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The Latest from The Milbank Memorial Fund

  1. Top 5 Milbank Memorial Fund Publications of 2024

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  2. Protecting Immigrant Families: Lessons from the Medicaid Unwinding 

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  3. The Impact of Outsourcing the “No” in Health Care  

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  4. Pinpointing Performance: Improving Health Care Cost Growth Target Attribution Reporting for Providers

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  5. Why Policies to Improve Health Care Affordability Are Important for Employers

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  6. Medicaid Reimbursement for Community Health Worker Services: Model State Plan Amendment & Other Guidance

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Latest Milbank Quarterly Issue Released:  December 2024

  1. From the Editor

    In the December 2024 Issue of the Quarterly

    By:  Alan B. Cohen

    In this issue of the Quarterly, readers will find an engaging mix of articles, beginning with two Perspectives and original scholarship on a range of policy topics. More

  2. Early View Original Scholarship

    Comprehensiveness in Primary Care: A Scoping Review

    By:  Agnes Grudniewicz Ellen Randall Lori Jones Aidan Bodner M. Ruth Lavergne

    This scoping review explored how comprehensiveness in primary care is conceptualized and defined in order to map its attributes in support of being able to more clearly and precisely define this key concept in research, practice, and policy. More

  3. Original Scholarship

    Examining the Inclusion of Trust and Trust-Building Principles in European Union, Italian, French, and Swiss Health Data Sharing Legislations: A Framework Analysis

    By:  Federica Zavattaro Viktor von Wyl Felix Gille

    Public trust is critical to both system legitimacy and the successful implementation of data-driven health initiatives. Legislations are an essential instrument for building public trust, as they can have a dual effect on trust: a passive effect by reinforcing the public perception of an active regulatory system that upholds the rule of law and an active effect as a tool for policymakers to signal trust-building actions to be undertaken during the implementation phase. More

  4. Original Scholarship

    When the Bough Breaks: The Financial Burden of Childbirth and Postpartum Care by Insurance Type

    By:  Heidi L. Allen Mandi Spishak-Thomas Kristen Underhill Chen Liu Jamie R. Daw

    The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care results in significant and persistent financial hardship, particularly for families with lower income with commercial insurance. More

  5. Original Scholarship

    Launching Financial Incentives for Physician Groups to Improve Equity of Care by Patient Race and Ethnicity

    By:  Hector P. Rodriguez SARAH D. EPSTEIN Amanda L. Brewster TIMOTHY T. BROWN STACY CHEN Salma Bibi

    This article qualitatively assess physician groups’ barriers and facilitators of planning and implementing BCBSMA’s financial incentives to improve equity of ambulatory care quality by patient race and ethnicity. More

  6. Original Scholarship

    Population Health Implications of Medicaid Prerelease and Transition Services for Incarcerated Populations

    By:  ELIZABETH T. CHIN YIRAN E. LIU C. BRANDON OGBUNU Sanjay Basu

    As states expand prerelease and transition services for incarcerated individuals under the Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 Demonstration Opportunity, this article sought to systematically inform Medicaid state and plan administrators regarding the population size and burden of disease data available on incarcerated populations in both jails and prisons in the United States. More

The Milbank Quarterly Opinion

Global Public Health for a New President

In every major global health milestone in our lifetimes, the United States has been at the forefront—from smallpox eradication in 1980 and the…  More

The Role of State Ballot Initiatives in Abortion Policymaking Has Peaked

Since the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, abortion law in the United States has been a complex maze of…  More
Paula M. Lantz

Paula M. Lantz

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Navigating the Complex Public Health Moment in the Aftermath of the 2024 US Election

The recent US federal election has occasioned a substantial amount of reflection on the part of a broad range of sectors. Public health is no…  More
Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea

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State Networks and Leadership Programs

  • Milbank State Leadership Network

    The Milbank State Leadership Network is a bipartisan group of state health policy leaders from both the executive and legislative branches.

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  • Emerging Leaders Program

    The Emerging Leaders Program seeks to develop practical, hands-on leadership skills in future senior executive and legislative officials.

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    The Milbank Fellows Program is a leadership program for executive branch and senior legislative state government leaders committed to improving population health.

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