| Thursday, November 5, 2015 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Self-Pay dinner |
| Friday, November 6, 2015 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| Session 1 Moderator: Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
|
| 8:30 | Welcome Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 8:45 | Taking the Measure of a Fatal Drug Epidemic  Presenter: Christopher J. Ruhm, University of Virginia Discussant: Christina DePasquale, Emory University |
| 9:45 | Contraceptive Choice after the Affordable Care Act Presenter: Angela Fertig, University of Georgia Coauthors: Caroline S. Carlin and Bryan Dowd Discussant: Sara Markowitz, Emory University |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | Smoking and Mortality: New Evidence from a Long Panel Appendix Presenter: Donna Gilleskie, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Coauthors: Michael Darden and Koleman Strumpf Discussant: Zhou Yang, Emory University |
| Lunch | |
| Session 2 Moderator: Tom Mroz, Georgia State University |
|
| 1:15 | Missing Work Is a Pain: The Effect of Cox-2 Inhibitors on Sickness Absence and Disability Pension Receipt Presenter: Megan Skira, University of Georgia Coauthor: Aline Butikofer Discussant: Anthony T. LoSasso, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2:15 | The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior Presenter: Nicolas Ziebarth, Cornell University Coauthor: Stefan Pichler Discussant: Dan Kreisman, Georgia State University |
| 3:15 | Break |
| 3:30 | A Theory of Education and Health Presenter: Titus Galama, University of Southern California Coauthor: Hans van Kippersluis Discussant: Peter Savelyev, Vanderbilt University |
| 4:30 | Testing for Changes in the SES-Mortality Gradient When the Distribution of Education Changes Too Presenter: Seth Richards-Shubik, Lehigh University Coauthors: Thomas Goldring and Fabian Lange Discussant: David Frisvold, University of Iowa |
| 5:45 | Reception |
| 6:15 | Dinner |
| Saturday, November 7 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| Session 3 Moderator: Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University |
|
| 9:00 | Hospital Alignment with Physicians as a Bargaining Response to Commercial Insurance Markets Presenter: Ian McCarthy, Emory University Coauthor: Sean Sheng-Hsiu Huang Discussant: Allison Cuellar, George Mason University |
| 10:00 | Regulating High-Skilled Immigration and the Market for Medical Residents Presenter: Michael R. Richards, Vanderbilt University Coauthor: Anthony T. LoSasso Discussant: Scott Barkowski, Clemson University |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Gaming of Quality Inspection: Evidence from High Frequency Staffing Data Presenter: Sean Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Georgetown University Coauthor: Richard A. Hirth Discussant: Guy David, University of Pennsylvania |
| Closing remarks | |
| 12:30 | Box lunch |
Conference OrganizersMelinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaBarry Hirsch, Georgia State University Tom Mroz, Georgia State University |
Steering CommitteeW. David Bradford, University of GeorgiaMarisa Domino, University of North Carolina Alvin Headen, North Carolina State University Michael Morrisey, Texas A&M Christopher Ruhm, University of Virginia Frank Sloan, Duke University |