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16 Items Found in Health Policy: New/Updated Item  New/Updated Item  |   Popular Item  Popular Item

Title (click on title for details)Author(s)PagesTNSettingFunctional AreaLevelEP
Abington Medical Education Programs
A complex case dealing with the cost of graduate medical education.
Young, David W.
15 Yes
Health Policy
Healthcare Management
Management Accounting
ADV Add
Any Willing Physician Bill
A lengthy case dealing with the complexities of any willing provider legislation.
Young, David W.
15 Yes
Health Policy
General Management
ADV Add
Boise Park Healthcare Foundation (B)
A follow on to the (A) case, but could be taught independently. Requires students to assess whether cash or accrual accounting should be used by a rate setting commission to approve a request for a rate increase.
Young, David W.
4 Yes
Health Policy
Finance/Financial Management
Financial Accounting
INT Add
Conglomerate, Inc. (A)
A physician in charge of health care premiums in a large division of a Fortune 10 company is trying to devise ways to keep costs down. The (A) case has him looking at lots of data and trying to exercise leverage on providers to adopt his approaches by contracting with only one managed care plan. In the (B) case, his apparently successful plan falls apart when a large customer of another of the company's divisions (who lost revenue as a result of the cost-containment approaches) threatens to withhold purchases unless the new approaches are abandoned
Young, David W.
12 No
Health Policy
General Management
INT Add
Conglomerate, Inc. (B)
A physician in charge of health care premiums in a large division of a Fortune 10 company is trying to devise ways to keep costs down. The (A) case has him looking at lots of data and trying to exercise leverage on providers to adopt his approaches by contracting with only one managed care plan. In the (B) case, his apparently successful plan falls apart when a large customer of another of the company's divisions (who lost revenue as a result of the cost-containment approaches) threatens to withhold purchases unless the new approaches are abandoned
Young, David W.
2 No
Health Policy
General Management
INT Add
Determination of Need Program
A lengthy case describing a wide variety of issues surrounding the elimination of a certificate of need program in a state that has passed market-oriented healthcare legislation.
Young, David W.
30 No
Health Policy
General Management
INT Add
Disease Control Programs
A benefit-cost analysis on the question of motorcycle helmets. Asks students to think about how to value a human life, and whether a prevention program is worth the cost incurred to run it.
Christenson, Charles J.
9 Yes
Health Policy
Nonprofit
Finance/Financial Management
BEG Add
Hospital San Pedro
A letter from an upset citizen describes how a health system works in reality. Students must prepare a flow chart based on the letter, and then recommend changes.
Garcia-Prat
Young, David W.
3 Yes
Health Policy
Healthcare Management
Management Control Systems
Operations Management
BEG Add
Note on the Folly of Using RCCs and RVUs for Intermediat Product Costing
Shows how RCCs and RVUs can give misleading information on the cost of a hospital's intermediate products, and how an ABC system can improve costing accuracy
Young, David W.
7 No
Health Policy
Healthcare Management
Finance/Financial Management
Management Accounting
INT Add
Sonsonala (A)
The (A) case has a twofold focus: (1), to project a budget for pharmaceuticals in a developing country based on the cost drivers of morbidity patterns, required drug regimens, and unit costs, and to focus on ways in which the budget might be cut if necessary; (2), to prepare a modified version of a breakeven analysis for some community pharmacies. The (B) case focuses on the financing of a revolving fund for essential drugs. The case is deceptively simple since a revolving drug fund that is either growing in size or operating in an inflationary economy needs a constant injection of working capital. This case uses some calculations that were made in the (A) case.
Young, David W.
3 Yes
Developing Country
Health Policy
Finance/Financial Management
Management Accounting
INT Add
Sonsonala (B)
The (A) case has a twofold focus: (1), to project a budget for pharmaceuticals in a developing country based on the cost drivers of morbidity patterns, required drug regimens, and unit costs, and to focus on ways in which the budget might be cut if necessary; (2), to prepare a modified version of a breakeven analysis for some community pharmacies. The (B) case focuses on the financing of a revolving fund for essential drugs. The case is deceptively simple since a revolving drug fund that is either growing in size or operating in an inflationary economy needs a constant injection of working capital. This case uses some calculations that were made in the (A) case.
Young, David W.
2 Yes
Developing Country
Health Policy
Finance/Financial Management
Management Accounting
INT Add
University of Miami Department of Medicine
The chair of the department of medicine is attempting to compute the true cost of graduate medical education. There are many complicating factors that students need to sort out, including some bogus computations.
Young, David W.
18 Yes
Health Policy
Healthcare Management
Management Control Systems
ADV Add
Usuluteca (A)
This case has a twofold purpose. First, to get students thinking about the problem of a national policy for essential drugs from two perspectives: types of problems and timing of solutions. Second, to get them to begin thinking about the design of a national policy in terms of (a) the types of problems, (b) what is a feasible approach in the short term and the long term, and (c) what is not feasible to address.
Young, David W.
5 Yes
Health Policy
Financial Accounting
INT Add
Usuluteca (B)
A follow-on to the (A) case. The director of maternal and child health services is attempting to develop a policy for essential drugs. He has convened a meeting with many of the interest groups. Not surprisingly, they don’t agree. Students must identify the policy options and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. They also must do a stakeholder analysis.
Young, David W.
5 Yes
Health Policy
General Management
Organizational Behavior
INT Add
Westinghouse and Managed Care
A rich and detailed case showing how Westinghouse manages its healthcare costs. No teaching note, but nevertheless can be an excellent vehicle for a class discussion on how corporations can manage their healthcare costs. Might be paired with the Conglomerate (A) and (B) cases.
Kane, Nancy M.
20 No
Health Policy
General Management
ADV Add
Wheeling Cardiology Associates Popular Item
Three cardiology groups wish to merge. Several themes are introduced, the major topic being anti-trust. An overview of anti-trust laws is provided in the case, and the particularly issue of anti-trust in health care is developed. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is explained and suggested as a tool to be used to define market concentrations and identify potential anti-competitive situations. The protagonist is a consultant who may have to structure her analysis to meet her client’s needs rather in the most objective way possible.
Young, David W.
10 Yes
Health Policy
General Management
ADV Add