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June 1992
Teaching Note

Genetics Institute, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James T. Rhea

Keywords: Genetics

September 2011 (Revised August 2014)
Background Note

Note on Bundled Payment in Health Care

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Charles C. Huang

The note explains how bundled health care payment differs from fee-for-service payment, provides examples of the difference between the two, describes early innovators in bundling and their results, provides guidance on how to make it happen, and elucidates the legal... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Price; Cost Management; Health Industry

February 1981 (Revised January 1984)
Case

International Harvester: Purchasing Inflation Offset System

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Kenneth A. Merchant

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March 1993 (Revised July 1995)
Case

South Eye Institute

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Wayne A. Adams

Keywords: Health Industry

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August 2012 (Revised December 2023)
Background Note

Note on Health Insurance Coverage, Coding, and Payment

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jo Ellen Slurzberg

This note explains how health care technology and service innovators receive payment from government insurers, in the U.S. and abroad, and from private insurers. It describes each of the three steps needed to obtain reimbursement: coverage, coding, and payment. It also... View Details

Keywords: Health Care Delivery; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Health Insurance Marketplaces; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Innovation and Invention; Private Sector; Public Sector; Decision Making; Information Technology; Health Industry; Insurance Industry

January 2010 (Revised August 2012)
Supplement

Hospital for Special Surgery (B): Continuing Challenges of Growth

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Laura Low Ah Kee

After its successful new U.K. venture, the Hospital for Special Surgery wants to do more of the same, without decimating its core New York City facility. The case provides considerable details about the different options it is exploring. View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Health Industry; United Kingdom

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

achieve financial stability. One faculty member who has been particularly interested in these questions is HBS professor Regina E. Herzlinger, a member of the HBS Social Enterprise Interest Group who has... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

October 2008
Case

Diagnostic Genomics

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Mark P. Allyn

Should this gene detection firm enter the business of providing tests for the detection of genetic diseases? If so, how should it prioritize the tests it could develop? View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Market Entry and Exit; Product Development; Genetics; Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

July 2001 (Revised March 2020)
Case

Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Mark P. Allyn

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

for health care companies and were very open to share their perspectives. I remember Professor Regina Herzlinger and her health care courses in particular that reinforced my interest to pursue a career in... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

and the difficulty of gaining access to treatment appear to be the two chief failings of the reform. Says HBS professor Regina Herzlinger, “The rise in costs is partially caused by greater than expected... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

15 Jul 2020
News

The Impact of Public Policy on Health Care Innovation

18 Jun 2020
News

Perspectives in Health: Thermo Fisher - Developing Diagnostic and Equipment for the Front Lines of COVID

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Oct 2020
News

The Long Fix - Lessons from the Front Lines of Health Care and Health Tech

15 Oct 2020
News

Pandemic Caused a Lot of 'Consumer-Driven Innovation'

Keywords: COVID-19

Article

Shifting toward Defined Contributions—Predicting the Effects

By: Kevin Schulman, Barak D. Richman and Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care Education; Health Care; Health; Health Industry; United States