DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Chapter 1.	Overview / Background
Chapter 2.	Industry Snapshot and Competition Law: Physicians
Chapter 3.	Industry Snapshot: Hospitals
Chapter 4.	Competition Law: Hospitals
Chapter 5.	Industry Snapshot: Insurance and Other Third Party Payment Programs
Chapter 6.	Competition Law: Insurers
Chapter 7.	Industry Snapshot and Competition Law: Pharmaceuticals
Chapter 8.	Miscellaneous Subjects
APPENDIX A	HEARINGS AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
APPENDIX B	PUBLIC COMMENTS
APPENDIX C	GLOSSARY OF HEALTH CARE TERMS AND ACRONYMS
APPENDIX D	SELECTED FEDERAL STATUTES

Federal Trade Commission

TIMOTHY J. MURIS	Chairman
MOZELLE W. THOMPSON	Commissioner
ORSON SWINDLE	Commissioner
THOMAS B. LEARY	Commissioner
PAMELA JONES HARBOUR	Commissioner
Susan A. Creighton	Director, Bureau of Competition
J. Howard Beales, III	Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Luke Froeb	Director, Bureau of Economics
William E. Kovacic	General Counsel
Rosemarie Straight	Executive Director
Anna H. Davis	Director, Office of Congressional Relations

Report Drafters:
David A. Hyman, Special Counsel and Professor of Law and Medicine, University of Illinois
Sarah M. Mathias, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Patricia Schultheiss, Bureau of Competition
Matthew Bye, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Cecile T. Kohrs, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Gail Levine, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Policy Studies
Michael Wroblewski, Assistant General Counsel for Policy Studies
Susan DeSanti, Deputy General Counsel for Policy Studies
Nicole Gorham, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Natalie Shonka, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies

Report Contributors:
Alden F. Abbott, Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
Jeffrey Brennan, Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
J. Elizabeth Callison, Bureau of Economics
Michael Cowie, formerly Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
Philip Eisenstat, Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
Mark Frankena, Deputy Director for Antitrust, Bureau of Economics
Elizabeth R. Hilder, Bureau of Competition
Thomas Krattenmaker, Bureau of Competition
Judith M. Moreland, Bureau of Competition
David Narrow, Bureau of Competition
Thomas Pahl, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Paul A. Pautler, Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics
Lee Peeler, Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Michael Vita, Assistant Director, Bureau of Economics
Oscar Voss, Bureau of Competition
John Wiegand, Bureau of Competition

Inquiries concerning this report should be directed to:
Sarah Mathias (202) 326-3254 or smathias@ftc.gov (Office of General Counsel, Policy Studies)

Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice

R. HEWITT PATE	Assistant Attorney General
Thomas O. Barnett	Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement
Makan Delrahim	Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International, Policy, and Appellate Matters
James M. Griffin	Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement
David A. Higbee	Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Attorney General
J. Bruce McDonald	Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Regulatory Matters
David S. Sibley	Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis
Scott D. Hammond	Director of Criminal Enforcement
J. Robert Kramer II	Director of Operations
Kenneth Heyer	Economic Director of Enforcement
Dorothy B. Fountain	Deputy Director of Operations

Report Contributors
Mark J. Botti, Chief, Litigation I Section
Robert A. Potter, Chief, Legal Policy Section
Elizabeth J. Armington, Assistant Chief, Economic Litigation Section
Edward D. Eliasberg, Jr., Attorney, Legal Policy Section
Leslie C. Overton, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General
David C. Kelly, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Michael S. Spector, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Julia Knoblauch, Paralegal, Litigation I Section
William E. Berlin, formerly Attorney, Litigation I Section
Deborah A. Healy, Economist, Economic Litigation Section
Kenneth Danger, formerly Economist, Competition Policy Section
Jon B. Jacobs, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Steven B. Kramer, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Richard S. Martin, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Belinda A. Barnett, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement

Inquiries concerning this report should be directed to:

Mark J. Botti, Chief, Litigation I Section
(202) 307-0001 or Mark.Botti@usdoj.gov

Acknowledgments:

The Agencies wish to note the expertise and time contributed by Hearings participants. For all of their contributions, the Agencies convey their thanks.

The Agencies appreciate the willingness of agencies and individuals to review this report in advance of publication. The Agencies thank the following agencies and individuals for their review of this report: the Department of Health & Human Services (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and the Offices of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation and the General Counsel); Department of Commerce; Department of Labor; Office of Management and Budget; the National Economic Council; William S. Brewbaker, III, University of Alabama; H.E. Frech, III, University of California, Santa Barbara; Paul B. Ginsburg, Center for Studying Health System Change; Michael A. Morrisey, University of Alabama; and William M. Sage, Columbia University.

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