Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review
Couldn't make it in person? Check out the individual sessions in the videos linked above and the collaborative blog series on the Health Affairs Blog (links below)!
The Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium featured leading experts discussing major developments during 2014 and what to watch out for in 2015. The discussion at this day long event covered hot topics in such areas as health insurance, health care systems, public health, innovation, and other issues facing clinicians and patients.
For more on the topics discussed at the conference, check out Gregory Curfman (Harvard Health Publications of Harvard Medical School), Holly Fernandez Lynch (Petrie-Flom Center), I. Glenn Cohen (Petrie-Flom Center) on the Health Affairs Blog: "Last Year Was A Wild One For Health Law — What’s On The Docket For 2015?"
For a wrap-up of this year's P/Review and a discussion of what's to come at our Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review in January 2016, check out Holly Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen, and Gregory Curfman's wrap-up at the Health Affairs Blog, "Until Next Year".
Slide presentations by selected presenters are available upon request. Please contact petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu if you would like to request slides.
Agenda
All panels concluded with time for audience Q&A.
7:45 - 8:15am, Registration
A continental breakfast will be provided.
8:15 - 8:20, Welcome Remarks
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Gregory Curfman, Harvard Health Publications of Harvard Medical School
8:20 - 9:05am, Session 1: Public Health
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The Legal and Public Health Response to Ebola - George Annas, Boston University
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Legal Measures to Stem Antibiotic Resistance - Kevin Outterson, Boston University
9:05 - 9:50am, Session 2: Tobacco
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On Not Selling Tobacco - Andrew J. Sussman, M.D., CVS/minuteclinic and CVS Health
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Regulating E-Cigarettes - Wendy Parmet, Northeastern University
9:50 - 10:00am, Break
10:00 - 11:25am, Session 3: Issues Facing Clinicians
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Payment Disclosure Requirements and Databases - Christopher T. Robertson, University of Arizona
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Medical Child Abuse - Christine Mitchell, Harvard Medical School
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Medicalization of Execution - I. Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law School/Petrie-Flom Center
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Brittany Maynard Effect: Aid in Dying - Charles “Buzzy” Baron, Boston College
11:25am - 12:10pm, Session 4: Innovation
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Key Life Science IP Cases of 2014 - Claire Laporte, Foley Hoag LLP
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FDA Regulation of Lab-Developed Tests - Rachel Sachs, Harvard Law School/Petrie-Flom Center
12:10 - 12:30pm, Pick up Lunch
Lunch will be provided.
12:30 - 1:20pm, Hot Topics in Massachusetts Health Law
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Jeffrey Sanchez, House Chairman for Joint Committee on Public Health, Massachusetts House of Representatives
1:20 - 1:30pm, Break
1:30 - 2:15pm, Session 5: Health Insurance
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The ACA, Exchanges, and Subsidies: Key Cases - Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School
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The ACA, Exchanges, and Subsidies: Policy and Implementation - Matthew J. B. Lawrence, Harvard Law School/Petrie-Flom Center
2:15 - 3:00pm, Session 6: Employer Involvement in Health Care
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The Contraceptives Coverage Mandate and Accommodations - Holly Fernandez Lynch, Harvard Law School/Petrie-Flom Center
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Employee Wellness Programs - Kristin Madison, Northeastern University
3:00 - 3:15pm, Break
3:15 - 4:40pm, Session 7: Health Care Systems
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Antitrust and Hospital Mergers - Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School
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New Supreme Court Ruling on The Antitrust Liability of State Licensing Boards - Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School
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Learning Health Care Systems - Millie Solomon, Harvard Medical School/The Hastings Center
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Problems at the VA - Ashish Jha, Harvard School of Public Health
4:40 - 4:55pm, Closing Remarks
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Dean Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
4:55 - 5:00pm, Cosponsors Adjournment
Learn More
Health Affairs Blog Series
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George Annas, "What Ebola Teaches Us about Public Health in America"
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Kevin Outterson, "The Puzzle Of Antibiotic Innovation"
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Andrew Sussman, "What Happens When A Retail Pharmacy Decides To Stop Selling Cigarettes?"
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Wendy Parmet, "In Regulating E-Cigarettes, No Easy Fix For The FDA"
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Tony Caldwell and Christopher Robertson, "Open Payments: Early Impact And The Next Wave Of Reform"
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I. Glenn Cohen, "Executions, Doctors, The U.S. Supreme Court, And The Breath Of Kings"
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Charles Baron, "Physician Aid In Dying: Whither Legalization After Brittany Maynard?"
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Claire Laporte, "Recent Judicial Rulemaking Leaves Life Science Patents Hanging In The Balance"
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Rachel Sachs, "The Complex Effects Of The FDA’s Proposal To Regulate Laboratory-Developed Tests"
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Matthew J. B. Lawrence, "Exploring The Significant State-To-State Variation In Marketplace Enrollment"
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Holly Fernandez Lynch, "What Does Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law Mean For Health Care?"
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Kristin Madison, "The ACA, The ADA, And Wellness Program Incentives"
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Millie Solomon, "How Institutional Review Boards Can Support Learning Health Systems While Providing Meaningful Oversight"
Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the New England Journal of Medicine; co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, the Hastings Center, and Health Affairs, with support from the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund.
Videos
VIDEO: Session 1: Public Health, George Annas and Kevin Outterson
VIDEO: Session 2: Tobacco, Andrew Sussman and Wendy Parmet
VIDEO: Session 4: Innovation, Claire Laporte and Rachel Sachs
VIDEO: Hot Topics in Massachusetts Health Law, Jeffrey Sanchez
VIDEO: Session 5: Health Insurance, Abbe Gluck and Matthew Lawrence
VIDEO: Session 6: Employer Involvement in Health Care, Holly Fernandez Lynch and Kristin Madison
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