Walker, Shannon Dowler, Barbra Rabson, Bob Rauner,
This brief provides seven recommendations for how the federal government can support states in their primary care reform efforts. More
May 2024 Sofia Espinosa, Mary Louise Gilburg,
A Milbank State Leadership Network virtual briefing featured a presentation on new models of enhanced market oversight and insight from state attorneys general offices. More
Case Study
May 2024 Martha Hostetter,
This series of state profiles shows how each state in the Peterson-Milbank program has approached one or two of the cost growth target program implementation activities. More
April 2024 Vinayak Sinha, Emma Rourke, Mary Jo Condon, William Brandel,
This brief offers recommendations for a definition and standardized methodology supported by a detailed code set to measure how much payers spend on behavioral health clinical services, which includes claims and non-claims spending. More
Toolkit
April 2024 Nathan Pauly, Lauren Sears, Amy Zhan, Kevin McAvey, Sarah Kinsler, Peter Hayes, Christopher Romero-Gutierrez, Michael Bailit,
A new series of Peterson-Milbank analytics support resources offers insight into how to use publicly available data sources to examine the financial condition of hospitals, as well as identify opportunities to reduce health care spending growth while avoiding any unintended consequences that might result. More
