Week in DC
Discovering the Policy Side of Health Care through HSM
Nico Ntim-Addae, Daytime MBA, 2026 Out of all the courses I have taken thus far at Fuqua, none have cemented my career vision while simultaneously making me a more informed US Citizen as much as HSM’s Week in DC – Health Policy class. I deeply enjoy experiential learning experiences, and what better way to learn […]
A Week in DC: Uniting Policy and Business through HSM
As someone whose eyes light up at the mere mention of health policy, I was excited to take the Management of Health System and Policy (“Week in DC”) course for a few reasons. Firstly, it was an integral portion of my role as a Margolis Scholar through the Margolis Center for Health Policy, and I […]
WIDC: Supreme Court holds the key to the future of the ACA
One of the highlights of the Fuqua Week in DC (WIDC) course was hearing from Mr. Lyle Denniston, who has been covering the Supreme Court for 57 years and writes for scotusblog.com, about how the Supreme Court has handled the ACA. He gave our group a comprehensive history of court’s decisions regarding the ACA, including […]
WIDC: This Class is the Jewel of Fuqua’s HSM Program
Thank you for a fantastic week in DC. When I began the WEMBA program I predicted my two top experiences would be the Term 6 Coach K Basketball experience and the Health Policy Class in DC. My prediction was 110% correct. Through this class and week in DC, I learned a tremendous amount about the […]
Why Business Students Should Care About Policy
If you’re a business student and you want to work in healthcare, you’re going to need to understand at least a little bit about healthcare policy. While Americans take pride in their “free-market” healthcare system, government sources pay 55 cents out of every healthcare dollar spent in the United States…and there are a lot of […]
Week in DC: The Urgency of Translation – Advocacy and Scale
Jeffrey Crowley, Distinguished Scholar and Program Director of the National HIV/AIDS Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, spoke with our class about the need for advocacy and other impact-focused organizations to distill their initiatives as an organization into one base message and action point. Understanding the implications and best practices […]
Week in DC: An eye-opening experience into the healthcare arena
This was my first HSM course and what an amazing start! This week in DC course set high expectations and exceeded them all! The diversity of speakers encompassed a wide range of healthcare leaders. From being able to sit and have a fireside chat with Sen. Burr of NC at his U.S. Senate office to […]
Week in DC: Additional insight into pharma/biotech industries
Our guest speaker from Breakaway Policy Strategies provided additional insight into the pharma/biotech industries and how drug costs, marketing efforts, and FDA activities are impacting the bio-pharma/med device landscape. Some areas of interest included: Although prescription drug costs get a lot of coverage in the media and even though prescription drug costs are growing, they […]
Week in DC: Controlling the cost of healthcare
Loren Adler, a Research Director from the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, discussed one of the week’s recurring themes, talking about the rising proportion of US GDP consumed by healthcare spend over the past 4 decades (currently 20%) and the implications of this escalation have on the government’s overall fiscal policy. In fact, […]
Week in DC: The role of hospice and palliative care
Health care cost in the US is increasing in overwhelming pace, aging population being the major factor. The population over the age of 65 is already over 12% and is reaching 15% by 2015. In fact, the fastest growing demographic is people with 100 years and above, and the second 85 years and above. However, […]