Texas A&M University-Mays Business School and Humana Announce Winners of Sixth Annual Healthcare Analytics Case Competition

Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) have announced the winners of the 2022 Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition, a competition during which students use their analytical abilities to solve a real-world business problem.

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In its sixth year, the competition has grown to be one of the top healthcare analytics case competitions in the country. Over 550 master’s level students, representing 48 major universities in the U.S., registered for the national competition to compete for $80,000 in total prizes.

The student team of Rick Kessels, Karthik Maddipoti and Charlotte Nouwen from UCLA received the first-place prize of $50,000. The second-place prize of $20,000 was awarded to Madhusree Chowdhury, Sai Jahnavi Gamalapati and Di Zhao from University of Connecticut, while the third-place prize of $10,000 was presented to Chen Lin, Bill Pahutski and Paul Selling from UCLA.

This year’s competition focused on the theme “Health-Related Social Need (HRSN) of Housing Insecurity,” which is defined as the lack of access to quality and safe housing. Students, who were asked to create a model to identify Medicare members most likely to struggle with housing insecurity issues, proposed solutions to help people achieve their best health. This included a targeted outreach strategy for Humana that prioritizes the most vulnerable and underserved populations so that they may receive health solutions.

“Humana is committed to helping people and the communities we serve achieve their best health. We do this by addressing social determinants of health and health-related social needs, both inside and outside of the clinical setting,” said Sam Deshpande, Chief Information Officer at Humana. “Advanced analytics enable us to identify how to meet the needs of the whole person while helping to steer resources to those who need extra support. It is exciting to see the passion and creative ideas of this year’s participants as they work to solve these systemic health challenges and open the door to future possibilities.”