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      • February 2010
      • Teaching Note

      Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan (TN)

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
      Teaching Note for [710425]. View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Strategy; Service Delivery; Quality; Performance; Insurance; Growth and Development; Health Industry; Taiwan
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 710-465, February 2010.
      • February 2010 (Revised February 2021)
      • Case

      The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger
      Vitality is part of a $2 billion start-up South African and U.K. health insurance firm. It has achieved excellent results in rewarding people for promoting their health. It is now contemplating how to enter the U.S. market. View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Insurance Industry; South Africa; United Kingdom; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E. "The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care." Harvard Business School Case 310-071, February 2010. (Revised February 2021.)
      • December 2009 (Revised May 2012)
      • Case

      Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan

      By: Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F Baron and C. Jason Wang
      Taiwan's Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center has developed an integrated, team-based care delivery model for breast cancer care that is being expanded to other cancer types in 2009. A decade earlier, President and CEO Dr. Andrew Huang and the Center had worked... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Quality; Integration; Health Industry; Health Industry; Taiwan
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      Porter, Michael E., Jennifer F Baron, and C. Jason Wang. "Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan." Harvard Business School Case 710-425, December 2009. (Revised May 2012.)
      • September 2009
      • Case

      The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.

      By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Stephen P. Bradley and Natalie Kindred
      Through its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) has decreased claims—and premiums—for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Risk Management; Performance Improvement; Safety; Health Industry; Health Industry; Boston
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      Bohmer, Richard M.J., Stephen P. Bradley, and Natalie Kindred. "The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 610-014, September 2009.
      • January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
      • Case

      Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
      Pitney Bowes, a Fortune 500 mail and document management firm, offered its first health plans in the years following World War II. Over the ensuing decades, Pitney Bowes adapted its approach to employee health amid rising health care costs, shifting employer attitudes... View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Insurance; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Corporate Strategy
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 709-458, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
      • April 2008 (Revised May 2008)
      • Case

      Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
      Individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual eligibles, are among the highest-cost beneficiaries in the US. Commonwealth Care Alliance, a small nonprofit insurer and care delivery system in Massachusetts, operated under a public demonstration... View Details
      Keywords: Programs; Public Sector; Alliances; Policy; Age; Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Welfare; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Massachusetts
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care." Harvard Business School Case 708-502, April 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
      • March 2008 (Revised January 2010)
      • Background Note

      Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Michael Millenson
      This note explains how health care providers, health insurers, and consumers are held accountable for their performance and the entrepreneurial opportunities thus created. View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Insurance; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Health Industry; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Michael Millenson. "Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-111, March 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
      • March 2008
      • Case

      Novartis AG: Science-Based Business

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
      Novartis is a science-based drug company, which has important implications for its business strategy. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over $38B in sales in 2007. Pharmaceuticals account for slightly over $24B of that total. In 2007,... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Novartis AG: Science-Based Business." Harvard Business School Case 608-136, March 2008.
      • January 2008 (Revised August 2012)
      • Case

      Retail Sales of Health Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Grady Clouse
      The BCBS of Florida is contemplating whether to enter the consumer-driven health care market and if so, whether to target such groups—and individuals—and in which of its geographic markets, and how. View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Insurance; Insurance Industry; Florida
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Grady Clouse. "Retail Sales of Health Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida." Harvard Business School Case 308-089, January 2008. (Revised August 2012.)
      • November 2007
      • Case

      Antegren: A Beacon of Hope

      By: Joshua D. Margolis, Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
      The CEO of Biogen Idec faces a set of difficult decisions regarding a promising drug for Multiple Sclerosis that is headed for early approval by the FDA. The first in a series focuses on operational decisions triggered by the drive for early approval. Sparks discussion... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Leadership; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Health Testing and Trials; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Margolis, Joshua D., Thomas J. DeLong, and Terence Heymann. "Antegren: A Beacon of Hope." Harvard Business School Case 408-025, November 2007.
      • 28 Nov 2006
      • Other Presentation

      Value-Based Competition in Health Care: Issues for Singapore

      By: Michael E. Porter
      This presentation draws Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review... View Details
      Keywords: Integration; Competition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Singapore
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      Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care: Issues for Singapore." Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, November 28, 2006.
      • October 2005 (Revised September 2006)
      • Case

      DentalCorp

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
      DentalCorp is the fifth largest provider of dental insurance in Brazil and has tripled its sales in the past two years. Whether to expand to Chile or to continue expansion in Brazil is the major strategic choice facing the company at the end of 2004. View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Global Strategy; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Brazil; Chile
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "DentalCorp." Harvard Business School Case 806-023, October 2005. (Revised September 2006.)
      • June 2005 (Revised August 2011)
      • Case

      Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)

      By: Tarun Khanna, V. Kasturi Rangan and Merlina Manocaran
      Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore, India. The purpose of the hospital was to offer health care for the masses. This tertiary care hospital performed... View Details
      Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Social Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Welfare; Health Industry; Health Industry; Bangalore
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      Khanna, Tarun, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Merlina Manocaran. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-078, June 2005. (Revised August 2011.)
      • August 2003 (Revised August 2024)
      • Case

      Fighting the Battle of the Bulge—Evaluating Do Good/Do Well Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and John McDonough
      Many health care innovations appear successful; but fail. This is the first case in the Innovating Health Care course that investigates how to create successful health care innovations. It is part of the first module in the course. This module focuses on how to... View Details
      Keywords: Three Pillars; Industry Analysis; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Medical Specialties; Health Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and John McDonough. "Fighting the Battle of the Bulge—Evaluating Do Good/Do Well Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment." Harvard Business School Case 304-009, August 2003. (Revised August 2024.)
      • August 2003 (Revised September 2008)
      • Background Note

      Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jeff Grahling
      This course describes the public and private sources of financing of the U.S. health-care sector,and identifies the characteristics of insurance policies, their costs, the structure of the insurance industry, and the role of consultants and brokers. The insurance... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Sectors; Financing and Loans; Insurance; Industry Structures; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Jeff Grahling. "Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-039, August 2003. (Revised September 2008.)
      • August 2003 (Revised April 2005)
      • Case

      Old Tex College

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ray Herschman
      Requires student to choose among the following health insurance options for employers: number of plans offered, managed care and consumer-driven options, and self-funding vs. full insurance. Teaching purpose: To Understand the design of health insurance. Includes color... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Employees
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ray Herschman. "Old Tex College." Harvard Business School Case 304-014, August 2003. (Revised April 2005.)
      • October 2002
      • Book Review

      Book Review of Beatrix Hoffman's The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America

      By: David A. Moss
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Health Industry; United States
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      Moss, David A. "Book Review of Beatrix Hoffman's The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27, no. 5 (October 2002): 869–873.
      • 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
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      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.)
      • April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
      • Case

      Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
      Mounting financial losses and increasing public scrutiny present many challenges to the board of directors of a large nonprofit health insurer. This case series presents chronologically the increasing problems of the company. View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Condition; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Insurance Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-216, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
      • April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
      • Supplement

      Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (B)

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-217, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
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