Jaime S. King is the John and Marylyn Mayo Chair in Health Law and Professor of Law at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Professor King’s research explores the ways that the law and policy can be used to promote health and improve healthcare system functioning. Specifically, she focuses on the use of law and regulation to counteract the impacts of various forms of healthcare consolidation on price and access to care. In 2020, Professor King joined the University of Auckland, where her research also examines how nations can develop policies to promote sustainable domestic health systems. Prior to joining the University of Auckland in July 2020, Professor King was the Bion M. Gregory Chair of Business Law and a Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, now UC Law SF. She served as the Associate Dean and co-Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, and Health Policy, the co-Founder and co-Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Master’s Program in Health Law and Policy, and the Director of the J.D. Concentration on Law and Health Sciences. Professor King is the co-Founder of The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, a multi-disciplinary web-based resource about healthcare price and competition.
Presentation (PPTX format): Academic Medical Center Acquisitions – Expanding Expertise or Higher Prices