Acro Pharmaceutical Services 9th Annual Payer/Managed Care Strategies for Specialty Medications 

The 2015 Acro Pharmaceutical Services’ Payer/Managed Care Symposium will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (invitation only). The audience will include Health Plan and PBM Executives, academia, Specialty Pharmacy Industry Leaders and Biotech Pharmaceutical Executives. Topics will focus around the opportunities and challenges facing specialty pharmaceutical management in the ever changing healthcare environment.

The event will kick off with an evening reception on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 followed by the Symposium (e.g. industry speakers and networking opportunities with key payer decision makers) on Thursday, December 10 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.

We will have speakers and a Payer-Pharma panel discussion focused on important healthcare topics and strategies for managing specialty pharmaceuticals which will include key decision makers from several payers and managed care organizations and executives from pharmaceutical manufacturers.

 

Some of the past and present payer organizations that have attended include:

 

-AscellaHealth

-Amerihealth Caritas

-BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

-BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan

-Capital Blue Cross

-Emblem Health

-HealthPartners Plans

-Highmark BlueCross BlueShield

-Horizon BlueCross BlueShield

-Independence BlueCross

-Independent Health

-Johns Hopkins Healthcare/Priority Partners

-Keystone First

-Navitus Health Solutions

-PerformRx

-Vibra Healthplan

 

Our speakers this year will be:

Linda Schwimmer, JD

President of New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

 

Suzette DiMascio

President and CEO, CSI Specialty Group 

 

All events will be held at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott

 

 

Agenda (Subject to Change):

Wednesday, December 9, 2015:        Philadelphia Downtown Marriott 1201 Market Street Phila, PA 19107

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm          Kick-Off Reception                                                               Independence Ballroom

 

Thursday, December 10, 2015:                                                         

7:00 am - 8:00 am            Meeting Registration & Breakfast                                         Independence Ballroom

8:00 am - 8:15 am            Welcome & Introductions                                                                 Liberty Ballroom

8:15 am – 9:30 am            Keynote: "Know Thy Purchaser: How Large Employers and Government

                                          are Influencing Healthcare Purchasing and Benefit Design"

                                          Linda Schwimmer, JD -President & CEO, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

9:30 am – 10:30 am         "Channel Changes, Challenges, and Opportunites"

                                          Speaker: Suzette DiMascio - President & CEO, CSI Specialty Group   

10:30 am- 11:00 am          Break                                                                                         Liberty Ballroom Foyer

11:00 am -12:30 pm         Specialty Medication Multidisciplinary Industry Panel Discussion       

                                         Moderator: Philip G. Gerbino, PharmD, President Emeritus,

                                         University of the Sciences.                                                                 Liberty Ballroom

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm         Networking Luncheon                                                                        Liberty Ballroom   

2:00 pm                            Conclusion 

 

Interested in Sponsoring?

Please contact Ian Shumard at 484-494-8417, ext 123, or sned an email to marketing@acropharmacy.com. The sponsorship prospectus can be reviewed by clicking here.