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X-WR-CALNAME:Old and New Forms of Hospital Competition: Economic and A
	ntitrust Issues in Washington DC at Wohlstetter Conference Center\, Tw
	elfth Floor\, AEI - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Old and New Forms of Hospital Competition: Economic and Antitr
	ust Issues
DESCRIPTION: American hospitals have undergone substantial changes in 
	the last quarter-century due to changes in medical technology\, change
	s in payment policies by Medicare and other third-party payers\, and n
	ew forms of competition from outpatient care and specialty hospitals. 
	Still\, the future of the hospital sector is a major issue in all disc
	ussions about the future of health policy because the hospital sector 
	remains the largest single component of all national health expenditur
	es (31.2 percent in 2008). Hospitals also play an important role in th
	e economies of almost all towns and cities and are often the largest e
	mployer in a metropolitan area.Panelists at this conference will look 
	at recent research and analysis of the hospital market with emphasis o
	n the changing nature of competition and the role of antitrust enforce
	ment. The country’s leading researchers on hospital economics and lega
	l issues will present their analysis of recent changes in the hospital
	 sector and discuss the implications for public policy. Matthew J. Rei
	lly\, assistant director of mergers at the Bureau of Competition of th
	e Federal Trade Commission\, will deliver the keynote address on the c
	urrent state of antitrust policy in the health care sector. 8:00 a.m.R
	egistration8:30  Panel I:  Introduction and OverviewWelcome:  John Sch
	neider\, Health Economics Consulting GroupPresenter:William D. White\,
	 Cornell University“Competition and the American Hospital”Moderator:Ro
	bert B. Helms\, AEI9:00Panel II:  Hospital Mergers and Antitrust Polic
	yPresenters:H. E. Frech III\, University of California\, Santa Barbara
	“Overview of Hospital Antitrust Methods and Issues”Monica Noether\, CR
	A International“Recent Hospital Antitrust Decisions”Robert J. Town\, U
	niversity of Minnesota“Welfare Effects of Hospital Mergers”Discussant:
	 Robert F. Leibenluft\, Hogan & HartsonModerator: Robert Helms\, AEI10
	:00Panel III:  Effects of Hospital CompetitionPresenters: David Hyman\
	, University of Illinois“The FTC Report: A Five-Year Retrospective” Vi
	vian Wu\, University of Southern California“Effects of Competition on 
	Prices and Efficiency”Discussant:William D. White\, Cornell University
	 Moderator:Joseph Antos\, AEI11:10 Panel IV:  New Entry in Hospital Ma
	rketsPresenters: Kathleen Carey\, Boston University“Specialty Hospital
	s\, ASCs\, and Competition”John Schneider\, Health Economics Consultin
	g Group“Physician Ownership and Referrals”Discussants: Steve Speil\, F
	ederation of American HospitalsJeff Stensland\, MedPACModerator:Joseph
	 Antos\, AEI12:30 p.m. Luncheon  12:50Keynote Address: Matthew J. Reil
	ly\, Federal Trade Commission1:30Adjournment More Information Walton D
	umas1150 Seventeenth St.\, NWWashington\, DC  20036Phone: 202-862-7183
	E-mail: walton.dumas@aei.org Media Inquiries Veronique RodmanAmerican 
	Enterprise Institute 1150 Seventeenth Street\, N.W.Washington\, DC  20
	036Phone: 202-862-4870E-mail: VRodman@aei.org 
LOCATION:Wohlstetter Conference Center\, Twelfth Floor\, AEI @ 1150 Se
	venteenth Street North West, Washington, District of Columbia 20036 Un
	ited States
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