This year’s Case Competition gave health management MBA students a forum to showcase their solutions to challenges around medical price transparency and to engage with leaders shaping U.S. healthcare policy.
Teams from Georgia State University, University of Colorado Denver, Questrom School of Business, Boston University, UMN Carlson School of Management, Indian School of Business, and the University of Miami Herbert Business School, were challenged to design scalable business models, products, and go-to-market strategies to make medical pricing more easily available to consumers. Solutions had to tackle behavioral, technical, and economic barriers—while demonstrating a path to reaching millions of users.
Judges scored the students’ work, and the four top scoring teams won cash prizes.
Prior to the competition, participants had the opportunity to engage directly with experts shaping U.S. health policy, including visits with representatives from:
- U.S. Congress (Energy & Commerce Committee)
- White House Council of Economic Advisers
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Department of Health and Human Services
- PhRMA.org
Thank you to host and organizer Stephen T. Parente, judges Adam Atherly, Blanca Baez, John Barkett, Paul Fronstin, Bryana M., and Magda Rosenmöller, and Morning Consult for the use of their space.
For additional background, see the LinkedIn posts and a pre-competition press release.
The next BAHM Case Competition is tentatively scheduled to be held in February 2027 in Washington, DC.
2026 Case Competition Winners
Boston University: Alexander Lansing; Gayatri Kasi, Jessica Freiman, Rena Conti, Professor, Boston University Questrom School of Business, and Kiera Fallon
University of Colorado Denver: Leah Vriesman, Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Ali Teimouri, Sangay Mingyur, and Sara Rodriguez
Georgia State University: Austine Eziukwu, Chad Kuchvalek, and Kennedy Montfort
University of Minnesota: Stephen Parente, Professor and Associate Dean, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, Roshaan Ashraf, Dominick Guertin, and Waleed Cheema
