Health Insurance Exchange - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2003
Teaching Note

Tufts Health Plan (TN)

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer

Teaching Note for (9-699-160). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Health Industry

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June 10, 2021
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Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman

The COVID-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details

Keywords: Hospital; Hospital Management; Hospitals—administration; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Investment; Health Care Operations; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Performance Improvement; Investment; Health Industry; United States

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03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

Without an individual mandate, instead of buying their own insurance, most of the sick will qualify for subsidized coverage either in the public health insurance exchanges... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

employer-based insurance will return Amitabh Chandra: More demand for insurance exchanges Recessions and pandemics create job losses that highlight the problems of tying View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic

decade, legislators have passed countless health care policies that impact how hospitals, insurance companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers deliver services to patients. Even more, the ongoing SARS-CoV-2... View Details

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

health insurance. Every year, they have to review alternative health insurance plans, make risk-return tradeoffs, and choose the ones they prefer for themselves and their... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

13 Apr 2006
News

Health Policy in Maryland and Massachusetts: A Study in Contrasts

22 Feb 2011
News

Why Innovation Is So Hard in Health Care - and How to Do It Anyway

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"Fidji Simo: Growing the Pie at Instacart." Harvard Business School Case 325-052, May 2025. Humana Commits to Value-Based Care By: V.G. Narayanan , Henry Eyring and David Lane May 2025 (Revised May 2025) | Case | Faculty Research In late 2023, CEO Bruce Broussard... View Details

May 2018 (Revised October 2020)
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La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer

The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy... View Details

Keywords: Trends And Opportunities; Government; Government Programs; Acquisition; Business Model; Business Plan; Trends; Opportunities; Government and Politics; Programs; Health Care and Treatment; Situation or Environment; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Spain

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June 1992
Teaching Note

U.S. Health Care Systems, Prospectus and Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry

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August 2011 (Revised July 2014)
Case

Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Dr. Edson Bueno created Amil, Brazil's largest health insurer. Unlike many others, it is vertically integrated. Dr. Bueno has two opportunities for growth. Which, if any, should he pursue? View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Insurance; Vertical Integration; Insurance Industry; Brazil

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02 Jan 2020
News

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

20 Jun 2008
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Winners of 2008 Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange

May 25, 2016
Comment

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

By: John A. Quelch

Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details

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06 Nov 2009
News

Health Reform Paths Not Taken

No issues in the ongoing Congressional health-care debate have generated more heat than the so-called public option and proposed taxes on “gold-plated” health insurance plans. Conservatives view a new... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

We know the symptoms all too well. We wait months to see a doctor. Office visits end, it seems, just moments after they begin. Managed care firms hold sway over doctors' treatment plans, and health insurance... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

care, but there is another cost to be accounted for. Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug PricesIn Germany, drugmakers must prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price than existing drugs. Making Health View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Health

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

No one can convey the impact of an MBA from Harvard Business School better than our alumni. And, when it comes to a career health care, there are a multitude of paths that one can choose. From care delivery and View Details

October 24, 2018
Article

End the Corporate Health Care Tax

By: Mark R. Kramer and John Pontillo

Imagine if a single piece of legislation could effectively eliminate all U.S. corporate taxes, subsidize hundreds of millions of dollars in new corporate investment, increase the take-home pay of most U.S. employees, ease state and local budgets, and reduce the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Taxation; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Taxation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States

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