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.
Focus Area
Publication
June 2023 Emily Hawes, Jacob Rains, Candice Chen, Erin Fraher,
The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program is a model designed to align health workforce training with population health needs. More
Blog Post
May 2023 Diane Rittenhouse, Janice Genevro, Kathryn Phillips, Rishi Manchanda,
When adequately supported and designed, high-quality primary care is a common good that provides better population health and more equitable outcomes,… More
April 2023 Maanasa Kona, Megan Houston, Emma Walsh-Alker, Yareli Torres Carrillo,
This case study of Detroit, Michigan, the fourth in a series, assesses the effectiveness of various policy initiatives to expand access to primary care in the region, particularly for underserved populations. More
April 2023 Dan Vizzini, Beth Church, Pam Curtis,
This report summarizes observations from interviews with members of the Colorado Multi-Payer Collaborative (MPC), state and federal collaborators, and health care practitioners who participated in primary care transformation initiatives undertaken by the MPC. More
Event
April 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg,
Join the the Milbank Memorial Fund and the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) for a virtual webinar for state officials that will use state examples to describe key decisions and trade-offs to take into consideration when developing measurement and reporting methodologies for primary care investment. More
March 2023 Lisa Dulsky Watkins,
The Fund has launched the Milbank Medicaid Transformation Network (MMT), a collaborative of state Medicaid agency leaders and partners. More
March 2023 Christopher F. Koller,
How does the national primary care scorecard play in the heart of Texas? More
February 2023 Yalda Jabbarpour, Stephen Petterson, Anuradha Jetty, Hoon Byun,
The first national primary care scorecard, co-funded by the Milbank Memorial Fund and The Physicians Foundation, finds a chronic lack of adequate support for the implementation of high-quality primary care across the United States. More
News Article
February 2023
Underinvestment, Workforce Shortages, and Lack of Research Funding Threaten the Future of America’s Primary Care February 22, 2023 — The first… More
Join the Milbank Memorial Fund and the Physicians Foundation for the virtual release of the first national scorecard on the health of US primary care. The inaugural report provides a long overdue measurement tool to track the implementation of high-quality primary care nationwide. More
