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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2018 (Revised August 2019)

  Beth Israel Deaconess: Consolidating to Strengthen, or to Stave Off, Competition?

  Leemore Dafny

  In July 2017, CEO Kevin Tabb of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced his plan to consolidate 11 Massachusetts hospitals under a common management structure. These hospitals collectively generated $5 billion in patient revenue and 25% of privately-insured hospital stays in the state. The merger would create a credible competitor to Partners Healthcare, the state's dominant health care provider, but would potentially reduce competition and raise prices. State regulators were assessing the merger, and Tabb needed to argue its merits.

  Keywords: Beth Israel Deaconess; Lahey; Partners; health care; Hospitals; payers; providers; anti-trust; health care regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care and Treatment; Market Design; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Negotiation; Consolidation; Competition; Health Industry; Massachusetts; Boston;

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  Dafny, Leemore. "Beth Israel Deaconess: Consolidating to Strengthen, or to Stave Off, Competition?" Harvard Business School Case 319-026, October 2018. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | August 2018 (Revised August 2019)

  Oscar Health Insurance: What Lies Ahead for a Unicorn Insurance Entrant?

  Leemore Dafny and Victoria Marone

  Keywords: Oscar Insurance; fintech; US health care; Affordable Care Act (ACA); health insurance marketplaces; insurer competition; provider consolidation; Market entry; Health Care and Treatment; Entrepreneurship; Market Entry and Exit; Negotiation; Growth Management; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; New York (state, US); New Jersey;

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  Dafny, Leemore, and Victoria Marone. "Oscar Health Insurance: What Lies Ahead for a Unicorn Insurance Entrant?" Harvard Business School Case 319-025, August 2018. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2019 (Revised July 2019)

  The Bankruptcy of Cumulus Media

  Emily McComb

  Keywords: bankruptcy;

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  McComb, Emily. "The Bankruptcy of Cumulus Media." Harvard Business School Case 219-093, February 2019. (Revised July 2019.)  View Details

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