The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
A bipartisan group of state health policymakers from both the executive and legislative branches who are focused on improving population health.
Networks of state officials, advocates, and others aiming to invest in and transform primary care.
A program dedicated to advancing state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
A leadership development program for early and mid-career state government officials who are committed to improving the health of all people in their communities.
A leadership program for senior state government officials who are committed to improving population health.
The Fund focuses on creating an affordable health care system built on strong primary care and partnerships that improve health outcomes for all.
Improving state leaders’ ability to enact and implement evidence-based health policies.
Advancing policies that create a more prevention- and primary care-oriented health system.
Improving population health through policies that contain health care cost growth.
Our state health policy resources offer relevant data analysis and best practices.
The Fund publishes reports, issues briefs, and case studies on state health policy issues.
Short takes on health policy issues from Milbank staff and guest authors.
Insights from Milbank President Debra Lubar on state health policymaking.
Reported articles and Q&As on timely health policy issues, as well as foundation updates.
Milbank Memorial Fund and Milbank Quarterly webinars featuring state health policymakers and researchers.
Updates and expert contact information for reporters.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is a private foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
Carrie H. Colla is the Levy Distinguished Chair in Health Care Delivery Science and a professor in The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine. Her research portfolio focuses on value, physician payment, delivery system reforms, health insurance markets, and rural health care. Her work is aimed at improving the quality, accessibility, and cost of health care.
Dr. Colla is the former director of health analysis at CBO, where she led a team of economists to research, develop, and refine the models used to estimate the economic and budgetary effects of health policy for the Congress. Dr. Colla participated in the 2017-2018 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program, with placements in the House of Representatives and as a senior advisor to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. In 2020, Dr. Colla was selected as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine. From 2020-2021, Dr. Colla was a member of the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, an independent federal advisory committee making recommendations to the US Secretary of Health and Human Services on payment models. Colla led the payment workgroup for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Implementing High-Quality Primary Care Committee.
Colla received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, and her PhD in health economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
October 2024