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Working Paper

Does Private Equity Have Any Business Being in the Health Care Business?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Zirui Song

Private Equity (“PE”) has come under increased scrutiny by the press, academics, and policymakers, as well as the public, for its investments in health care delivery. This scrutiny has been exacerbated by recent high profile hospital bankruptcies following PE... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Government Administration; Acquisition; Health Industry

SSRN

Jul 2014
Conference Presentation

START Program: Value Based Health Care Delivery

May 1983
Supplement

Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio, Video

11 Dec 2008
News

If Health Care Were Run Like Retail...

01 Dec 2009
News

The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care

22 Apr 2014
Lecture

Introduction to Value Based Health Care Delivery

8 Jul 2014
Lecture

China: Value Based Health Care Delivery Overview

01 Oct 2009
News

Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option

23 Jun 2015
Video

Innovation and the Retailization of Health Care

15 Jan 2014
Other Presentation

Value Based Health Care Delivery: Welcome and Introduction

Keywords: Health

9 Jan 2012
Other Presentation

Value Based Health Care Delivery: Welcome and Introduction

Keywords: Health

March 2016 (Revised March 2022)
Teaching Note

Evive Health and Workplace Influenza Vaccinations

By: John Beshears

Evive Health is a company that manages communication campaigns on behalf of health insurance plans and large employers. Using big data techniques and insights from behavioral economics, Evive deploys targeted and effective messages that improve individuals' health... View Details

March 2016
Case

Evive Health and Workplace Influenza Vaccinations

By: John Beshears

Evive Health is a company that manages communication campaigns on behalf of health insurance plans and large employers. Using big data techniques and insights from behavioral economics, Evive deploys targeted and effective messages that improve individuals' health... View Details

Keywords: Vaccination; Influenza; Flu Shot; Preventive Care; Health Care; Behavioral Economics; Choice Architecture; Nudge; Experimental Design; Randomized Controlled Trial; RCT; Causal Inference; Consumer Behavior; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Communication Strategy; Health Industry

Educators

Web

Health Care Curriculum - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care View Details

September 2014 (Revised March 2016)
Case

Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Robert S. Huckman and Jenny Lesser

Describes the challenges facing Dr. John Noseworthy, President and CEO, in implementing a long-term strategy for the growth of the Mayo Clinic—a leading academic medical center with a reputation for excellence in tertiary and quaternary health care. The case highlights... View Details

Keywords: Health; Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

Educators

04 Dec 2017
News

What the CVS-Aetna merger could mean for health care deals, drug prices, and Amazon

February 2014 (Revised July 2016)
Case

Iora Health

By: William A. Sahlman and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan

The Iora Health case looks at a new approach to the management and delivery of primary care. Instead of having a doctor, half a nurse and two accountants, Iora deploys a doctor, a nurse and several health coaches, all operating as an integrated team. Iora focuses on... View Details

Keywords: Management; Service Delivery; Groups and Teams; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

Educators