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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The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
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News Article
May 2021 Coleen Elstermeyer, David Seltz,
In April, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) voted to maintain the state’s health care cost growth benchmark at 3.1% for calendar year… More
May 2021 Michael Bailit,
Rhode Island recently reported the state’s first year performance against its 3.2% health care cost growth target, which was established in 2018 to… More
Publication
April 2021 Christine Haran, Debbie Chase,
Updated May 2022 Introduction This toolkit aims to support the development of a communications plan that effectively shares the value of and… More
Blog Post
March 2021 Christopher F. Koller,
When the cost-shifting game stops, and people get serious about the toll of underlying health care costs — on household and state budgets, economic competitiveness, and foregone investments in other public services — the focus turns to measurement to understand health care costs in particular markets, cost changes, and what is driving them. More
March 2021
The Milbank Memorial Fund announced today that Connecticut, Oregon, Nevada, New Jersey, and Washington have been selected to participate in the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs. More
March 2021 Rachel Block, Keanan Lane,
Today we are pleased to announce that Connecticut, Oregon, Nevada, New Jersey, and Washington have been selected for participation in the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs. More
February 2021 Megan Burns, Michael Bailit,
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, national health expenditures were projected to continue growing faster than the economy. In response to this… More
January 2021 Erin Taylor, Michael Bailit, Megan Burns, Justine Zayhowski,
A new Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs case study from Bailit Health explores how Rhode Island set and implemented its cost growth target, or an expected rate of annual per capita growth of total health care spending. More
September 2020
The Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Milbank Memorial Fund have launched an initiative to provide technical assistance to up to five states to help reduce health spending. More
