DOJ/FTC Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy

Patents and Standard-Setting Processes Statement of Scott K. Peterson, Hewlett-Packard Company for FTC/DOJ Hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy

Strategies to enhance price and quality competition in health care: lessons learned from tracking local markets.

Drawing on observations from tracking changes in local health care markets over the past ten years, this article critiques two Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice recommendations to enhance price and quality competition. First, we take issue with the notion that consumers, acting independently, will drive greater competition in health care markets. Rather we suggest an important ...

Interpreting the 1996 federal antitrust guidelines for physician joint venture networks.

The Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care, issued by the FTC and the DOJ, dramatically change how the agencies evaluate physician joint venture networks. This article analyzes the Statements, providing useful guidance to the health lawyer.

Antitrust Concerns About Evolving Vertical Relationships in Health Care

The greatest challenges faced by any organization are those generated The increasingly complex organizational relationships in the health-care industry are creating new management, marby a dynamic environment. Health-care organizations have faced, and keting, financial, and legal challenges. In 1993, the Federal will continue to face, significant demands imposed by changes in the Trade Commissi...

Martin Gaynor, Director, FTC Bureau of Economics: A Review of His Recent Economic Research

Martin Gaynor joined the FTC as the Director of the Bureau of Economics on October 1, 2013, replacing Howard Shelanski, who left the FTC to lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Dr. Gaynor is a professor of economics and public policy at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, and an affiliate of Analysis Group. He has been a Research Associate at NBER since 1990 and chair...