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Successful Healthcare Provider-Payer Arrangements

New Win-Win Agreements in Light of Recent Antitrust Rulings

Location: Your office or conference room (no need to travel!)

Date : Audio CD Available

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Hosted By : Beard Group Law and Business Publishers

This conference will include:

With this 90-minute audio CD recording from March 2006, you and an unlimited number of your staff will discover

o A clear, more complete understanding of key antitrust issues
o When physicians can jointly negotiate with health plans
o What distinguishes rule of reason from per se analysesand why this differentiation matters
o When mergers are most likely to attract regulatory scrutiny
o The pros and cons of clinical integrationalong with practical tips and insights
o What the messenger model is, why it has garnered so much attention, and what you need to know before pursuing one
o What the North Texas Specialty Physicians, United v. Advocate, and other key rulings mean
o When pay-for-performance programs workand dont work
o How to approach antitrust claims involving exclusion and physician-owned facilities
o And more

Speaker(s):

Bob Leibenluft
Hogan & Hartson

Bob Leibenluft's practice is devoted entirely to health and antitrust matters, including counseling and litigation regarding antitrust issues in the health, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries.

Upon completing law school, Bob worked as an Attorney Advisor in the Federal Trade Commissions (FTCs) Office of Policy Planning, concentrating on health and antitrust matters. In 1981, he joined Hogan & Hartson and became a partner in the firm in 1989. He practiced health law at Hogan & Hartson until January 1996 when he rejoined the FTC as Assistant Director for Health Care in the FTCs Bureau of Competition. As head of the FTCs Health Care Division, Bob supervised a 25-30 person staff engaged in the review of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures involving hospitals, physicians and other health care providers, as well as conduct in the health care and pharmaceutical industries. While at the FTC, he spearheaded development of the FTCs and U.S. Department of Justices most recent policy statements on healthcare antitrust issues. Bob rejoined Hogan & Hartson in September 1998.

Bob writes and lectures extensively on health law topics. His articles on healthcare matters have appeared in Health Affairs, The New England Journal of Medicine, Vanderbilt Law Review, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Business and Health, Pharmaceutical Executive, Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, and other books and journals. In addition, he serves as Chair of the Health Care Industry Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section.

Successful Healthcare Provider-Payer Arrangements


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