Boston Children's Hospital (abridged): Team case brief assignment In the case write-up, your group is to analyze the situation presented and prepare a recommended course of action. Your case write-up should start with an executive summary of the case issues and your recommendation(s). The remainder of the brief should present in greater detail the analyses which support your conclusions. The questions provided below have been prepared to help guide you toward the issues that your analysis should address, but these questions should not be directly answered 1,2,3,4, etc., in your case write-up. Rather, the write-up should be a smoothly flowing memo to your manager that coherently, concisely, and convincingly presents your analysis and recommendations. In most cases, the earlier questions build up to allow for gaining understanding on how to deal with the later questions, that often relate to the crux of the matter. As in real life business contexts, case studies present an overload of data. While it is crucial to support your arguments with reference to the data, it is also important that you demonstrate your ability both in picking the right data and in dealing with the data appropriately to support your analysis. Also, bear in mind not to spend much space on regurgitating case facts, as your manager will be aware of those. Provide thoughts on any obstacles to implementation of your recommendation and how to overcome these. Case briefs are limited to 2 pages, single-spaced, 12 point Times Roman text. You can use up to 3 additional pages for exhibits, provided that the exhibits support the arguments in the text, are explicitly referenced in the text, and there is a clear title or explanation on each exhibit page describing what the exhibit illustrates. Exhibits provide a means of supporting points that are made in the write-up (i.e., not for introducing new points for your analysis/recommendations). Please do not include more than one exhibit per page. Do not use a cover sheet, but instead use the footer to include Section number, group number and names of team members. Only one member of the team needs to upload the case brief through the team assignment function on Canvas. Please ensure that it is clearly agreed upon who bears that responsibility. Late briefs are not accepted and you will receive a zero score. Always retain a copy of any written work you submit, and bring it to class to refer to in the discussion. 1. In this industry situation, why are distinguished medical doctors, clinical department chiefs and researchers such as John Meara suddenly becoming interested in trying a new cost system? 2. Use the accompanying Excel worksheet and assume a 5-day work week to calculate the costs and margins of the three different office visits to the Department of Plastic Surgery using a. the RCC method b. the TDC method 4. Using the new TDC information, what are your recommend ations to the Department of Plastic Surgery? In your recommendations, cover aspects of pricing, process improvement and personnel/resource utilization. Think about hurdles that BCH may face in implementing these recommendations and how these obstacles could be overcome. 5. Should this TDC pilot be extended throughout the entire hospital? 6. What is the role for standardization of the physicians' care process in such TDC implementation? Do you think standardization is a prerequisite for a successful TDC implementation, an outcome of such implementation, or both? Grading criteria for team case brief: - Format \& following of instructions in syllabus - Clear executive summary with clear recommendations - Diagnosis of issue - Correct calculations under the two different costing methods - Quality of own analysis - Recommendations on issues at play in the case: pricing, resource utilization, and process improvement - Recommendation on whether the TDC system should be rolled out to the entire hospital - Discussion of obstacles to implementation of both sets of recommendations (those derived from TDC analysis as well as that on roll-out of TDC) and how to overcome