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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Good primary care is essential to improving population health. The Milbank Memorial Fund focus on strengthening primary care. More
News Article
April 2018
This month, the Milbank Memorial Fund joined a collaborative of five foundations working together to improve the health outcomes and daily lives of… More
March 2018
The Milbank Memorial Fund’s Multi-State Collaborative has been bringing together a diverse group of payers for the last three years. They may be in… More
Blog Post
February 2018 Christopher F. Koller,
Because the federal government can print money, the federal government can spend it. And spend it did, when the Affordable Care Act—even as adjusted… More
December 2017
Many recent health care innovation delivery and payment models have been implemented under the direction of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid… More
November 2017
What is the impact of multi-payer primary care transformation programs like Medicare’s Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) on health care quality… More
October 2017
It might have been difficult to imagine 10 years ago—commercial and public insurers meeting to compare notes on how to better align payments,… More
July 2017 Christopher F. Koller,
We all have our obsessions. Many are best not shared, although sometimes airing them is helpful, especially when they are informed by research. One… More
July 2017
BY LISA DULSKY WATKINS It’s rare to have the opportunity to observe collaboration in action firsthand. But that’s what happened when I recently… More
Publication
July 2017 Michael Bailit, Mark W. Friedberg, Margaret L. Houy,
Primary care is often acknowledged as the foundation of any high-performing health care delivery system. But how much of our health dollars go to supporting it? More
