First-Year
Health Administration Case Competition
The Ohio State University First-Year Health Administration Case Competition provides first-year graduate students from health administration programs across the country an opportunity to put what they have learned into practice with a real-life case. It is designed to be a superb supplementary exercise to the graduate school experience, especially for first year students, who often do not have the chance to participate in case competitions. Our case competition is capped at 24 teams.
This is the only health administration case competition in the country that is organized, coordinated, and executed solely by students. The Association for Future Healthcare Executives (AFHE) is the student group that is responsible for the planning and execution of the event. The Ohio State University is very proud of the effort made by its MHA students to put on this annual event, and of how the case competition has grown every year to include more top-tier programs and schools. This year's case competition will allow teams an opportunity to present their recommendations before a national team of judges who are all working professionals in fields related to health administration.
Thanks to generous OSU MHA alumni contributions, we have increased our prize amounts, and we are now awarding 1st, 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th place!
1st place: $6,000
2nd place: $4,500
3rd place: $3,000
4th place: $1,500
Questions?
Email us at MHA-CaseComp@osu.edu
14th Annual
Case Comp Details
April 3-4, 2025
The Blackwell Inn &
The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center
Located on OSU's campus. Teams will receive a link to book in our hotel room block upon registering.
Rooms are limited.
Registration opens 1/10/25 at 10:00am
Registration closes 2/21/25 at 11:59pm
Case Comp is limited to 24 teams of 3 first-year students.
Contact: MHA-CaseComp@osu.edu
Tentative Schedule
April 3, 2025 - The Blackwell Inn
Early afternoon....................................................Teams arrive in Columbus & Check in @ The Blackwell
5:00PM.......................................................................................................................................Team Registration & Team Photos
5:30PM...................................................................................................................................Networking Happy Hour (Cash Bar)
6:30PM.................................................................................................Dinner & Leadership Development Symposium
A unique aspect of this case competition experience include the keynote panel from the Case Writing Partner and dinner at the annual Leadership Development Symposium (LDS), an event that takes place the evening before the case competition itself. This networking opportunity allows student teams to interact with one another, as well as students, faculty and MHA alumni from The Ohio State University. Preliminary Round presentation times will be drawn at the end of LDS.
April 4, 2025 - Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center
7:00AM........................................................................................................................................................................Breakfast provided
8AM - 11:30AM.................................................................................................................................................................Preliminary Round
12:00PM................................................................................................................................................................................Lunch provided
1:00PM.................................................................................................................................................................................Final Round, Top 6
5:30PM............................................................................................................................................................................Awards Ceremony
6:00PM.............................................................................................................................................................................Dessert Reception
8:30PM.......................................................................................Post-Comp Happy Hour (Location TBD, optional)
Meet the Leadership Team
Erin Kane
Chair, Case Competition
MHA '25
Hannah Nosbisch
Finance Director, Case Competition
MHA '25
Lauren Fleetwood
LDS Director, Case Competition
MHA '25
Case Comp Leadership Team
Aside from Advisors, every member is a 1st or 2nd year MHA student
Case Writing Committee
Chair: Rezi Useh
Alexis Reynolds & Mikayla Murdock
Judges & Gift Committee
Chair: Kaitlyn Mooney
Hannah Nawrocki
Participants Committee
Chair: Anna Bass
Liz LaPlante
Sponsorship Committee
Jordan Johnsamson
Operations & Volunteers Committee
Chair: Gina Nguyen
Sebastian Imitola, Stephanie Wilkins, & Adelle Bechtel
Advisors
Julie Robbins, PhD, MHA
Kelly Scheiderer, MHA
Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH
A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Association of Future Healthcare Executives
OSUPhysicians, Inc.
OSU College of Public Health
Ohio Gastroenterology Group, Inc.
HSG Advisors
The OSU Health Services Management & Policy Alumni Society
Past Winners
2024
1st Place: Baylor University
2nd Place: University of Minnesota
3rd Place: University of Alabama at Birmingham
2022
1st Place: University of Minnesota
2nd Place: University of Alabama at Birmingham
3rd Place: University of Kentucky
2020
1st Place: University of Alabama at Birmingham
2nd Place: The Ohio State University
3rd Place: University of Michigan
2023
1st Place: Xavier University
2nd Place: University of Alabama at Birmingham
3rd Place: Baylor University
2021
1st Place: University of Alabama at Birmingham
2nd Place: The Ohio State University
3rd Place: University of Michigan
2019
1st Place: The Ohio State University
2nd Place: St. Louis University
3rd Place: Baylor University
