For Your
Information: August 27, 2002 Final
Agenda for Health Care and Competition Law and Policy Workshop To Be Held September 9-10,
2002, in Washington, D.C.
The Federal Trade Commission has released a final agenda
for the workshop on competition law and policy for health care financing and delivery,
which will be held on September 9-10, 2002, in Washington, D.C. The workshop will consider
the impact of competition law and policy on the cost, quality, and availability of health
care, and the incentives for innovation in the field. The agenda is available at the Web
page for the workshop, which can be found at http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/healthcare/index.htm.
As noted in the preliminary agenda that was released on
August 6, 2002, the workshop will feature presentations by representatives of the federal
agencies and state governments and a number of academics. There also will be panel
discussions on each of the following subjects: 1) Health Care Services: Provider
Integration; 2) Health Insurance: Payor/Provider Issues; 3) Hospital Group Purchasing
Organizations; 4) Generics and Branded Pharmaceuticals; and 5) Consumer Protection and
Pharmaceuticals: Direct-to-Consumer Advertising. Each panel will have approximately six
invited panelists, who will each speak for 10 minutes. During each panel, a moderated
discussion will follow the presentations of the panelists. Each panel has been given a
series of questions to provide a general framework for presentations and discussion. The
questions for each panel are provided on the agenda.
The workshop will last from 9:30 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. on
Monday, September 9, 2002, and Tuesday, September 10, 2002. The workshop will be held in
room 432 at the FTC headquarters, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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; such comments should be submitted no later than September 30, 2002.
Written comments should be submitted in both hard copy and electronic form. Six hard
copies of each submission should be addressed to Donald S. Clark, Office of the Secretary,
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
Submissions should be captioned: "Comments Regarding Competition Law and Policy &
Health Care." Electronic submissions may be sent by electronic mail to hcclp@ftc.gov. Alternatively, electronic submissions may
be filed on a 3-1/2 inch computer disk with a label stating the name of the submitter and
the name and version of the word processing program used to create the document. |