The Reads Nobody Wants

Help a health system decide whether to employ its own radiologists after its outsourced provider requests a major fee increase.

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Case type
Make-or-buy and sourcing strategy
Difficulty
Easy
Firm style
McKinsey
Length
25 min
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Brackenridge Health System has ten weeks to respond to a 34 percent increase from its outsourced radiology provider. Management believes employing radiologists could reduce cost per study, but the system must preserve urgent turnaround and specialist coverage in a constrained labor market.

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