
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 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 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 their hotel rooms upon registration.
Rooms are limited.
Registration opens 01/05/26 at 10:00 am
The Case Competition is limited to 24 teams of 3 first-year students.
EVENT TIMELINE:
A more detailed schedule will be provided to the competing teams.
Monday, February 23rd
Case will be sent to competing teams
Thursday, March 26th
5:00 pm Networking
6:00 pm Dinner and Leadership Panel
Friday, March 27th
8:00 am Preliminary Round
1:00 pm Final Round
5:30 pm Awards
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











