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- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
citizens on Medicare to the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide. Gilmartin, who has a warm smile and an approachable manner, says that Merck is just trying to live up to the values that have long guided the company. "George W. Merck, son of...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
patients’ needs. Today’s doctors work in a system where they are rewarded by Medicare and insurance companies for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than by the value of those services in helping patients. In short,...
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- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
the prices of more than 100 medications by 32 percent, on average, in June and early July. The Senate has been debating a bipartisan proposal to limit seniors’ out-of-pocket costs and curb price increases, while House leaders finalize a bill that would let View Details
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10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective - MBA
invigorating with at least 80% of the contributions coming from members of the class. We tackled five case studies during Peek which all varied from a mattress start up, to a Wall Street senior banker promotion, to Medicare –one group...
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- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
which was injected into patients’ eyes post cataract surgery, with the aim of replacing a complex regimen of prescription eye drops. After a successful launch of the compounded medication, Imprimis ran into complications when Medicare...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
years for these reductions to have a material impact on a city's unfunded liabilities. In fact, many cities are downsizing employment, rather than hiring new workers. Cities could require all public employee retirees to join Medicare when...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
particular medical conditions. A recent report shows that Medicare costs for identical conditions vary greatly from state to state, and even within states, with no apparent difference in the quality of care. How do you explain those...
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- 08 Apr 2011
- News
Management Matters In Health Care, Too
results in one in five Medicare patients who are admitted to the hospital ending up back in the hospital in less than a month after discharge. “The incentives are all wrong,” he added. “No one gets paid to do follow-up care.” Amid all the...
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- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
When health insurer Cigna Corp. appeared in front of a judge for allegedly misleading shareholders on Medicare regulations this spring, plaintiffs thought they had a strong case. After all, Cigna had published its own document titled...
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by Michael Blanding
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
capital and an end to predatory lending practices? Organizations lament sky-rocketing health care costs, but why is there such a limited effort to organize preventative care? Cutting Medicare will not stop the epidemic of obesity. The...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
limited effort to organize preventative care? Cutting Medicare will not stop the epidemic of obesity. The market system cannot work if its consequences are seen to be unfair, in the sense that its benefits are not distributed widely. That...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
providers feel comfortable about adopting your innovation? Can you make it the standard of care, meaning it is something doctors have to do? Can you get Medicare to pay for it? The MBA elective course I teach, Innovating in Health Care,...
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April White
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
focuses almost entirely on disease care to keep people alive, but does very little to enable Americans to live healthy lives. The longer people live in their disease-prone years, the more they cost Medicare. AHCA doesn't really address these challenges. Unless we face...
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- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
of M&A activity must take place; mandatory public reporting must be required documenting experience and outcome information based on defined standards (just as the SEC requires reporting of certain information); and Medicare pricing...
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Medical Center Boston Children’s Hospital Brigham & Women’s Hospital Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chicago Prostate Center Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute Intermountain Healthcare Johns Hopkins Joslin Diabetes Center...
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- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811055-PDF-ENG Caterpillar, Inc. (A) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-031 2010 Healthcare Reform Act eliminates Medicare Part D subsidy and Caterpillar recognizes a $100 million...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
advocates a bundled payment system, where there is one negotiated price for a specific condition, covering everything from the patient's copay to any medication needed during the procedure. Medicare and large private employers General...
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- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
scale their company and cut waste in Medicare spending. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-087 OPET: Precision Marketing in Uncertain Times During Timucin Guler’s...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
ideas would surface, because previous reforms have missed the mark. There is no plan for American healthcare right now; nobody has one. The only plan is to put more money into the system. Q: You must have seen the recent report about the massive differences in View Details