U.S. Department
of Justice
Public Workshop: Examining Health Care Competition
FTC Constitution Center, Conference Center
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
United States
Event Details
Workshop Information
On February 24–25, 2015, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held the second in a series of public workshops, “Examining Health Care Competition,” to study developments related to health care provider organization and payment models that may affect competition in the provision of health care services.
The FTC held the first workshop in this series on March 20–21, 2014. Find information about that workshop on the FTC’s website.
Specific topics for discussion during this second workshop included:
- Early observations of accountable care organizations
- Alternatives to traditional fee-for-service payment models
- Trends in provider consolidation
- Trends in provider network and benefit design strategies, as well as contracting practices and regulatory activity that may enhance or undermine these strategies
- Early observations of health insurance exchanges
For more information, please send e-mail to examininghealthcareworkshop@ftc.gov or contact:
Patrick Kuhlmann
Attorney
(202-305-4639)
Matthew Mandelberg
Attorney
(202-598-2413)
They can be reached by mail at:
Competition Policy and Advocacy Section
Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 3337
Washington, DC 20530
Press release: Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Announce Agenda for Public Workshop on Examining U.S. Health Care Competition (February 18, 2015)
Press release: Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to Hold Public Workshop on Examining U.S. Health Care Competition (January 23, 2015)
Dates and Location
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
Federal Trade Commission (Ground Floor) Conference Center Constitution Center 400 Seventh Street SW Washington, DC 20024 |
Workshop Agenda
Find the following resources on the FTC’s event web page:
Event transcripts. Look for Transcripts under Event Details.
Event videos. Look for Video under Event Details.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks and Announcements Tara Isa Koslov, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Opening Remarks Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Framing Presentation Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:00 a.m.–11:10 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Provider Network Design, Contracting Practices, and Regulatory Activity Panelists Paul Ginsburg, PhD, Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy, University of Southern California
Kim Holland, Vice President, State Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
James Landman, JD, PhD, Director, Healthcare Finance Policy, Perspectives and Analysis, Healthcare Financial Management Association Lynn Quincy, Director of the Health Value Resource Hub, Consumers Union
Fiona M. Scott Morton, PhD, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale University School of Management
Anna D. Sinaiko, PhD, MPP, Research Scientist, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
DOJ Moderator: Helen C. Knudsen, PhD, Economist, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Economic Analysis Group FTC Moderator: Stephanie A. Wilkinson, Attorney Advisor, FTC, Office of Policy Planning |
| 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. |
Lunch Break (on your own) |
| 2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. |
Early Observations Regarding Health Insurance Exchanges Panelists Cynthia Cox, MPH, Senior Policy Analyst, Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance, Kaiser Family Foundation
Daniel T. Durham, Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, America’s Health Insurance Plans
Keith M. Marzilli Ericson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, Boston University School of Management
Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Kevin Lewis, MPP, CEO, Maine Community Health Options
Richard M. Scheffler, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley DOJ Moderator: Peter J. Mucchetti, Chief, DOJ, Antitrust Division, Litigation I Section DOJ Moderator: Natalie A. Rosenfelt, Attorney, DOJ, Antitrust Division, Litigation I Section |
| 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
Networking Reception |
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
|
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks and Announcements Caroline N. Holland, Chief Counsel for Competition and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division |
| 8:40 a.m. |
William J. Baer, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division |
| 9:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m. |
Early Observations Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Panelists Alison Fleury, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Sharp HealthCare
Kristen Miranda, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Blue Shield of California David B. Muhlestein, PhD, JD, Senior Director of Research and Development, Leavitt Partners, LLC
Hoangmai Pham, Director of Seamless Care Models Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Terri L. Postma, MD, Medical Officer and Advisor, Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Simeon A. Schwartz, MD, Founding President and CEO, WESTMED Medical Group Chapin White, PhD, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation FTC Moderator: Ellen Connelly, Attorney, FTC, Bureau of Competition Health Care Division DOJ Moderator: Matthew C. Mandelberg, Attorney, DOJ, Antitrust Division, Legal Policy Section |
| 10:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Alternatives to Traditional Fee-for-Service Payment Models Panelists Michael E. Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, Catalyst for Payment Reform
R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, Director, Center for Healthcare Value, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco Mark W. Friedberg, MD, MPP, Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, MSc, Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Lisa McDonnel, Senior Vice President, Network Strategy and Innovation, UnitedHealthcare Networks
Dana Gelb Safran, ScD, Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
FTC Moderator: Karen A. Goldman, PhD, Attorney Advisor, FTC, Office of Policy Planning FTC Moderator: John P. Wiegand, Attorney, FTC, Western Regional Office, San Francisco |
| 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break (on your own) |
| 2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. |
Trends in Provider Consolidation Panelists Lawton Robert Burns, PhD, MBA, Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Leemore Dafny, PhD, Director of Health Enterprise Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Martin Gaynor, PhD, E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and Health Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Kenneth Kizer, MD, MPH, Director, Institute for Population Health Improvement, University of California Davis Health System
James Landman, JD, PhD, Director, Healthcare Finance Policy, Perspectives and Analysis, Healthcare Financial Management Association Joe Miller, General Counsel, America’s Health Insurance Plans DOJ Moderator: Patrick M. Kuhlmann, Attorney, DOJ, Antitrust Division, Legal Policy Section FTC Moderator: Danica Noble, Attorney, FTC, Northwest Regional Office, Seattle |
| 3:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
Summation Roundtable: Antitrust Perspectives on Evolving Provider and Payment Models Panelists Mark J. Botti, JD, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP Martin Gaynor, PhD, E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Thomas L. Greaney, JD, Chester A. Myers Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law Dionne Lomax, JD, Partner, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies & Director of The Health Care Innovation and Value Initiative, The Brookings Institution Monica Noether, PhD, MBA, Vice President, Charles River Associates FTC Moderator: Tara Isa Koslov, Deputy Director, FTC, Office of Policy Planning DOJ Moderator: Leslie C. Overton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement, DOJ, Antitrust Division |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks Marina Lao, Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission Robert Potter, Chief, Legal Policy Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division |
The views expressed at the workshop will not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission.
Public Comments
DOJ and the FTC welcomed written comments from the public. The deadline for submitting comments to be considered during the workshop was February 16, 2015. The final deadline for submitting comments was April 30, 2015. The comment period is now closed.
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