Texas A&M’s Mays Business School and Humana Announce Winners of Fifth Annual Healthcare Analytics Case Competition
November 15 2021 - 1:00PM
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 2021 Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics
Case Competition, a competition during which students use their
analytical abilities to solve a real-world business problem. The
student team of Siyan Cai, Jia Shi, Manqiu Liu, and Tsz Fung Pang
from Georgia Tech received the First-Place prize of $50,000
following a virtual presentation on Nov. 11 to an executive panel
of judges.
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This is the fifth year of the competition, which has grown to be
one of the top healthcare analytics case competitions in the
country. Over 750 master’s level students, representing 75 major
universities in the U.S., registered for the national competition
to compete for $80,000 in total prizes. The Second-Place prize of
$20,000 was awarded to Alejandro Sáez Coma and Ignacio Aguilar
Ramos from New York University (NYU), while the Third-Place prize
of $10,000 was presented to Eunjin Jeong, Yuxuan Mei, Ji Qi, and
Linh To from Boston University.
The student teams examined a multifaceted and complex real-world
business problem. This year’s competition focused on providing
vaccination opportunities for vulnerable and underserved
populations, as existing disparities in health equity have become
more evident during the vaccination response to COVID-19.
Students were asked to create a model to predict vaccine
hesitance among a specific population. The students’ challenge was
to propose solutions so that Humana can design a targeted outreach
that prioritizes the most vulnerable and underserved populations to
receive health solutions.
“By materializing our commitment to minimizing health inequities
and mitigating bias, we are leveraging prescriptive analytics and
predictive modeling to reach our most at-risk and hesitant member
populations,” said Heather Cox, Chief Digital Health and Analytics
Officer for Humana. “This year’s participants have shown great
dedication to identifying populations and creating elegant
solutions that drive forth positive change. This is just one
glimpse into the transformative power of quality data.”
“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 fifth 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 the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania (2020); University of California, Los Angeles (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. (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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Mays Business School, Texas A&M University Blake Parrish
marcomm@mays.tamu.edu 979-845-0193
Humana Lisa Dimond ldimond@humana.com 832-330-4702
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