“Innovations from the Field: Implementing Quality Improvement Under The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit”

MEETING AGENDA Time Event Location Monday, May 10 5:00pm - 7:00pm MEETING REGISTRATION Vista Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) Tuesday, May 11 7:30am – 3:00pm MEETING REGISTRATION Vista Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) 7:30am – 8:45am BREAKFAST FOR REGISTRANTS Vista East/Vista West (Ballroom Level) 7:30am – 1:00pm SPEAKER READY ROOM Woodlawn (Ballroom Level) 8:45am – 9:00am Plenary Session Welcome/Conference Overview David Schulke, Executive Vice President, The American Health Quality Foundation (AHQF) and The American Health Quality Association (AHQA) Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level)   Plenary Session Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services   9:00am – 9:45am Plenary Session From Knowledge to Practice: A Long and Winding Road Sumit Majumdar, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, PowerPoint Presentation, Press Article (PDF) Moderator - Dale Bratzler, DO, Principal Clinical Coordinator, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality; and President, AHQA Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 9:45am – 11:15am Plenary Session Drug Claims Data and Quality Measurement Catherine Graeff, RPh, MBA, Consultant, FourThought Group and National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Trustee Phil Renner, MBA, Director for Quality Measurement, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Edward Westrick, MD, MS, President, MagnaCare Health Services and Improvement Moderator - David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA/ AHQF Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 11:15am – 11:30am NETWORKING BREAK Vista East/Vista West (Ballroom Level) 11:30am - 12:30pm Plenary Session Major Drug Quality Issues Affecting the Elderly Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Text of Remarks, Presentation Slides Moderator – Dale Bratzler, DO, Principal Clinical Coordinator, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality; and President, AHQA Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 12:30pm – 1:30pm LUNCH Vista East/Vista West (Ballroom Level) 1:30pm – 3:00pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS   Concurrent - 1A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM): Pharmacotherapy Improvement Initiatives Pam Foster, RN, MS, Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs, Caremark Edmond Weisbart, MD, CPE, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Express Scripts Christine Solberg, PharmD, BCPS, Pharmacy Program Director, Prime Therapeutics Moderator – Marissa Schlaifer, RPh, Pharmacy Affairs Director, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Ashlawn North (Lower Mezzanine Level) Concurrent - 1B Drugs, Data and Diabetes Management David Hamburger, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Maryland Physicians Care Rama Shankar, MD, Medical Director, Total Health Care Dan McDougal, MD, Medical Director, Antietam Health Hamburger, McDougal, and Shankar Powerpoint Presentation Drugs, Data and Diabetes Management2006 – 2009 Opportunities Moderator – Neil West, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Group Consulting, Schaller Anderson, Inc. Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) Concurrent - 1C The Value of Health Information Technology in Improving Pharmacotherapy Michael Murray, PharmD, Bucke Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Director, Healthcare Data & Epidemiology Section, Regenstrief Institute Steven Simon, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care & Prevention, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Barbara Zarowitz, PharmD, Chief Clinical Officer and Vice President of Professional Services, OmniCare Moderator - John Haughton, MD, CEO, DocSite Monticello East (Lower Ballroom Level) 3:00pm – 4:00pm NETWORKING RECEPTION Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 4:00pm – 7:00pm CMS Meeting (closed meeting) Ashlawn North (Lower Mezzanine Level) Wednesday, May 12 7:30am – 9:00am  MEETING REGISTRATION Vista Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) 7:30am – 8:45am BREAKFAST FOR REGISTRANTS Vista East/Vista West (Ballroom Level) 7:30am – 9:00am CMS Meeting (closed meeting)  Belle Air Room (Upper Mezzanine) 7:30am – 1:00pm SPEAKER READY ROOM Woodlawn (Ballroom Level) 9:00am – 9:15am Plenary Session The Honorable Nancy Johnson (R-Connecticut) Chairwoman, Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, US House of Representatives Moderator – Marcia Petrillo, MA, CEO, Qualidigm Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 9:15am – 10:45am      CONCURRENT SESSIONS   Concurrent - 2A Formularies, Cost Controls & Medicare Appeals Paul Cotton, National Coordinator - Health Issues, AARP Federal Affairs Pete Penna, PharmD, Principal, Formulary Resources, LLC Roger Williams, MD, Executive Director, U.S. Pharmacopoeia Moderator – David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA/AHQF  Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) Concurrent - 2B Using Drug Claims to Improve Ambulatory Patient Safety Edmond Weisbart, MD, CPE, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Express Scripts, Presentation1, Presentation2 William E. Golden, MD, Vice President for Clinical Quality Improvement, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Moderator – Gregg Laiben, MD, Medical Director, Missouri Patient Care Review Foundation Ashlawn North (Lower Mezzanine) Concurrent - 2C Managed Care Pharmacotherapy Innovations Carolyn Seabolt, RN, MHA, CPHQ, Director of Clinical & Quality Management, PacifiCare Presentation1, Presentation2, Presentation3, Presentation4 Jeff Kang, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and National Medical Director, Cigna Yrena Friedmann, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Aetna Pharmacy Management Moderator – Nikki Robinson, Senior Health Policy Advisor, U.S. Representative Sam Johnson (R- TX) Monticello East (Lower Mezzanine) 10:45am – 11:00am NETWORKING BREAK Vista East/Vista West (Ballroom Level) 11:00am – 12:30pm Plenary Session Priorities for Improving Pharmacotherapy for the Ambulatory Elderly Jerry Gurwitz, MD, PDF1, PDF2, PowerPoint Presentation John Meyers Endowed Professorship in Primary Care Medicine, Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Executive Director of the Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Jennifer Schore, MSW, MS, Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Moderator – Dawn Fitzgerald, MS, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Programs, Center for Healthcare Quality Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 12:30– 1:00pm BOX LUNCH – In Vista Ballroom Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 1:00pm – 2:00pm Plenary Session Large Scale Implementation of Academic Detailing in Ambulatory Care Frank May, RPh, Associate Professor School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Australia Moderator – David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA/AHQF Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 2:00pm – 3:30pm Plenary Session Influencing Prescribing Without Adverse Effects Stephen B. Soumerai, ScD, Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor Epidemiology/Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Moderator – Jonathan Sugarman, MD, MPH, CEO, Qualis Health Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 3:30pm – 3:45pm Plenary Session Closing Remarks David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA/AHQF Vista Ballroom (Ballroom Level)

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