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State Network
Publication
July 2016 Deborah Bachrach, Jocelyn Guyer, Ariel Levin,
Faced with mounting evidence about the importance of social factors in determining health outcomes, state Medicaid officials are looking for ways to integrate services that address these factors into their coverage, payment, and delivery models. More
June 2016 Lindsay Goldman, Robert Wolf,
It is projected that by 2050, 83.7 million Americans will be over the age of 65, almost double the number who were that age in 2012. What can states do to support an aging population? More
May 2016 Martha Gerrity,
Since 2010, when the Milbank Memorial Fund published its first behavioral health integration (BHI) report, “Evolving Models of Behavioral Health… More
News Article
April 2016
In March, the Milbank Memorial Fund brought together officials from six states to talk about the role of managed care organizations (MCOs) in state… More
February 2016
A 2015 survey of Reforming States Group (RSG) members—in which the Fund asked participants about the impact RSG meetings had on their work—was the… More
January 2016
The following topics were the subject of presentations at the fall 2015 Reforming States Group meetings: Aging in America presentations on… More
In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the number it was in 2012. The needs of this aging population… More
Legislators from the Massachusetts State Senate recently contacted the Milbank Memorial Fund with a request. They wanted to learn about Colorado’s… More
December 2015
Does bringing together state leaders make a difference? This fall, members of the Reforming States Group (RSG) were surveyed to find out. Each year,… More
John M. Selig, Arkansas’ Department of Human Services (DHS) director, will leave the position at the end of the year. He held this position for 10… More
