Issue No. 08-17
For the week of April 21, 2008
COMMISSION MEETINGS
(Meetings and agendas are subject
to change)
Mon. Apr. 21
3:00 p.m. |
Closed to the public: Executive Session |
HEARINGS/TESTIMONY
BEFORE CONGRESS
(Dates and times are subject to change
by Congress)
Nothing Scheduled
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Thur. Apr. 24
|
The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop to examine recent trends in health care delivery. Workshop participants will consider the competition and consumer protection issues regarding particular health care delivery innovations. http://www.ftc.gov/bc/healthcare/hcd/index.shtm. The event is open to the public.
Proper ID is required.
FTC Conference Center,
601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
SPEECHES
Thur. Apr. 24
9:00 a.m.
|
FTC Chairman William E. Kovacic will present opening remarks at the FTC’s Innovations in Health Care Delivery workshop. FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
11:00 a.m.
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James C. Cooper, Deputy Director in the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, will moderate a panel discussion on, “Quality and Price Information Transparency,” at the FTC’s Innovations in Health Care Delivery workshop. FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
2:45 p.m.
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Jessica Rich, Assistant Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, will moderate a panel discussion on, “Health IT – Consumer Issues,” at the FTC’s Innovations in Health Care Delivery workshop. FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
4:30 p.m.
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Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, will moderate a panel discussion on, “Innovations in Health Care Delivery: Practice and Prognosis,” at the FTC’s Innovations in Health Care Delivery workshop. FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
HEARINGS BEFORE
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
Nothing Scheduled |