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SUMMARY:News briefing on health care consolidation
DESCRIPTION:In 2014\, there were a total of 1\,299 mergers and acquisitions in the health care sector – a record number\, up from 1\,035 the year before. That includes a recent spike in pharmaceutical transactions\, including inversions\, which base U.S. drug companies overseas. \nA top Federal Trade Commission official\, along with key experts\, will meet with reporters Dec. 15 to discuss the recent surge in health care consolidation; the driving forces behind this trend; and the implications for policymakers and enforcers. \nSpeakers will provide the latest information about the roles of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission; efforts by policymakers; the scope and extent of consolidation among doctors\, hospitals\, insurers and pharmaceutical companies; and implications for consumers and other stakeholders. \n\n\nDeborah Feinstein\, director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition \n\n\nAndrea Murino\, partner and co-chair of Goodwin Procter’s antitrust practice \n\n\nGeorge Slover\, senior policy counsel at Consumers Union  \n\n\nAlan Weil of Health Affairs and Marilyn Serafini of the Alliance for Health Reform will moderate. \n\n\nWHEN: Tuesday\, Dec. 15\, 8:15-9:30 a.m. (Breakfast available at 8 a.m.) \nWHERE: National Press Club\, Fourth Estate (529 14th St.\, NW\, 13th Floor\, Wash.\, D.C.)  \nRSVP: Samantha Feller sfeller@allhealth.org (202)789-2300 \nTo register for this briefing\, please contact us at info@allhealth.org or call us at (202) 789-2300.  \n OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE PRESS \nWith thanks to the The Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy for its support of this briefing.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/news-briefing-on-health-care-consolidation/
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