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The Fund identifies and shares policy ideas and analysis on topics important to state health policymakers, particularly on issues related to state leadership, primary care, aging, and total costs of care.
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 an endowed operating foundation that publishes The Milbank Quarterly, commissions projects, and convenes state health policy decision makers on issues they identify as important to population health.
Report Reforming States Group
November 2019 MaryBeth Musumeci, Priya Chidambaram, Kendal Orgera, Kaiser Family Foundation,
A report copublished by the Milbank Memorial Fund and the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at state options for accessing federal Medicaid funds for certain inpatient services provided by “institutions for mental disease” or IMDs. More
Issue Brief The Health of Aging Populations
October 2019 Debra J. Lipson, Erin Weir Lakhmani,
In the “duals demo,” enrollment in integrated Medicare–Medicaid plans among eligible beneficiaries ranged from a high of 67% in Ohio to a low of 4% in New York. To discover the secrets to successful enrollment in states like Ohio, Mathematica researchers conducted a study of how state program design, concurrent state programs and policies, health plan markets, and other factors affected enrollment over time in all 10 participating states. More
Issue Brief
August 2019 Brittany Lazur, Andrea Bennett, Valerie King,
Abstract The rate of telehealth use, in which patients receive a virtual health care visit, in the home or other nonclinical setting, has outpaced… More
Milbank-Supported Report Primary Care Investment & Transformation
July 2019 Yalda Jabbarpour, MD, Ann Greiner, MCP, Anuradha Jetty, MPH, Megan Coffman, MS,, Charles Jose, MD, Stephen Petterson, PhD, Karen Pivaral, Robert Phillips, MD, MSPH, Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH, Alyssa Neumann Kane,
n a first-of-its-kind study, the 2019 Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) Evidence Report examines states’ primary care spending patterns, including spending across payer types, and considers the implications of these results for select patient outcomes. More
Report The Health of Aging Populations State Health Policy Leadership Reforming States Group
June 2019 Jennifer Aufill, Julia Burgdorf, Jennifer Wolff,
In a new report cosponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Milbank Memorial Fund, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers highlight five states—Washington, Hawaii, Maine, Minnesota, and Tennessee— that have advanced policies and programs in support of family caregivers. More
Research Into Practice Primary Care Investment & Transformation
June 2019 Jennifer Lloyd, Stephanie Kissam, Allison Pompey,
Rising health care costs are a pressing concern for governments, payers, employers, and patients. States have a vested interest in improving health… More
Issue Brief Primary Care Investment & Transformation Reforming States Group
May 2019 Emily Whelan Parento,
Many health care challenges are exacerbated in rural areas, such as limited access to services, provider shortages, and the prevalence of avoidable… More
Issue Brief Primary Care Investment & Transformation Multipayer Primary Care Network
May 2019 Noam N. Levey,
This issue brief attempts to assess how participating payers in Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative feel about the program and its progress by exploring the perspective of payers in three distinct regional markets in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program: Colorado, Oklahoma, and Greater Philadelphia. More
Case Studies Reforming States Group
April 2019 Robert M. Hayes, Joseph Squitieri, DO,
Last month, the Milbank Memorial Fund and the United Hospital Fund released a report, The Ripple Effect: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Children and Families, which made clear that the magnitude of the epidemic’s impact is much greater than realized. This case study, a companion to the report, explores how community health centers are addressing the opioid epidemic. More
Issue Brief State Health Policy Leadership
April 2019 John Kitzhaber, MD, Bruce Goldberg, MD,
In this issue brief, John Kitzhaber, MD, former governor of Oregon, and Bruce Goldberg, MD, former director of the Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research, outline why strong Medicaid management matters. Speaking directly to governors, the authors spell out why greater state investment in Medicaid administration is critical to attracting and retaining the talent needed to ensure that the program is flexible and innovative, fiscally responsible, and stable. More
