Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics 2020 Case Competition Winners Announced
November 19 2020 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
The student team of Alexander Kondziolka and Jonathon Thierer
from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has won
the $40,000 First Place prize in the Humana-Mays Healthcare
Analytics 2020 Case Competition sponsored by health and well-being
company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and Mays Business School at Texas
A&M University.
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Humana Chief Digital Health and Analytics
Officer Heather Cox and Mays Business School Associate Dean for
Graduate Programs Arvind Mahajan congratulate Alexander Kondziolka
and Jonathon Thierer, the first prize winners in the Humana-Mays
Healthcare Analytics 2020 Case Competition. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Over 700 masters level students representing over 70 major
universities in the U.S. registered for the national competition to
compete for $70,000 in total prizes. The fourth annual competition
was held virtually and was open to all accredited educational
institutions based in the United States. Full-time and part-time
master’s students from accredited Master of Science, Master of
Arts, Master of Information Systems, Master of Public Health,
Master of Business Administration programs, or other similar
master’s programs in business, healthcare, or analytics, were
eligible to enter.
Alexander Kondziolka and Jonathon Thierer received the top prize
following a virtual presentation on Thursday, Nov. 12 to an
executive panel of judges. The Second-Place prize of $20,000 was
awarded to Christopher Painton, Yilun Sun, and Ruiwen Wang from the
University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of
Business, while the Third-Place prize of $10,000 was presented to
Kamala Pillai, Jack Sampiere, and Chloe Xu from the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management.
“Advanced analytics have helped Humana identify those members
who are at the highest risk for COVID-19 in order to make quick and
personal outreach to them,” said Heather Cox, Chief Digital Health
and Analytics Officer for Humana. “This is just one example of how
analytics can enhance our industry in resolving challenges and help
us deliver better care and improve outcomes. This year’s
participants applied similar ingenuity and thoughtfulness to their
approaches and ideas, and their dedication to finding solutions was
remarkable.”
The analytics case received by the students was designed to be
multi-faceted and complex, similar to a real-world business
problem. This year’s competition focused on social determinants of
healthcare that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and
quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Transportation challenges are
one of these determinants. Students were asked to create a model to
predict which Medicare members are most likely struggling with
these issues. The goal was to propose solutions for overcoming
these barriers to accessing care and achieving members’ best
health.
“Mays Business School is a model academic institution
championing responsible research and teaching on every aspect of
decision making in businesses. To that end, I am pleased that the
students’ analyses will help Humana shape the way the industry
delivers healthcare,” says Arvind Mahajan, Associate Dean for
Graduate Programs at Mays Business School. “This case study is an
example of how students learn to apply their analytical skills to
solve complex business problems which can have a social impact, and
in this case, improve the lives of patients and their
families.”
The teams were judged based on the following criteria:
- Quantitative analysis identifying key business insights
- Professionalism, data visualization, and presentation
skills
- Ability to provide meaningful implications and recommendations
based on results/insights
This is the fourth year of the competition, which has grown to
be one of the top healthcare analytics case competitions in
country.
For more information, visit HumanaTAMUAnalytics.com.
About Texas A&M’s Mays Business School
Mays is a full-service business school that steps up to advance
the world’s prosperity. Our mission is to be a vibrant learning
organization that creates impactful knowledge and develops
transformational leaders. Mays Business School educates more than
6,400 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students in accounting,
finance, management, management information systems, marketing and
supply chain management. Mays consistently ranks among the top
public business schools in the country for its programs and for
faculty research
About Humana
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to helping our millions of
medical and specialty members achieve their best health. Our
successful history in care delivery and health plan administration
is helping us create a new kind of integrated care with the power
to improve health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are
leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare,
families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities
at large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site at
www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission filings
- Most recent investor conference presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
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