Effective state oversight of Medicaid managed care entities requires both a range of contractual levers and staff managing and prioritizing what is most important.

Two New Federal Initiatives Could Help Change the Way We Pay Physicians. Dr. Elliott R. Haut stands outside his Johns Hopkins office in Baltimore. Congress is currently considerin ...

Christopher F. Koller is president of the Milbank Memorial Fund. Before joining the Fund, he served the state of Rhode Island as the country’s first health insurance commissioner, an appointment he ...

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care. Health care in the United States has ...

First offered in 1925 and envisioned as a “reverse Rhodes Scholarship,” the Harkness Fellowships are the Commonwealth Fund’s longest-running program. Nearly 100 years later, they remain a flagship of ...

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The Commonwealth Fund has its origins in the philanthropic efforts of the Harkness family. Stephen V. Harkness began his career in New York State’s Finger Lakes region at age 15 as an apprentice ...

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care.

Caryn Marks, M.P.P., is formerly the federal and state health policy officer for The Commonwealth Fund. In this role, Ms. Marks supported the work of the Federal and State Health Policy program. Ms.

Read full profiles of international health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, ...

Despite the critical role of primary care physicians (PCPs) in preventive care and chronic disease management, PCPs lack support for their mental and physical well-being, resulting in pervasive ...

In North Dakota, references to the Rough Riders — a famed cavalry in the 1898 Spanish-American War — abound. The name graces hotels, grocery stores, and golf tournaments and has become a shorthand ...