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- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
SEC that plays favorites in this way, Heese found. In another study, Heese looked at regulation by Medicare of hospital fraud. It's an all-too-common practice for hospitals to claim patient ailments more serious than they actually were,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
Joseph R. Biden Jr. becomes the 46th president of the United States at a time when the nation is grappling with several sober realities at once: a deadly pandemic that is claiming the lives of thousands of Americans daily, a bumpy vaccine... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
prices, and post-acute care costs were measured using either internal costs or external claims as reported by each hospital. Despite having similar patient demographics as well as re-admission and complication rates, the average cost of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
would have otherwise been undertaken at home. These two tempting claims are found to have limited, if any, systematic support. Instead, modern welfare norms that capture the nature of multinational firm activity recommend a move toward... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
Weaver lists Facebook, Apple, and Progressive Insurance as other examples of successful curators. In the case of Facebook, he argues that the social media giant is wildly successful in part because it exacts precision over how users... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
products. After presenting empirical support for our claims of an evolving marketplace, we discuss the tradeoffs associated with reshaping the ODA for the 21st century. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Business School, olvwork88210 Founded in 1881 by two non-Native white men, John Healy and Charles Bigelow, the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company sold “healing” salves and cures, including a concoction they called “Sagwa.” Allegedly derived from Native sources, with... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
Beyond what we can do as individuals to reduce our risks of exposure, are there objective measures employers can use to validate what is effective? The answer, fortunately, is yes. Many claims will be made over the next few weeks and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
the latest test results. A third approach—less common—is to create a coordinated "virtual team" around the patient, by sharing lab data, insurance claims data, and pharmacy data in an attempt to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Another provides a secure portal for patients to make appointments, request prescriptions, and see their test results. Yet another helps doctors get their claims paid on time more easily—according to company research, providers see a 12... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
Varma staked their claim to financial services advice. India has a rapidly growing middle class that is “clueless about what to do with their money because their parents’ generation never really had family wealth,” explains Varma. Those... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Experiment By: Cole, Shawn, Xavier Giné, and James Vickery Abstract—Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to study how an innovative rainfall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products regulated by the agency. As consumers we don't have to spend time figuring out if... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
is in the interests of both patients and plans. Also, plans will simplify billing, reimbursement, and claims processing, making them more efficient and transparent. Employers: Employers can and should act as the agents of change, based on... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
of intermediaries create safe "money-like" claims, they go about this in different ways. Traditional banks create money-like claims by holding illiquid fixed-income assets to maturity, and they rely on deposit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
relationship between companies' shareholders and managers, as of 2012. It recounts the shift beginning in the 1970s toward shareholders claiming an increasing amount of power relative to corporate managers. The authors argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
people to change the way they think. This is hard. Many non-analytically inclined managers are skeptical of analytical approaches because past claims by some analysts have been exaggerated. The retail organization might not have the... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
reach of millions. Who Killed Health Care? then outlines Herzlinger's bold new plan for a consumer-driven system that will deliver affordable, high-quality care to everyone. By putting insurance money in the hands of patients, removing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace