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- 01 Mar 2009
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A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
why health-care reform is such a tough problem is that the challenges are complicated and interrelated. People who have studied this industry for a long time have come up with a number of feasible ideas to get at the cost problem, including high-deductible View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
necessary, most patients are in and out in fifteen minutes, and services are covered by most health insurance plans. The clinics are what Christensen calls a “disruptive delivery mechanism.” Medical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
make decisions in challenging situations. Health care reform was making national headlines—and not in a good way—about the time the conference was held. Did you find that it quelled optimism or that people simply viewed it as another... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
Services (CMS). CMS is the government agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid, programs that provide health insurance to more than one in three Americans. Due to our size, our actions impact the entire... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
measures, and they require a lot of work. You can see why people are, in my view, overly content with the status quo. When the next recession hits, I expect to see the employers that are purchasing health plans start to demand something... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
ramifications that need to be dealt with as public policy. As for the notion that private-sector efficiency automatically reduces costs, consider that most private health insurance companies spend 10 to 30... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
including start-up, funding, growth, alliances and collaboration, and performance measurement — to help readers gain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. Who Killed View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
employer and employee, Nomad manages the process, from background checks to malpractice insurance to payroll. It charges health care institutions a 15 percent commission for each hire—a transparency unheard... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Children’s Health Insurance Program [SCHIP] that was rolled out in 1997. Its goal was to insure children who were not covered by private insurance, but whose family income... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
scaling local knowledge. Back in the United States, that realization led Hunt to explore other aspects of the health care industry’s value chain, from billing to insurance to product development. “I loved... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
instruction. The initial phases of planning and design have just begun, with construction anticipated to commence in the summer of 2000 and completion scheduled for late 2001. Hawes retired last year as chairman and CEO of Life Re Corporation, a Stamford,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Donor Spotlight
Penny and Bill George Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices FAQ Penny and Bill George (MBA ’66) Bill and Penny George’s generous $1.25 million 45th Reunion... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
Kyruus’s search engine enables consumers to find the best providers for their health care needs. Since he was eight years old, Graham Gardner, MD (MBA 2007) knew he wanted to be a doctor. Once he completed his training as a cardiologist,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
secondary leukemia caused by myelodysplastic syndrome, a group of diseases in which the bone marrow makes few healthy blood cells. The doctors changed the woman’s therapy plan, and her health improved considerably. She was discharged from... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
Are You Being Served?
Recently, I successfully appealed and overturned a ruling handed down against me by the State of Massachusetts. After being found at fault for a minor, non-injury traffic accident, I challenged the decision, hoping to reverse it and prevent an increase in my View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
indeed, the entire travel-nursing sector—entered a growth phase as newly insured people sought health care and the demand for nurses surged. During this time, many of Nightingale’s competitors sold to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
For her innovative research and outspoken advocacy of US health-care reform, Professor Regina Herzlinger is known in some media circles as "the godmother of consumer-driven health care." At HBS, she holds the distinction of being the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
said Spar. Pricing inequities (90 percent of couples conceive for free), inconsistent insurance coverage for fertility treatments, and ambiguous legislation around property and privacy rights all create a unique market environment. Until... View Details