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.
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November 2025
Join us for a webinar to explore how states can garner compelling data insights from their All-Payers Claims Database (APCD) to inform health care affordability initiatives. More
October 2025
This webinar described how states can focus their commercial market affordability efforts to impact highly resourced hospitals and health systems without endangering hospitals that would struggle to implement such policies. More
September 2025
Structural determinants of health are hierarchical patterns of advantage among socially constructed groups that affect health outcomes. Unlike social… More
July 2025
Consumer products like alcohol and cannabis are associated with disease and injuries and can affect mental health. Despite their effects on health, these products are not regulated at the federal level and are unevenly regulated by states. More
May 2025
Milbank Quarterly webinar focused on two articles about Medicaid’s role in mental health and substance use disorder from our special issue, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do? More
February 2025
Several states have extended Medicaid coverage for prerelease and transition services to people in prisons and jails through program demonstrations.… More
As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases and more people report not being able to see a clinician who knows them, the third… More
October 2024
Two recent Milbank Quarterly studies explored policy opportunities to improve prevention and access to obesity treatment in the United States… More
September 2024
Join a webinar on October 2, 2024, from 1 to 2 pm ET, with Freedman HealthCare on a new standardized methodology and code set to measure how much payers spend on behavioral health clinical services. More
July 2024
What: Two recent Milbank Quarterly studies explored state policies to improve opioid prescription safety. On July 30, 2024, the authors and NYU’s… More
