PharmaAudioconference: Agenda

Audioconference Agenda

National Pharma Audioconference: The New Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card Program: How it Will Work and Who Will Participate

1:00 pm - 2:45 pm (Eastern)
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm (Central)
11:00 am - 12:45 pm (Mountain)
10:00 am - 11:45 am (Pacific)

The Audioconference agenda is set forth in Eastern Daylight Time below:
1:00 pm	Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Faculty Tricia Neuman, Sc.D.
1:05 pm	Overview of the New Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card Program John Richardson, MPP Presentation Materials in Powerpoint or Acrobat
1:20 pm	CMS Implementation Plans Timothy P. Trysla
1:40 pm	The Potential Role of Pharmacists and Pharmacies Kristina E. Lunner Presentation Materials in Powerpoint or Acrobat
1:55 pm	The Potential Role of PBMs and Other Third Parties Kirby Bessant Presentation Materials in Powerpoint or Acrobat
2:10 pm	Implications of the Drug Discount Card Program for Consumers Tricia Neuman, Sc.D. Designing a Medicare Drug Discount Card: Implications of Policy Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries and Plan Sponsors, prepared by Health Strategies Consultancy LLC for the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicare/6110.cfm Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Current Programs and Issues, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.kff.org/medicare/6014-index.cfm Summary of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement & Modernization Act of 2003, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicare/6120.cfm
2:20 pm	Questions and Answers
2:45 pm	Audioconference Adjournment