Draft Schedule*
Work Group Meeting | Pre-Conference
Sunday, May 3, 2015
7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration Open
WG3 Standard Identifiers
Culturekeepers Hall West
Kierland 1C
WG2 Product Identification
Kierland 1A&1B
WG11 ePrescribing and Related Transactions
Kierland 2
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by: RelayHealth
Culturekeepers Hall West
Lunch
On Own
New Member Welcome Lunch **
Trailblazer C
WG9 Government Programs
Kierland 1A&1B
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
WG11 ePrescribing and Related Transactions
(continued)
WG16 Property and Casualty/
Workers’ Compensation
Refreshment Break
MC Maintenance and Control
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
President’s Leadership Appreciation Dinner**
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Kierland 2
Kierland 1C
Culturekeepers Hall West
Kierland 2
Trailblazer D&E
Work Group Meetings | Pre-Conference
Monday, May 4, 2015
6:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration Open
CMS Medicare Part D and General
Medicaid Discussion
WG45 External Standards Assessment,
Harmonization and
Implementation Guidance
Culturekeepers Hall West
WG1 Telecommunication
WG7 Manufacturer and Associated Trading Partner
Transaction Standards
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by: Express Scripts
Kierland 2
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
User Group Luncheon**
Trailblazer C
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch
On Own
WG1 Telecommunication (continued)
Kierland 2
WG10 Professional Pharmacy Services
Kierland 1C
WG14 Long Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC)
Kierland 1A&1B
Culturekeepers Hall West
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Kierland 2
Kierland 1C
Kierland 1A&1B
Culturekeepers Hall West
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
MC Maintenance and Control
Kierland 2
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
General Business Meeting
Kierland 2
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Solutions Marketplace Opening Reception
(Passport Drawing)
Sponsored by: Surescripts
Herberger Ballroom
(Level 1, Lower Level)
Annual Conference
Monday, May 4, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration Open
Breakfast
Welcome
Opening Session Industry Thought Leader Panel:
Politics, Policy and People Moderator: Thomas R.
Bizzaro, R.Ph.,Vice President, Health Policy and
Industry Relations, FDB (First Databank, Inc.)
Panelists: Jim Bialick, President, Patient Safety
Movement Foundation|Patient Safety Movement
Coalition; Mary Jo Carden, Director of Regulatory
Affairs, AMCP; Brandi Greenberg, Managing Director,
The Advisory Board Company
Sponsored by: Catamaran
Technical: Integrating Patient Safety Organization
Analysis Into Everyday Pharmacy Practice.
Speaker: Averill Gordon, Pharm.D., MBA, Director of
Pharmacovigilance, Walgreen Co.
Sponsored by: Walgreen Co.
Culturekeepers Hall West
Culturekeepers Hall West
Kierland 2-4
Kierland 2-4
Kierland 1A-C
Professional: ACA: Challenge Change
Moderator: Michelle Hayslett, Director, Client Services,
Argus Health Systems Panelists: Catherine Graeff, R.Ph., Trailblazer D&E
MBA, Principal, Sonora Advisory Group; Tom Zumtobel,
CEO, Meritus
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by: Express Scripts
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Technical: Benefits of Adopting Pharmacist EHR to
Enhance Patient Care
Speaker: Shelly Spiro, Executive Director, Pharmacy HIT Kierland 1A-C
Collaborative
Professional: CMS Part D Program Integrity Overview
Speaker: CAPT Michael Forman, R.Ph., Senior Health
Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) and Camille J. Brown, Acting Director,
Trailblazer D&E
Division of Plan Oversight and Accountability (DPOA)
Center for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS)
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Culturekeepers Hall West
Technical: Surviving and Thriving the Medicare
Program Audits of 2015
Speakers: Sherry Pound, Principal, BluePeak Advisors
Kierland 1A-C
and Babette Edgar, Pharm.D., MBA, Principal, BluePeak
Advisors
Professional: The Role of the Pharmacist in Genetic
Testing
Speakers: Patty Benjamin, Consultant, Northwest
Molecular, LLC, and Ken Webert, R.Ph., Owner,
Northwest Molecular, LLC
Trailblazer D&E
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Awards and Recognition Luncheon with Doug Long
Sponsored by: FDB (First Databank, Inc.)
Kierland 2-4
Technical: Critical Implementation Considerations to
Ensure the Success of Biosimilars Speakers: Thomas
Felix, MD, R&D Policy Director, Global Regulatory
Affairs and Safety, Amgen, Inc. and Mark Guimond,
Director State Legislative Affairs, Arthritis Foundation
Kierland 1A-C
Professional: PDMP Pilot: Using Standards to Combat
Prescription Drug Abuse
Panelists: Tim Stolldorf, Integration Engineer, Epic; Clay
Rogers, Product Manager, Appriss; and Carl Flansbaum, Trailblazer D&E
R.Ph., New Mexico Prescription Monitoring Program
(PMP) Director
Sponsored by: Walmart
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Technical: How Government Regulations Impact
Management of Prescriber Data
Speakers: Brad Fawcett, Director, Sales, NCPDP;
Kierland 1A-C
Miranda Rochol, Vice President, Product and Strategy,
HDS; and Daniel Schofield, Senior Director, Provider
Verification & Innovation, HMS
Professional: Expanded Role of the Pharmacist
Panel: Kevin Masci, Pharm.D., Senior Group Manager
for Healthcare Safety and Quality, Target; Jason Ausili,
Pharm.D., Manager of Healthcare Quality, Target; and
Trailblazer D&E
Jeffrey Barkin, M.D., DFAPA, Associate Medical Director,
Goold Healthcare, an Emdeon Company
Sponsored by: Target
4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Solutions Marketplace (Passport Drawing)
Refreshments Sponsored by: Cardinal Health
Herberger Ballroom
(Level 1, Lower Level)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
NCPDP Foundation Pour***
Trailblazer C
6:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open
Culturekeepers Hall West
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Culturekeepers Hall West
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Featured Speaker Alexandra Drane
Sponsored by: Argus Health Systems, Inc.
Kierland 2-4
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Solutions Marketplace (Passport Drawing)
Herberger Ballroom
(Level 1, Lower Level)
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by: Sandoz, a Novartis Company
Culturekeepers Hall West
Kierland 1A-C
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Technical: Electronic Prior Authorization
Speakers: Perry Lewis, Vice President of Industry
Relations, CoverMyMeds; John Poikonen, Pharm.D.,
Vice President for Clinical Content for Medproof, a
Hearst Health Company; and Tony Schueth, CEO &
Managing Partner, Point of Care Partners
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Professional: Patient Safety: A Pharmacy Perspective
Speakers: Kevin Dore, Director, Pharmacy Division,
Emdeon and Heather Sundar, Pharm.D., Vice President, Trailblazer D&E
Clinical Research and New Solutions, Express Scripts
Sponsored by: Express Scripts
Passing of the Gavel Luncheon with
Keynote, Carey Lohrenz
Kierland 2-4
Sponsored by: Elsevier
Meet and Greet with Carey Lohrenz
Sponsored by: Elsevier
Culturekeepers Hall West
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Technical: REMS Standardization via Structured
Product Labeling (SPL): FDA Priority Project for
Downstream Automation Speakers: Gerald McEvoy,
Pharm.D., Assistant Vice President, AHFS Drug
Information, ASHP; Edward D. Millikan, Pharm.D., R.Ph., Kierland 2-4
Director, Product Development and Maintenance,
eHealth Solutions clinical informaticist, ASHP; and Adam
Kroetsch, MSPPM, Operations Research Analyst, FDA
Sponsored by: Walgreen Co.
Professional: Pharmacy Compounding: Changes and
Challenges Speakers: Dale Drizd, Pharm.D.,
Manager, Healthcare Product Management,
Walgreen Co.; Diana Baumohl, Vice President, Business Trailblazer D&E
Development, United Compounding Management; and
Shawn Davis, Pharm.D., MBA, Senior Director, Clinical
Solutions, Express Scripts
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions
Refreshments Sponsored by:
Washington Publishing Company
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sponsor Reception**
Vista Morada
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Rendezvous Networking Event
Trailblazer Ballroom
All meeting locations are located on Level 2, Lobby Level unless noted.
* Conference schedule subject to change ** By invitation only
*** Additional fee
Herberger Ballroom