Events

Featured presenter:

• Anita M. Allemand, PharmD, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product Innovation and Development, CVS Health

Highlights:

• General Session: Market-Driven Approaches to Managing the Rise in Drug Prices
• Presenter: Anita M. Allemand, PharmD, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product Innovation and Development, CVS Health

In the last year, drug price increases have been in the double digits in the U.S., and the increases are larger and occurring more frequently than in previous years. This issue has dominated the national media through much of 2016, led to increased congressional scrutiny, and even pushed drug pricing into the presidential campaign. But there are market-driven approaches that can help moderate the rise in prices. In fact, now more than ever, health plans and large employers need a comprehensive approach to managing rising drug prices that both improves patient care and reduces unnecessary spending.

Featured Presenter:

• Surya Singh, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Specialty Pharmacy, CVS Health

Highlights:

Innovation in Pharmacy Delivery: Value-Based Purchasing for Drugs
March 30, 2017

Presenters:

• Surya Singh, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Specialty Pharmacy, CVS Health
• Rena Conti, Ph.D, Departments of Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology and Health Studies, The University of Chicago
• Sarah Emond, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review

We often hear "you get what you pay for." However, that statement seems vastly oversimplified in a multifaceted drug industry where the cost of a single medication can be dictated and influenced by a number of factors. A value-based purchasing strategy, which ties payment to the manufacturer with drug efficacy, is touted as the next big solution to the pharmacy expenditure crisis. Watch experts discuss and debate the merits of value-based purchasing and its ability to control health care costs for the long term.

Featured Presenters:

• Trip Hofer, VP, Specialty Product, President of Accordant, a CVS Health company
• Theresa Juday, Senior Specialty Professional, Specialty Pharmacy, CVS Health

Highlights:

Applying Innovative Technology to Enhance the Effectiveness of a Specialty Management Model
May 8, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Trip Hofer, VP, Specialty Product, President of Accordant, a CVS Health company

By 2020, specialty drugs will represent 55% of all drug costs, with half falling under the medical benefit. Disparate benefit systems can contribute to limited visibility into a health care payor’s true specialty drug spend, and lead to complex and fragmented care. Using automated technology to manage across medical and pharmacy benefits can help generate incremental savings opportunities while improving patient outcomes. This session will explore how technology can help transform data into actionable interventions to manage the health of complex populations, improve clinical outcomes, and deliver lowest net cost for payors.

Proactive Pipeline Management to Help Address Growing Trend
May 9, 2017, 1:00-2:00 pm
Presenter:  Theresa Juday, Senior Specialty Professional, Specialty Pharmacy, CVS Health

With specialty drugs dominating the pipeline for expensive and complex conditions including autoimmune, oncology, cystic fibrosis and even high cholesterol, it is important to have a strong foundational knowledge of the changing market. Some treatment regimens for some of the most expensive specialty drugs cost up to $400,000, while the legal and regulatory treatment of these pricey and often life-saving medications add to management complexity.  Learn about key strategies to help mitigate unnecessary drug spend.     

Feature Presenter:

Tracy Bahl, CVS Health Executive Vice President of Health Plans, will be on a panel focusing on The Healthcare Delivery System of the Future. 

Highlights: 

• Improved data connectivity and rapidly-evolving technologies impact on care delivery systems around the world. 
• Technological solutions that are the most in demand by the different players in the health ecosystem
• How data is reshaping and reinventing the care continuum 
• What new capabilities are on the horizon

The panel will also explore what the delivery system of the future might look like, including the potential for data and technology to enhance the patient experience, improve outcomes, and lower costs, ultimately changing care as we know it.

Feature Presenters:

• Surya Singh, MD, Vice President and CMO, Specialty, CVS Health 
• Jon Roberts, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, CVS Health

Highlights: 

• The Growth of Specialty Pharmacy: Key Trends to Consider
  Monday, March 5 | 11:15 am - 11:45 am
   
  As specialty continues to grow, estimated to reach $280B by 2021, market dynamics will have wide ranging impacts on how cost-effective care is delivered. During this session, Alan will address key trends he believes are crucial for the specialty pharmacy industry to address.
   
  • Robust pipeline of specialty agents used to treat higher prevalence disease states create cost pressure, clinical promise
  • Transformative therapies, like high-cost CAR T-cell products, present a challenging economic proposition in a fragmented U.S. market
  • Advances in oncology testing creates complexity and opportunity for better patient care
  • True generics and biosimilars are emerging as a significant factor in specialty management 
     
• Managing Specialty Costs by Improving Patient Care
  Tuesday, March 6 | 9:15 am - 9:45 am
   
  Effectively managing the cost of specialty care requires a focus on more than drug costs alone. In this PBM leadership session, Jon will discuss benefit management strategies aimed at improving health outcomes and simplifying the health care experience, and why they are key to lowering spending overall. These strategies also require working closely with multiple stakeholders, including patients, payers, and providers.

Containing Costs. Connecting Care. Engaging Members.

This is how we’re taking a stand to help shape the future of health care. CVS Health leaders and industry experts will share the strategies, programs and innovations that matter most for health care today... and tomorrow.

Featured presenters include:

• Larry Merlo, President and CEO, CVS Health
• Jonathan C. Roberts, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CVS Health
• Troy Brennan, Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health
• Alan Lotvin, Executive Vice President, Specialty Pharmacy, CVS Caremark
• David Joyner, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, CVS Caremark
• Tracy Bahl, Executive Vice President, Health Plans, CVS Caremark 

Feature Presenters:

• Rob O'Brien, R.Ph., Vice President, Specialty Solutions, CVS Specialty, CVS Health
• Andrew Krueger, M.D., Senior Medical Director, Accordant Health Services, CVS Health

Highlights: 

• Innovation in Pharmacy and Health Care Delivery: Is Value Purchasing the Future of Pharmacy Reimbursement?
  Thursday, April 19 | 10:30  - 11:30 am
  Health plans, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), pharmaceutical manufacturers, and employers are beginning to implement value-based drug purchasing arrangements like outcomes-based pricing; indication-based pricing; indication-based formularies. Rob O'Brien joins a panel of pharmacy experts to discuss how value-based management strategies can help ensure drug prices align with the value they deliver.
• Transforming the Pharmacy Experience: A Panel of Patients, Manufacturers, PBMs and Providers
  Friday, April 20 | 10:45  - 11:45 am

  Dr. Krueger joins this panel to discuss the patient pharmacy experience. Whether it’s receiving specialty medications, choosing the right medication with a treating physician, exploring alternative sites of care or finding ways to pay for it all, there is clearly a need to improve the experience for patients. This thought-provoking discussion of panelists represents each decision-point within the pharmacy supply chain. 

Featured Presenter:

• Dr. Dick Creager MD, MPA, Medical Director, Emergency Medicine, CVS Health

Highlights:

• Successful Strategies to Battle Widespread Opioid Abuse
  Wednesday, May 2 | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

  It is well known that the human and economic costs of widespread prescription opioid abuse are profound. The U.S. accounts for 80 percent of the world’s consumption of opioid painkillers and 99 percent of hydrocodone. Without a doubt, addressing our nation’s opioid crisis calls for a multipronged effort involving many health care stakeholders – from physicians to pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacies to government officials. 

Please join Dr. Creager for this important discussion and stop by booth 316 in the exhibit hall to meet the CVS Health team. 

Featured Presenter: 

• Dr. Andrew C. Krueger, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Accordant Health Services

Highlights:

• New Approach to Managing Care for Patients with Chronic Conditions and Comorbidities
  Wednesday, March 5, 2019 | 2:10 PM – 3:00 PM
   
  Nearly 60% of adults living in the United States have at least one chronic condition such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma or COPD. Improving outcomes and lowering overall health care costs for these conditions requires addressing all the challenges faced by patients, while keeping them engaged throughout therapy. These are areas where traditional disease management programs are limited. Success largely depends on a patient’s ability to navigate their care between brief, and infrequent, doctor’s visits, where nearly 50% leave not understanding what they’ve been told.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1681370/

Join Dr. Andrew C. Krueger to:

• Understand how to utilize your members’ pharmacy and biometric data to capture a more holistic view of their health and address their unique complexities of care
• Discover how new, connected technologies are enhancing the way patients monitor their therapy and communicate activity back to their care team.
• See the value in engaging members within their own communities, at influential points in care, to help guide actionable change

Featured Presenters:

• Christine Sawicki, Rph, MBA, CLSSMBB –  Senior Director, Specialty Product Development, CVS Health
• Theresa Juday, Rph – Senior Specialty Professional, CVS Health

Highlights:

• Improving Patient Care through Data and Devices
  Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
   
  Patients taking complex specialty pharmaceuticals face many challenges that may call for smarter and more targeted interventions. Their individualized needs often can be better managed and supported with data from digital tools and connected devices. In this session, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of managing patients with complex needs using advanced analytics with data from connected devices. We will also explore patient interactions through integrated health records to enhance patient management for specific diseases. 

Join us as we discuss:

• The opportunities and challenges of patient data integration through an example of data utilization of connected devices, digital tools, care management interactions and integrated health records. 
• How integrating data from several touch points, along with patient interactions, helps create a comprehensive patient dataset to support clinical care. 
• Future innovations in the pipeline that have the potential to impact patient care, manage cost and/or transform the health care landscape. 
• Plan sponsor, patient, and caregiver perspectives with remote monitoring and connected care.

Please join Christine Sawicki and Theresa Juday for this important discussion and stop by booth 401 in the exhibit hall to meet the CVS Health team.