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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Hospital Organization and Productivity Conference

Amitabh Chandra, David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and Elizabeth Martinez, Organizers

October 4-5, 2013

Wequassett Inn

Pavilion 1,2 and 3

2173 Massachusetts 28
Harwich, MA

PROGRAM

Friday, October 4
8:30 am	Coffee and pastries - Pavilion 1,2 and 3
9:00 am	David Meltzer, University of Chicago and NBER Greg Ruhnke, University of Chicago Reducing Hospital Costs by Reorganizing Physician Staffing: Design and Implementation of a CMMI Innovation Challenge Award to Study Comprehensive Care Physicians Discussant: Anupam Jena, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am	David J. Cook, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Jeffrey E. Thompson, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Elizabeth B. Habermann, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine William J. Bertschinger, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Veronique L. Roger, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Sue Visscher. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Joseph Dearani, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Bijan Borah, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Disruption of the Solution shop as a Hospital Organizational Structure: Outcomes, Cost, and Cultural Change: A Mayo Clinic Case Study Discussant: Robert S. Huckman, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	Kate Ho, Columbia University and NBER Ariel Pakes, Harvard University and NBER Hospital Choices, Hospital Prices and Financial Incentives to Physicians Discussant: Douglas Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch – twenty-eight Atlantic Restaurant
1:30 pm	Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Does Management Matter in Healthcare? Discussant: Ashish Jha, Harvard University
2:30 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Julia R. Adler-Milstein, University of Michigan Kirstin W. Scott, Harvard University Ashish K. Jha, Harvard School of Public Health Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Improve Hospital Performance: The Role of Management Discussant: Melinda Buntin, Vanderbilt University
4:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception and Group dinner – Upper Verandah
Saturday, October 5
8:30 am	Coffee and pastries - Pavilion 1,2 and 3
9:00 am	Elizabeth L. Munnich, University of Louisville Stephen Parente, University of Minnesota Costs and Benefits of Competing Health Care Providers: Trade-Offs in the Outpatient Surgery Market Discussant: Jill Horwitz, UCLA and NBER
10:00 am	Caroline S. Carlin, Medica Research Institute Bryan Dowd, University of Minnesota Roger Feldman, University of Minnesota The Impact of Provider Consolidation on Price: Horizontal Integration and Tied Purchasing Discussant: Kate Ho, Columbia University and NBER
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	Laurence C. Baker, Stanford University and NBER Kate Bundorf, Stanford University and NBER Daniel Kessler, Stanford University and NBER The Effects of Vertical Integration on Hospital Prices, Spending, and Volume Discussant: Leemore Dafny, Northwestern University and NBER
12:30 pm	Adjourn and lunch
Meeting format: Authors should present for 30 minutes followed by discussants for 10 minutes and general discussion for 20 minutes.