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  • News Article

    How Massachusetts Medicaid Is Paying for Primary Care Teams to Take Care of People, Not Doctors to Deliver Services  

    August 2023

    A discuss of MassHealth’s value-based payment model for primary care providers participating in its accountable care organization (ACO) program. More

  • News Article

    Tennessee Task Force Report Offers Policy to Improve Rural Health Care

    July 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg

    In June, the Tennessee Rural Health Care Task Force formed by Governor Bill Lee and co-chaired by Milbank Memorial Fund National Director of Population Health, Morgan McDonald, MD, and Lifepoint CEO David Dill released a report with 13 evidence-based policy recommendations to improve access to care, recruit and sustain the health care workforce, and address social drivers of health for the state’s rural residents. More

  • Without Affordable, Accessible, and Adequate Housing, Health Has No Foundation

    News Article

    Without Affordable, Accessible, and Adequate Housing, Health Has No Foundation

    June 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg

    In this Q&A, Roshanak Mehdipanah of the University of Michigan School of Public Health discusses her contribution to the issue, “Without Affordable, Accessible, and Adequate Housing, Health Has No Foundation.” She describes housing through the lenses of affordability, access, and adequacy, and argues that housing is a human right and determinant of health. More

  • News Article

    The Role of Data Equity in Achieving Health Equity

    June 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg

    In this Q&A with Ninez Ponce, PhD, MPP, of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Policy Research, and Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, PhD, MPH, of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, we discuss their contribution to the issue, “Making Communities More Visible: Equity-Centered Data to Achieve Health Equity,” coauthored with Riti Shimkhada, PhD, MPH, of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. More

  • News Article

    Understanding the Population Health Workforce

    May 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg

    In their contribution to The Milbank Quarterly centennial anniversary issue, Bianca Frogner, Davis G. Patterson, and Susan M. Skillman of the University of Washington School of Medicine discuss how the population health workforce, which spans clinical care, public health, and social services, has been defined. More

  • News Article

    The Impact of Income Support Policies on Children’s Health

    May 2023 Christine Haran

    In her contribution to The Milbank Quarterly centennial anniversary issue, Natasha V. Pilkauskas discusses what the evidence shows about the role of different types of income support policies in children’s health, highlighting considerations for policymakers—and the many unanswered research questions that remain. More

  • News Article

    How Policymakers’ Personal Stories Inspire Their State Service: A Conversation with Della Au Belatti and Vincent Pinkney

    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

    How Regional Health Hubs Can Improve Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries: Lessons from the Garden State

    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

  • News Article

    Building Trust: Focus on Measuring Change in Health Care Institutions

    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

  • News Article

    A Health Care Crusader Offers Lessons for Other Legislators

    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