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.
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By: Kanika Arora, Douglas A. Wolf,
This study finds that offering paid sick leave and paid family leave, when combined with job protection, could support potential family caregivers. More
By: Caitlin Murphy, Ann Rossier Markus, Rebecca Morris, Kay Johnson, Sara Rosenbaum, Laurie C. Zephyrin,
Managed care is how Medicaid agencies principally furnish maternity care. For this reason, the contracts that Medicaid agencies enter into with managed care organizations have attracted strong interest as a means of improving maternal health access, quality, and equity. However, limited research has documented the extent to which states use these agreements to set binding expectations across the maternal health continuum and how states approach the task of maternal health contracting. More
By: Tasleem J. Padamsee, Courtni Montgomery, Stefan Kienzle, Jeremy B. Straughn, Andrea Elmore, Deborah L. Fulton-Kehoe, Beryl Schulman, Thomas M. Wickizer, Gary M. Franklin,
Context: Unsafe prescribing practices have been among the central causes of improper reception of opioids, unsafe use, and overdose in the United… More
From the Editor
By: Alan B. Cohen,
In this issue of the Quarterly, readers will find eight Perspectives and three original scholarship articles on an assortment of topics, including:… More
By: Beena Bhuiyan Khan, Victoria Gemme, Ethan Chupp, Aparna Higgins, Corinna Sorenson,
Context: To date, uptake of value-based payment (VBP) arrangements for medical products and knowledge of their design and impact have been mainly… More
Early View Perspective
By: Caroline Horrow, Aaron S. Kesselheim,
The dangers of faulty laboratory tests have been highlighted recently because of reporting on the collapse of Theranos owing to fraudulent claims… More
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The Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs advances state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
The Milbank State Leadership Network is a bipartisan group of state health policy leaders from both the executive and legislative branches.
The Emerging Leaders Program seeks to develop practical, hands-on leadership skills in future senior executive and legislative officials.
The Milbank Fellows Program is a leadership program for executive branch and senior legislative state government leaders committed to improving population health.
Keep up with news and updates from the Milbank Memorial Fund.
Short takes from Milbank Memorial Fund staff and guest authors on research and policies that affect population health.
Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher Koller and other staff offer their perspectives on both the latest and perennial issues in population health.
