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For
Release: May 13, 2003
FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and
Competition Law and Policy
Schedule for May
27, 2003 and May 29-30, 2003 Sessions
The Federal Trade Commission
and Department of Justice today released a detailed schedule for
the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and
competition law and policy to be held May 27, 2003 and May
29-30, 2003. These hearings will be held at the FTC Conference
Center at 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington DC. Morning
sessions are held from 9:15 a.m. until approximately 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon sessions are held from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
These specific hearings focus
on quality and consumer information. The schedule is as follows:
|
Date
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Morning
Session Topic |
Afternoon
Session Topic |
Tuesday
May 27 |
No Session |
Quality and Consumer
Information: Overview |
Thursday
May 29 |
Quality and Consumer
Information: Hospitals |
Quality and Consumer
Information: Hospitals |
Friday
May 30 |
Quality and Consumer
Information: Physicians |
Quality and Consumer
Information: Physicians |
The agencies anticipate they
will release shortly a detailed schedule for the sessions to be
held June 10-12, 2003.
As noted in the Federal
Register notice announcing this event, any interested person may
submit written comments responsive to any of the topics to be
addressed. Comments directed at a particular subject considered
during a particular session of hearings must be submitted no
later than 45 days after the date of
that specific hearing session. Comments on broader subjects
within the general scope of the hearings may be submitted at any
time after the publication of this notice, but no later than
November 28, 2003. |
