Accountable Care Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

The solution seems obvious. Forgiving medical debt should ease both financial and emotional burdens for the two in five people in the US who carry it. Yet a new comprehensive study that tracked more than 200,000 patients and randomly relieved more than $169 million of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

by Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Takashi Yasui Sato-san’s hospital bed is wedged diagonally across his living room, relics of regular life pushed to the perimeter. For four years the retired accountant traveled back and forth to a... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

January 1978
Case

Zero-Base Budgeting in the Public Health Service

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Budgets and Budgeting

Citation

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01 Feb 2001
News

The Doctor Is In

The spotless, brightly lit corridors of Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital are filled with the ebb and flow of the human condition —people from around the globe and around the corner who come here seeking the best possible care for... View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

in the bank, that’s what counts / Money in the bank in large amounts.” The selling cycle is usually the biggest driver of cash out and cash in: Accounts payable accrue during selling, and accounts receivable... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

01 Dec 2016
News

Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?

happiest part of my day is normally in the evening when [I] sit down with my wife as we account for our day’s earnings from our different sources of income.” Since GiveDirectly launched, cash payments have become a growing, though still... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am working at Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc (CHAI), a global health View Details

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

the organization for a number of years and was making his mark running a non-core business, plastics, with a management style that was very different from his predecessor, Reg Jones. His selection culminated a View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

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Ratings of nonprofits based on their Accountability & Transparency and Financial Health. Advisory Board for the Arts Global network-based learning organization in... View Details

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Protecting Yourself Against Phishing | Information Technology

Protecting Yourself Against Phishing What is Phishing? Phishing is when an email claiming to be from a legitimate source , such as an HBS email address, your bank, or your favorite retailer, attempts to trick you into providing your personal credentials or information.... View Details

11 May 2017
News

Going with the Flow

services enabled anybody having a baby at any hospital in the world to bank the cord blood. Trained obstetricians treated the procedure like an organ transplant, with all of the systems in place. Medical couriers transported the blood to... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

18 Apr 2011
News

Capitalism Meets Conservation

Chilean region. Members pay a one-time fee of $40,000 to be part of the 100-family Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve Membership Club. This inheritable membership allows members and their families, guests, and friends access to the Club’s six diverse properties throughout... View Details

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12 Jul 2018
News

In the Market for Environmental Change

we were going to tear down. And it said High Meadows Farms. High Meadows today is several locations, about 1,000 acres. It's organized as a corporation. Our aim is not to make a profit. Our aim is to run a place that people really like to... View Details

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

talking with some of the leading Boston care providers and learning from them. It's been super helpful to have such terrific collaborators. SY: What do you feel like your organization is doing right? JP: Our... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

masculinity in the workplace. A resulting working paper, "Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Male Identity," not only explores how organizations influence the way men enact their gender, but also looks at... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

Profile

Nabihah Sachedina

program director of the London Health Commission, an independent review panel backed by the city's mayor, to "look at care in the capital, and how to improve the health of Londoners." "It broadened my perspective,"... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Campaign Passes Goal, Continues

organizations and communities they join. “What we do here has a deep and broad impact on society as a whole. The School really is a pioneer. Just look at our current research in entrepreneurship and social enterprise, and our new... View Details