90-minute Webcast

Strategies to Actively Manage Specialty Pharmacy Drugs Now

Wednesday, October 11, 2006  
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EDT
(1:00 – 2:30 p.m. CDT, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. MDT, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PDT)

Do you cover self-administered specialty drugs under medical or pharmacy benefit? Possibly both?

Is your medical or pharmacy benefit provider applying criteria for coverage of these expensive drugs?

Are members who receive these medications enrolled in disease management programs?

This Webcast will help you develop an active, engaged approach to providing specialty pharmacy coverage. Prioritize disease states for a systematic process to identify immediate opportunities for savings associated with curbing misuse and inappropriate utilization. Asthma, growth hormones and psoriasis will serve as case examples to illustrate how clinical management guidelines can be employed to ensure beneficiaries have access to needed specialty therapies while managing the plan sponsor’s financial risk.

Learning Objectives:

The Webcast is designed to help human resource and benefits professionals, pharmacy professionals, PBM executives, and consultants to:

• Identify critical issues in developing a specialty pharmacy strategy and plan design approach
• List questions plan sponsors should ask pharmacy benefit managers about specialty pharmacy coverage and pricing
• Prioritize therapeutic classes and disease states for management strategies
• Understand the importance of clinical management strategies by disease state, with asthma, growth hormones and psoriasis as case examples

Agenda:

2:00 p.m.
Employer/Plan Sponsor Perspective on Active Management of Benefit
Lisa Gish, Executive Director
Tri-State Business Group on Health

2:30 p.m.
Setting Priorities and Establishing Clinical Strategies
Estay Greene, PharmD
Director, Pharmacy Benefits
Cleveland Health Network/Cleveland Clinic

3:00 p.m.
Joint question-and-answer session

Speakers:

Lisa Gish is executive director of Tri-State Business Group on Health (TSBGH). Her consulting and management experience includes employee medical and pharmacy benefit design, wellness programs, group purchasing, health care policy and strategy, data analysis, and pharmacy benefit program development. Before joining TSBGH in 1998, Gish led the medical management department for a large national insurance company and was responsible for utilization management, quality improvement, case management, disease management and employer reporting.

Gish is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the National Business Coalition on Health, the Board of Directors of Cancer Care Options, and the American Diabetes Association Leadership Council. She has a bachelor’s degree in nursing, and a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Southern Indiana.

Estay Greene, PharmD, is the director of pharmacy benefits for the Cleveland Health Network/Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Greene facilitates the operation, coordination and implementation of the CHN prescription drug program. He supports the management of financial and clinical goals established by the organization and designs and updates the CHN Formulary in conjunction with the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He is also responsible for the design of disease management strategies to improve pharmaceutical care outcomes and implement Medicare Part D strategies for the organization.

Previously, Greene was a clinical pharmacy specialist for Kaiser Permanente of Ohio, and a clinical pharmacist/pharmacy manager for Rite Aid Pharmacies. He has a doctor of pharmacy degree from Duquesne University

Register online OR download a registration form and fax a completed form to 480-222-4229.

$279 per work site
10% discount for PBMI’s Individual Plan Sponsor members and 5% discount for PBM and Industry Partner members.

Confirmation and participant credentials:

Once your registration is processed, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to the Accuconference Website where you will sign in to obtain your participant credentials. Your credentials will include the dial-in telephone number, unique PIN (Participant Identification Number) and a Web link.

System requirements:

To participate in the Webcast, you will need a telephone and a computer equipped with an Internet connection, Windows 2000 or XP, and one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, Netscape 5.0, or Firefox. Recommended system requirements are Pentium 4 with 1.4GHz, 512 RAM, and a 100Mbit Network Card. A Pentium 3 and Windows 98 are minimum requirements.


If you have questions, contact info@pbmi or call 480-730-0814.