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- 30 Jan 2018
- News
We need employers to step up and change health care
- 3 PM – 4 PM EDT, 21 Apr 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Webinar on the 2015 HBS-HMS Forum on Health Care Innovation
Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School's Forum on Health Care Innovation invites you to an exclusive opportunity to examine what's next in health care. Building... View Details
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The Covid-19 Pandemic Should Not Delay Actions to Prevent Anticompetitive Consolidation in U.S. Health Care Markets
By: Leemore S. Dafny
This article describes potential regulatory and legislative reforms to assist antitrust enforcement agencies in halting anticompetitive acquisitions and practices, and preserving and promoting competition in health care markets. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Competition; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Dafny, Leemore S. "The Covid-19 Pandemic Should Not Delay Actions to Prevent Anticompetitive Consolidation in U.S. Health Care Markets." Promarket (June 10, 2021).
- 2011
- Chapter
Health Care Applications: From Hospitals to Physicians, from Productive Efficiency to Quality Frontiers
By: Jon Chilingerian and H. David Sherman
This chapter focuses on health-care applications of DEA. The paper begins with a brief history of health applications and discusses some of the models and the motivation behind the applications. Using DEA to develop quality frontiers in health services is offered as a... View Details
Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis; Physicians; Hospitals; HMOs; Frontier Analysis; Efficiency; Health Care and Treatment; Performance; Quality
Chilingerian, Jon, and H. David Sherman. "Health Care Applications: From Hospitals to Physicians, from Productive Efficiency to Quality Frontiers." Chap. 16 in Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis. 2nd edition Vol. 164, edited by William W. Cooper, Lawrence M. Seiford, and Joe Zhu, 445–493. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. New York, NY: Springer, 2011.
- 26 Oct 2015
- News
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush: A Disruptive Force in Health Care
- February 2019
- Article
Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
By: David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern and David Wennberg
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician... View Details
Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern, and David Wennberg. "Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 1 (February 2019): 192–221.
- September 2022
- Article
The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente
By: Alyce S. Adams, Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs for low-income patients. We use administrative data from Kaiser Permanente to study the effects of financial assistance on health care utilization. Using a regression discontinuity design based on an income threshold... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Utilization; Financial Assistance; Health Care and Treatment; Social Issues; Poverty; Health Industry
Adams, Alyce S., Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong, and Wesley Yin. "The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente." American Economic Review: Insights 4, no. 3 (September 2022): 389–407.
- March 2015 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Medalogix
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
This case examines an exciting new approach to health care that will help care providers identify when hospice services are the appropriate type of care for patients. The company, Medalogix, already has a product on the market that uses a proprietary algorithm to... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Health Care Services; Implementing Strategy; Dissemination; Innovation; Market Selection; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Health Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Medalogix." Harvard Business School Case 815-116, March 2015. (Revised June 2015.)
- Web
Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
organizational models for transforming the way health care is delivered, measured, and reimbursed. Empowered with new insights and capabilities, you will return to your organization prepared to implement and... View Details
- Web
Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
with health care partners Increase operational efficiencies: Match clinical resources to clinical processes and improve resource utilization Optimize costs over the full cycle... View Details
- August 2001 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Medtronic's Health Insurance Options
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, John Hurwitch and Seth Bokser
Describes the variety of health insurance plans that this medical device company offers, including a high-deductible, consumer-driven health plan with a health reimbursement account that also enables health care providers to quote their own prices. Asks students to... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Compensation and Benefits; Demand and Consumers
Herzlinger, Regina E., John Hurwitch, and Seth Bokser. "Consumer-Driven Health Care: Medtronic's Health Insurance Options." Harvard Business School Case 302-006, August 2001. (Revised February 2020.)
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Health Care Systems Need to Better Understand Patients as Consumers
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
and value. But health care has been treated as a commodity and cost reduction has been the dominant approach. Employers have gone to their vendors, View Details
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Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Prevalence, Pricing, and the Cost of Network Breadth
By: Leemore S. Dafny, Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone and Christopher Ody
Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces. At the same time, Marketplace premiums in the period 2014–2016 were much lower than projected by the Congressional... View Details
Dafny, Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody. "Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Prevalence, Pricing, and the Cost of Network Breadth." Health Affairs 36, no. 9 (September 2017).
- Dec 04 2019
- Interview
Measuring Costs for Better Patient Outcomes
- July 2013 (Revised July 2015)
- Background Note
Innovating in Health Care—Framework
Contains the framework for the second-year Innovating in Health Care course. Delineates the role of six exogenous forces on new ventures: structure, financing, regulations, consumers, accountability, technology, and public policy and presents the essential elements of... View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Innovating in Health Care—Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-017, July 2013. (Revised July 2015.)
- October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Background Note
The U.S. Health Club Industry, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2015, the U.S. health-club industry generated revenues of $25.8 billion, up from $14.8 billion in 2004. Members of health clubs accounted for 17% of the population, up from 14%. The number of clubs had grown from 26,830 in 2004 to 36,180. In the process, the list of... View Details
Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; YMCA; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Business Ventures; Strategy; Health; Investment; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The U.S. Health Club Industry, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Background Note 717-421, October 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- January–February 2022
- Article
Mobilizing the U.S. Military’s TRICARE Program for Value-Based Care: A Report From the Defense Health Board
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Paul R. Schaettle, Vivian S. Lee, Michael D. Parkinson, Gregory H. Gorman and Michael-Anne Browne
The U.S. Military Health System spends about $50 billion annually through its TRICARE health plans to provide care to 9.6 million active duty service members, retirees, and their families. TRICARE, historically, has used the predominant U.S. fee-for-service payment... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Paul R. Schaettle, Vivian S. Lee, Michael D. Parkinson, Gregory H. Gorman, and Michael-Anne Browne. "Mobilizing the U.S. Military’s TRICARE Program for Value-Based Care: A Report From the Defense Health Board." Military Medicine 187, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2022): 12–16.