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
Blog Post
May 2023 Christopher F. Koller,
Creating distractions is a time-tested political strategy to divert people’s attention from what you don’t want them to see. In the Rhode… More
April 2023 Ann M. Nguyen, Magda Schaler-Haynes,
Although health care licensing is traditionally a state function, rigid state borders can be ill-suited to meet needs in terms of access to care for… More
News Article
March 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg,
In conversation with Milbank Memorial Fund former program officer Kate McEvoy, Della Au Belatti, Hawaii State Representative, and Vincent Pinkney, Deputy Director of Managed Care Operations for Tennessee’s state Medicaid agency, discuss the communities where they grew up, how they work with people with different origin stories, and mentors who have shaped their leadership styles. More
Publication
February 2023 Kathleen Noonan,
In a new issue brief, Kathleen Noonan, CEO & President of Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, describes how the Camden Coalition, one of four New Jersey regional health hubs, has used the model to improve access to maternity care and behavioral health services and increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines More
January 2023 Katti Gray,
In a Q&A with health journalist Katti Gray, Dr. Derek Griffith and Dr. Andrew Anderson discussed their research and proposed remedies to improve trust in health systems. More
January 2023 Jodyn Platt, Lauren A. Taylor,
This review of health services and health policy articles on trust from the past 50 years examined how trust is defined and measured. The authors found murkiness around terms and limited methods in the existing literature. More
January 2023 Kate McEvoy,
In a View from Here, former Milbank program officer and current National Association of Medicaid Directors executive director Kate McEvoy encourages state executive branch leaders and policymakers to embrace aspects of love including empathy, openness, and self-care as they navigate the vitally important, heart-based work of state health policy. More
January 2023 Martha Hostetter, Sarah Klein,
Tenacious. Pragmatic. Undaunted. A bulldog on value. These are just a handful of the ways people in Washington State explain Rep. Eileen Cody’s spectacular success at health care reform. More
December 2022 Kate McEvoy,
This conversation with Colorado State Senator Cleave Simpson and North Dakota State Health Officer Nizar Wehbi, MD, is the first in a series focused on policymaker “origin stories”—and how their backgrounds have influenced and inspired their public service. More
November 2022 Kate McEvoy,
Next month, Richard Gottfried, chair of the New York State Assembly’s health committee, will retire after 52 years of service as a legislator. In a Q&A with Milbank Memorial Fund’s Kate McEvoy, Rep. Gottfried reflects on his career and the importance of borrowing good ideas from other states through groups like Milbank’s network of state policymakers. Rep. Gottfried also discusses how he has worked across the aisle, mentored new legislators, and what he sees as today’s urgent health policy challenges. More
