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.
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October 2018
Representatives from state agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont met earlier this month to hear and… More
September 2018
The Fund kicked off the newest session of its Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) earlier this month at an in-person meeting in San Francisco. The third… More
How are states responding to the growing trend of hospital system mergers? As health care consolidation increases, policymakers have to reconcile… More
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars (HSS) program was designed to build the nation’s capacity for research,… More
August 2018
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” – Peter Drucker. States face growing challenges to manage and measure health care costs. By… More
Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs) were often considered to be competing models for reforming health… More
July 2018
The Milbank Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that Alan B. Cohen, ScD, will serve as the editor of The Milbank Quarterly, effective August 1,… More
The Milbank Quarterly’s 2017 Journal Impact Factor score jumped to 6.0 in Clarivate Analytics’ recently released Journal Citation Reports, up… More
The second group of state health policy officials completed the Fund’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) in late June. Fifteen executive and… More
In Chicago, they are preventing lead poisoning in young children. In Chatham County, Georgia, they are building a continuity of care system for jail… More