Meeting Schedules

2009 Educational Conference
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, TX

October 7, 2009 - Wednesday

BOD	8:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Board of Directors Meeting
COM	8:00 AM - 5:30 PM	Committee Meetings
REG	12:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Registration
PRE	1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	EBM Demystified: A Practical, Simplified Approach for Evaluating the Medical Literature - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
SS1	1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Specialty Pharmaceutical Utilization Strategies for Usage of Biologic Response Modifiers
EVENT	5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Opening Night Reception

October 8, 2009 - Thursday

COM	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Committee Meetings
EVENT	7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Welcome Breakfast for New Members and First Time Attendees
REG	7:00 AM - 5:30 PM	Registration
W	7:30 AM - 11:15 AM	EBM Demystified: A Practical, Simplified Approach for Evaluating the Medical Literature - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
C10	8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Comparative Effectiveness: Improving Health Care Quality and Value
C1	8:15 AM - 9:15 AM	A Quality Initiative to Improve Physician Prescribing Practices
PB1	8:15 AM - 9:15 AM	Payers and Brand Manufacturers Working Together for Appropriate Pharmaceutical Care
MCE1	8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Value Analysis of New Medications - 2009 Update
SS2	8:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Patient, Payer and Provider Solutions in Multiple Sclerosis Management
W1	9:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Getting the Right Results: Steps for Leading Effective Teams
MCE2	9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Exploring the Inner Workings of the DoD P&T Committee
BREAK	10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Break
MCE3	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	How to Influence Member Behavior through Optimal Plan Design: What Works, What Doesn't and Why?
EVENT	11:15 AM - 12:45 PM	Leadership Lunch (invitation only)
EVENT	11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Student Pharmacist Luncheon
SP1	12:00 PM - 12:45 PM	How to Successfully Attend a Professional Meeting
GEN	1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Thursday General Session - Governor Howard Dean, MD and Senator William H. Frist, MD
BREAK	2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Break
C2	2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Scanning the Pharmaceutical Pipeline: What's on the Horizon?
C3	2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Federal and State Legislative Updates
C4	2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Health Information Technology and e-Prescribing Update
C5	2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Medicare Part D Update
SP2	2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Applying Managed Care Principles Across Practice Settings
C6	4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Emerging Issues and Trends in Health Care and Managed Care Pharmacy
C7	4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Performance Based Contracting: Strategies for Health Plans and PBMs to Ensure Quality and Value
C8	4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	A New Service: AMCP's eDossier System Powered by Dymaxium
F	4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	HIT Open Forum
PB2	4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Facing the Managed Care Challenge for Determining Appropriate Pharmaceutical Utilization: A Case Study in Asthma

October 9, 2009 - Friday

SS3	6:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Strategies for Improving Asthma Outcomes: A Case Based Review of Successes and Pitfalls
REG	7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration
C09	8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Specialty Pharmaceutical Pipeline Outlook and Trends
C11	8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	New Developments in AMCP's Format for Formulary Submissions
C21	8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Collaborative Approaches to Advancing COPD Care Using NCQA HEDIS Measures
C22	8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	AARP Tools That Can Help Your Patients Manage Their Medications and Save Money - NEW SESSION JUST ADDED!
RT1	8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Moving the Metrics - Interventions Helping to Move the Adherence Needle
RT2	8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Manual Part D Claims: Breaking Through the Reimbursement Obstacles for Medicare Advantage Organizations
RT3	8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Estimating Generic Availability: Tips and Projections for Managed Care Pharmacists
RT4	8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Outcomes Research Rotation Format for Postgraduate Year One Managed Care Pharmacy Residency Programs
RT5	8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	From Evidence to Access: A More Transparent Formulary Decision-Making Process
RT6	8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Bariatric Surgery - Is There Really Return on Investment?
W2	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Bolstering Your Interpersonal Effectiveness in Tough Economic Times
BREAK	9:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Break
C12	9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Patient Centered Medical Home - What it Means for Managed Care Pharmacy
C13	9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Implications of a World without Average Wholesale Price
C14	9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Leveraging Health: Levers and Dividends in Value-Based Benefit Design
C15	9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	The Pharmacogenomics of Oncology Medications
SP3	9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	What is Specialty Pharmacy?
GEN	11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Friday General Session - Gail Wilensky, PhD, Economist & Senior Fellow, Project HOPE
EVENT	12:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
MCIF	12:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Managed Care Industry Forum
POSTERS	12:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Poster Presentations
C16	2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	The Changing Paradigm of Specialty Pharmacy from Injectables to Orals: Implications for Managed Care
C17	2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Integrating PQA Pharmacy Performance Measures into Outpatient Pharmacy Care: Highlights from Two PQA Demonstration Projects
C18	2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Results of FMCP's Fourth Annual Emerging Trends Survey: Your Peers Speak Out
RES	3:15 PM - 6:00 PM	12th Annual Managed Care Pharmacy Residency Showcase
BREAK	3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Break
C19	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Scanning the Pharmaceutical Pipeline: What's on the Horizon?
C20	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	A Wall Street Look at the Managed Care Industry for 2010
EVENT	5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Student Pharmacist and New Member Reception
EVENT	6:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Adjournment of the AMCP 2009 Educational Conference

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