The Health & Human Capital Management Series, a division of World Congress, is proud to present the World Congress 5th Annual Executive Forum on Pharmacy Benefit Management Strategies taking place July 12-13, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA. The forum annually highlights employer and payer responses to the rising costs of pharmaceuticals with creative new strategies to improve patient outcomes.

This year's forum identifies pertinent issues facing employers and plans that include developing Medication Therapy Management programs, addressing ways to overcome barriers to diverse population drug challenges, Medicare Part D, changes to pharmacy in light of health reform and measuring the impact and effectiveness of existing pharmacy management programs.

The 5th Annual Executive Forum on Pharmacy Benefit Management Strategies will help senior executives from employers, health plans, pharmaceutical companies, PBMs and government to:

• Explore the latest strategies for new benefit design to increase value
• Hear what is next for e-Prescribing now that it is married to the adoption and success of EHRs
• Learn how to advance pharmacy interoperability for accurate data exchange and reduction in prescription error
• Address the continuous challenges of Medicare Part D coverage and the changes associated with health reform
• Strategically manage the costs and adherence of formulary drugs

Brian Anderson Consultant Milliman	Jan Berger, MD, MJ President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Intelligence Partners; Former Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, CVS Caremark; Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Pharmacy Benefit
David Bodycombe, ScD Assistant Scientist Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Bruce Cutter, MD Oncologist Cancer Care North West
Rick Finch Director, Benefits Services Drummond Company	Cheryl Larson Vice President Midwest Business Group on Health
Blake Lesselroth, MD, MBI Assistant Professor of Medicine and Informatics Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Oregon Health Sciences University	Michael A. Nameth, RPh, MBA Executive Vice President Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
Lynn Nishida, RPh Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services RegenceRx	Mihir H. Patel, PharmD, RPh Pharmacy HIT Practice Lead Point-of-Care Partners Project Manager Southeastern Michigan ePrescribing Initiative (SEMI) Pharmacy Quality Committee
Gloria P. Sachdev, PharmD, RPh Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Purdue University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Medicine Indiana University	Thomas O. Stambaugh, RPh, MBA Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, CIGNA Pharmacy Management; Chief Pharmacy Officer, CIGNA Corporation
SuAnn Stone, RPh Director, Pharmacy Services RegenceRx	Brian Wheelan Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development Beacon Health Strategies, LLC