UCLA Center for Healthcare Management Case Competition
Objective
The UCLA Center for Healthcare Management Case Competition is designed to challenge graduate student teams to solve complex, real-world healthcare management problems, giving future healthcare leaders the opportunity to present innovative, strategic solutions and receive critical feedback from prominent industry executives, clinicians, and academic experts.
Description
ABOUT
The UCLA Center for Healthcare Management Case Competition provides healthcare management graduate students an opportunity to put what they have learned into practice. Student teams (up to four members) from around the world are challenged to provide solutions and recommendations to a real-time, real-world management challenge faced by a Southern California healthcare system. Teams have 88 hours in November to complete their analyses and the top eight teams visit Los Angeles to present their ideas to healthcare leaders in January. This format enables the exchange and dissemination of ideas, as well as professional networking.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Teams may have 3-4 members
2. All team members must be active students in November when the case is released
3. Teams must come from programs with national accreditation
4. There is no limit on how many teams per school/program can register
5. All team members must attend the same college or university
6. Team members may not have an employment connection to the sponsoring health system
November 16, 2026
Public
Business School
Healthcare
connor.dougherty@anderson.ucla.edu
UCLA Anderson
UCLA Anderson School of Management, Easton Technology Management Center
FIRST PLACE: $12,000
SECOND PLACE: $8,000
THIRD PLACE: $4,000
FOURTH PLACE: $2,000