The World Health Care Congress 6th Annual Executive Forum on Pharmacy Benefit Management Strategies will convene health plans, pharmacy and health systems to explore leading issues in Pharmacy and Rx Therapy design. The Forum will examine the hidden and overt cost to the industry from non-adherence and discuss new innovations in pharmacy structure and design to cut waste, control costs, and improve quality of care. Participants will explore the new opportunities for improving outcomes through increased pharmacy involvement in care as well as new developments in technology that offer solutions to challenges in medication therapy compliance.  Delegates will hear about the emerging role of the pharmacist as a resource and in patient care, analyzing Medication Therapy Management (MTM) outside of Medicare Part D and learning how to conduct assessments of  these and other new services to calculate value and increase their organizations ROI.

The World Health Care Congress 6th Annual Executive Forum on Pharmacy Benefit Management Strategies will focus on:

• The Impact of Health Care Reform on Pharmacy
• The Emerging Roles of the Pharmacist in New Care Delivery Models
• Commercial Medication Therapy Management services: analyzing cost effectiveness and ROI
• Designing Pharmacy Benefit Programs that focus on improving medication adherence and overall therapy compliance
• Value Based Design as it relates to pharmacy; what’s the new information and where is it coming from?
• Innovative Therapy Compliance Programs

Continuing Pharmacy Education

Pharmacists
This activity is eligible for ACPE credit, see final CPE activity announcement for specific details.

Chairperson
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
2011 Confirmed Speakers
Brian Anderson Consultant Milliman	Samuel W. “Bo” Bartholomew, III Chief Executive Officer PharmMD
Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School	Beckie Fenrick, Pharm D, MBA Senior Director of Clinical Pharmacy Programs Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Rick Finch Director, Benefits Services Drummond Company	Lori J. Golterman, Pharm D Clinical Specialist , Pharmacy Benefits Management Department of Veterans Affairs
C. Bernie Good, MD, MPH Chair, Medical Advisory Panel for Pharmacy Benefits Department of Veterans Affairs Professor Medicine, University of Pittsburgh	Mimi Johnson, MPhil Director of Health Policy National Consumers League
Mary Ann Kliethermes, BS, PharmD Vice-Chair Ambulatory Care, Associate Professor Chicago College of Pharmacy Midwestern University	Patty Kumbera Chief Operating Officer Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care
Elizabeth Mauer Vice President, Specialty Pharmacy Solutions Prime Therapeutics	Vanita K. Pindolia, Pharm D Vice President, Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Services; Director, Managed Care Residency Program Henry Ford Health System and Health Alliance
Dan Rehrauer, Pharm D Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager Health Partners	Edwina Rogers Executive Director Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Gloria P. Sachdev, PharmD, RPh Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Purdue University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Medicine Indiana University	Hank Scheff Director of Research & Employee Benefits AFSCME Council 31
Anthony Schueth, MS Project Manager Point-of-Care Partners	Richard M. Schulz, PhD Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy University of South Carolina
Anna Theodorou, RPh, MBA Director, Industry Analytics & Outcomes CVS Caremark	Deborah Wible Chief Pharmacy Officer Continuum Health Partners Inc.
Winston Wong, PharmD Director, Pharmacy Management CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield	Janet S. Wright, MD, FACC Senior Vice President, Science and Quality American College of Cardiology