Texas A&M University-Mays Business School and Humana Announce Winners of Sixth Annual Healthcare Analytics Case Competition
30 November 2022 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and leading
health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) have
announced the winners of the 2022 Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics
Case Competition, a competition during which students use their
analytical abilities to solve a real-world business problem.
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In its sixth year, the competition has grown to be one of the
top healthcare analytics case competitions in the country. Over 550
master’s level students, representing 48 major universities in the
U.S., registered for the national competition to compete for
$80,000 in total prizes.
The student team of Rick Kessels, Karthik Maddipoti and
Charlotte Nouwen from UCLA received the first-place prize of
$50,000. The second-place prize of $20,000 was awarded to Madhusree
Chowdhury, Sai Jahnavi Gamalapati and Di Zhao from University of
Connecticut, while the third-place prize of $10,000 was presented
to Chen Lin, Bill Pahutski and Paul Selling from UCLA.
This year’s competition focused on the theme “Health-Related
Social Need (HRSN) of Housing Insecurity,” which is defined as the
lack of access to quality and safe housing. Students, who were
asked to create a model to identify Medicare members most likely to
struggle with housing insecurity issues, proposed solutions to help
people achieve their best health. This included a targeted outreach
strategy for Humana that prioritizes the most vulnerable and
underserved populations so that they may receive health
solutions.
“Humana is committed to helping people and the communities we
serve achieve their best health. We do this by addressing social
determinants of health and health-related social needs, both inside
and outside of the clinical setting,” said Sam Deshpande, Chief
Information Officer at Humana. “Advanced analytics enable us to
identify how to meet the needs of the whole person while helping to
steer resources to those who need extra support. It is exciting to
see the passion and creative ideas of this year’s participants as
they work to solve these systemic health challenges and open the
door to future possibilities.”
“The quality of the analytics these students are delivering has
improved each year,” said Scott Bagley, PhD, Vice President of HQRI
Technology and Analytics at Humana. Bagley, a Texas A&M
alumnus, who has served as a Case Competition Finalist Judge for
the past five years, added, “Serving as a judge for this
competition is my favorite professional opportunity, an exciting
partnership that fosters ingenuity and creativity, especially as
the real world problems provided have become more challenging to
match America’s need to advance and evolve healthcare in this
country.”
“Business schools educate students to solve real-world
problems,” said Jerry Strawser, Associate Dean for Graduate
Programs at Mays Business School. “This case study illustrates how
students can apply skills they learn in the classroom to make a
difference in the world by improving the health and lives of
patients and their families.”
The sixth 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.
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
Prior top winners include Georgia Tech (2021), Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania (2020), UCLA (2018 & 2019) and
Purdue University (2017).
For more information, visit HumanaTAMUAnalytics.com.
About Mays Business
School
At Mays Business School, we strive 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 nearly 6,300 undergraduate,
masters, and doctoral students in accounting, finance, information
systems and operations management, management, and marketing. Mays
ranks consistently among the top public business schools in the
country for its programs and for faculty research.
About Humana
Humana Inc. 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 website at 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; and
- Corporate Governance information.
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