
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 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


15th Annual
Case Comp Details
March 26-27th, 2026
The Fawcett 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 01/05/26 at 10:00am
Case Comp is limited to 24 teams of 3 first-year students.
Registration Link will be available soon!
Contact: MHA-CaseComp@osu.edu
Case Comp Leadership Team
Aside from Advisors, every member is a 1st or 2nd year MHA student
Case Writing Committee
Chair: Christelle Bonzil
Mikayla Murdock
Judges & Gift Committee
Chair: Ava Zollinger
Participants Committee
Chair: Autumn Lueschen
Sponsorship Committee
Amanda Porter
Operations & Volunteers Committee
Chair: Anna Zomaya and Grant Mumper
Advisors
Kelly Scheiderer, MHA
Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH
Photos from LDS 2025
Past Winners
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
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
2021
1st Place: University of Alabama at Birmingham
2nd Place: The Ohio State University
3rd Place: University of Michigan











