The New Health Care Industry: Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act

Thursday, November 12 Center Launch, Celebratory Reception with speaker Kathleen Sebelius — former Secretary, Health and Human Services 4:00–6:30pm
Friday, November 13 Inaugural Conference 8:30am–5:00pm
Attendance to both events it free, but registration is required.

This conference marks the launch of the new Solomon Center for Health Policy and Law at Yale Law School. The Solomon Center is the first of its kind to focus on the governance, business, and practice of health care in the United States. This conference will mark the first under the Center, which will focus on bringing together leading experts and practitioners from the public and private sectors to address cutting-edge questions of health law and policy.

And, indeed, one of the most cutting-edge and important issues in health care today is the recent and dramatic consolidation of the healthcare industry. This trend has spanned all sectors of health care, from hospitals and medical practices, to pharmaceuticals and insurance companies. Although the media has given this issue attention, there has been little in-depth academic or interdisciplinary analysis of how consolidation has changed health care markets, financing, and the practice of medicine. Another important question is how the Affordable Care Act has contributed to these developments, with its encouragement of health care integration and “accountable care.”

Yale Law School’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary conference, which will be co-sponsored by the Yale School of Management, will bring together leading voices from health care industry, government, and academia to evaluate the legal, economic, and medical effects of consolidation.

Keynote Speakers

Thursday, November 12, 4:15pm
Kathleen Sebelius — former Secretary, Health and Human Services

Friday, November 13
Opening Remarks:
William Baer — Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
Maura Healey — Attorney General, Massachusetts

Lunch Keynote:
Steven Brill — Author, America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deal, and the Fight to Fix America’s Broken Healthcare System

Conference Schedule

Conference will be held at the Yale Law School, Room 127, except where indicated

Thursday, November 12

Registration: Yale Law School Dining Hall
4:15 pm: Center Launch, Opening Remarks, Levinson Auditorium
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
5:30-6:15 pm: Celebratory Cocktail Reception: Yale Law School Dining Hall

Friday, November 13

Registration: Room 122

8:45–9:45 am: Conference Opening, Welcome from Deans
Opening Remarks by Maura Healey, Attorney General, Massachusetts, and William Baer, Assistant Attorney General

9:45–11:00 am: Panel I: When Providers Become Payers and Vice Versa (and More): Cross-Sector Blurring

Moderator: Howard Forman, Yale School of Management, Yale School of Medicine
Troyen Brennan, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark
Benjamin Chu, Executive Vice President, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc.
Michael Dowling, President and CEO, North Shore-LIJ
Lewis Sandy, Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group
Commentator: Barak Richman, Duke University School of Law

11:15 am–12:30 pm: Panel II: Bigger and Better? Horizontal Consolidation Within Sectors and Antitrust Enforcement

Moderator: Zack Cooper, Yale School of Public Health
Alex Azar, President, Lilly USA, LLC, Eli Lilly
Leemore Dafny, Kellogg School of Management
Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon University
Tim Greaney, Saint Louis University School of Law
Peter Mucchetti, Chief, Litigation I Section of Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

12:45–2:00 pm: Lunch, Yale Law School Dining Hall
Lunch Keynote: Steven Brill, Author, America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
Introduced by: Abbe Gluck, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School

2:15–3:30 pm: Panel III: Business Strategy: How to Build an ACO—What Do You Need, What Should You Do Without?

Moderator: Robert Alpern, Yale School of Medicine
Robert Berenson, Urban Institute
Michael Chernew, Harvard Medical School
Cecilia Montalvo, Vice President, Kaiser Permanente
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale School of Management
Paul Taheri, Yale School of Medicine
Commentator: Harlan Krumholz, Yale Medical School

3:45-5:00 pm: Panel IV: Vertical Integration, the New Frontier in Consolidation: Competitive Implications and Enforcement

Moderator: William Sage, University of Texas School of Law
Erin Fuse Brown, Georgia State University College of Law, &
Jamie King, UC Hastings College of Law
Deborah Haas-Wilson, Harvard Kennedy School, Smith College
Brent Henry, Vice President and General Counsel, Partners HealthCare
Toby Singer, Jones Day
Henry Su, Attorney Advisor, Office of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Federal Trade Commission