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.
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September 2015
Developing effective Medicaid leadership and organizational structures is one of the paramount challenges facing governors and legislatures. Medicaid… More
The Reforming States Group (RSG) is run by a Steering Committee, consisting of RSG members. This leadership group, responsible for planning annual… More
The Milbank Memorial Fund’s Multi-State Collaborative submitted a letter via the Federal Register in late August in response to Medicare Program;… More
Jane Beyer will join the Center for Evidence-based Policy and the Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer on October 5, 2015. Beyer, most recently… More
August 2015
Fund President Christopher Koller, Milbank Quarterly op-ed contributor Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, and former Reforming States Group member Ann Hwang… More
The measurement of cost across a state’s health care system—and setting targets for cost reduction—is a relatively new focus for states. In… More
July 2015
When the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP), an initiative of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), wanted feedback from states… More
The health of communities will always depend, in part, on a continuing supply of informed and capable leaders in state government. With this in mind,… More
There’s nothing better than sitting down and talking face-to-face with others involved in the same work as you. That’s what happened in June, when… More
June 2015
What fosters sustainable primary care transformation? What stands in the way? These questions are the focus of a Rocky Mountain Health Plans’ Issue… More