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First-Year
Health Administration Case Competition

The Ohio State University First-Year Health Administration Case Competition provides first-year graduate students from health administration CAHME-accredited 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 one of 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 responsible for planning and executing the event. The Ohio State University is very proud of the effort by its MHA students to host this annual event and of how the case competition has grown each year to include more top-tier programs and schools. This year's case competition will give teams the opportunity to present their recommendations to a national panel of judges, all working professionals in health administration.

 

Thanks to generous OSU MHA alumni contributions, we award 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place particpants! 

1st place: $6,000

2nd place: $4,500

3rd place: $3,000

4th place: $1,500

Questions?

Email us at MHA-CaseComp@osu.edu

16th Annual Case Comp Details

2027 Case Competition

To Be Announced Soon

Meet the Leadership Team

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Emmalie Parker

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Chair, Case Competition

MHA '27

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Elijah Beard

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Finance Director, Case Competition

MHA '27

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Sara Cassady

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LDS Director, Case Competition

MHA '27

Leadership

Case Comp Leadership Team
Aside from Advisors, every member is a 1st or 2nd year MHA student

Case Writing Committee

Judges & Gift Committee

Participants Committee

Sponsorship Committee

Operations & Volunteers Committee

Advisors

Kelly Scheiderer, MHA

Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH

Photos from LDS 2026

Past Winners

2026

1st Place:  University of Florida

2nd Place:  University of Kentucky

3rd Place:  University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

2025

1st Place:  University of Southern California 

2nd Place:  University of Minnesota

3rd Place:  St. Louis University

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

Questions?
Contact our Case Comp committee!


MHA-CaseComp@osu.edu

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