7:00am-5:00pm
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Registration Open
Location: West Registration Desk
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| 7:00-8:00am |
Continental Breakfast -- Stakeholder Networking Opportunity (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall |
| 7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast: 340B Lessons from the Field - Part 1
Location: Congressional A/B Room
Covered entities use 340B vendors to support 340B compliance operations in different ways, and there are a variety of vendors in the 340B marketplace offering support services. This session is designed for covered entities to hear vendors’ perspectives and lessons learned from working with clients on 340B issues.
Vidya Bhat,
Vice President, Customer Success, Trellis Rx
Christy Bryant, Vice President, regulatory Affairs & Compliance, Macro Helix
Callie Lyons,
Vice President, Pharmacy Support, Wellpartner
Rob Miller,
Senior Vice President of Business Development, Strategic Planning, and Operations, 340B Health
(Moderator)
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| 9:15-10:15am |
Vendor Demo: 340Basics (Open to All Attendees)
Location: Executive Room |
| 340B Career Development Workshop* |
| 9:30am |
Understanding Medicare Cost Reporting
Location: Diplomat Ballroom
This interactive session will walk you through the key elements in Medicare Cost Reports.
Jeannine Grinnell,
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, UW Medicine Valley Medical Center
Barbara Straub Williams,
Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
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| 10:15am |
Refreshment Break and Networking Opportunity
Location: Diplomat Ballroom & Foyer
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| 10:30am |
Mistakes Happen: Transforming 340B Challenges Into Success
Location: Diplomat Ballroom
Building a culture that allows employees at all levels of an organization to learn from their failures is essential to fostering a high-performing team focused on innovative solutions and professional growth. Hear how one hospital has built a culture of embracing personal workplace failures to enable their staff to become even better team members and organizational leaders.
Rory Phillips, Director of Pharmacy Services and Respiratory Care, Southern Ohio Medical Center
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| 11:30am |
Networking Lunch (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall
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Pre-Conference Workshop Option 1*
340B Essentials |
| 7:00am |
Continental Breakfast - Stakeholder Networking Opportunity (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only
Location: Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00am |
Part 1: 340B Essentials
Location: Ambassador Ballroom
Are you brand new to the 340B program or in need of a refresher course? This introductory workshop will provide a foundation for 340B by covering key 340B compliance requirements, including patient definition, contract pharmacy, duplicate discounts, diversion and the GPO prohibition. The first part of the workshop will feature a panel of 340B program stakeholders, including Apexus, which will review its role as the 340B Prime Vendor and outline its education and compliance resources. You will also hear from a DSH hospital with experience complying with the GPO prohibition as well as a HRSA grantee that will provide its perspective on contract pharmacy compliance.
Chris Godin, 340B Compliance Specialist, UNC Health Care
Kristina Klein-Bradham, Manager, 340B Education & Compliance Support, Apexus
Trent Stechschulte, Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel, Equitas Health
Amanda Nagrotsky, Legal Counsel, 340B Health
(Moderator)
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| 9:15am |
Exhibits Open: Networking and Refreshment Break (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall
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| 10:15am |
Part 2: 340B Essentials
Location: Ambassador Ballroom
During the second part of the workshop, participants will be grouped by entity type and will work through a set of interactive discussion questions to reinforce the information presented during part one.
Jason Atlas, Vice President, 340B Enterprise Strategy & Solution, AmerisourceBergen
Don Davies,
Pharmacy Government Programs Coordinator, Indiana University Health
Jeff Davis, Of Counsel/Senior Advisor, Baker Donelson, PC
Carrie Galvan,
340B Program Coordinator, Boone County Hospital
Chris Godin,
340B Compliance Specialist, UNC Health Care
Elizabeth Karan, Associate, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Kristina Klein-Bradham,
Manager, 340B Education & Compliance Support, Apexus
Andrew Lowe,
Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Trent Stechschulte,
Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel, Equitas Health
Sue Veer,
President & CEO, Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Amanda Nagrotsky,
Legal Counsel, 340B Health
(Moderator)
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| 11:45am |
Networking Lunch (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall
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Pre-Conference Workshop Option 2*
Audits & Compliance (Covered Entities Only) |
| 7:00am |
Continental Breakfast - Stakeholder Networking Opportunity (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall
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| 8:00am |
Audit Findings Update and Improving Compliance (covered entities only)  
Location: Palladian Ballroom
With HRSA now in its sixth year of conducting audits of 340B providers, stakeholders are beginning to observe trends in the audit results that can shed light on HRSA’s enforcement policies and where the agency is focusing its program oversight. The first part of this workshop will provide participants with an overview of HRSA’s published audit results, including trends in audit findings. Panelists will focus on diversion findings and how providers can implement compliance plans to be consistent with HRSA’s enforcement of the prohibition against diversion.
Matthew Atkins, Manager, Audit and Accounting, Draffin & Tucker, LLP
Jessica Moser, 340B Manager, Dignity Health
Maureen Testoni, Interim President and CEO, 340B Health
(Moderator)
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| 9:15am |
Exhibits Open: Networking and Refreshment Break (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall
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| 10:15am |
Monitoring and Strengthening Compliance
Location: Palladian Ballroom
The second part of this workshop will focus on how covered entities can implement compliance plans that are consistent with HRSA audit enforcement of program rules and that adequately address the issues that commonly arise in audit findings. The session will assist covered entities and other stakeholders in identifying key compliance areas and the types of systems or procedures that should be in place to ensure and monitor compliance. Covered entities on the panel will share their experience developing 340B policies and procedures (P&Ps), coordinating 340B oversight across multiple departments within their organization, conducting self-audits, and using other mechanisms to verify that their organization’s P&Ps are followed and are effective at assuring compliance.
Cindy Bartlett, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Bon Secours Health System
Coley Deal, 340B Program Manager, HSO Pharmacy Services, Bon Secours Health System
Danielle Griggs, Pharmacy Manager, Supply Chain, University of Virginia Health System
Tricia Radatz, Director of Research, Regulatory Compliance, The MetroHealth System
Zach Ruege, 340B & Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Christ Community Health System
Steven Miller,
Pharmacy Services Director, 340B Health
(Moderator)
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| 11:45am |
Networking Lunch (Workshop Attendees and Exhibitors Only)
Location: Exhibit Hall
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Main Conference
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| 1:00pm |
Opening Remarks
Location: Regency Ballroom
This session will be your official welcome to the conference. Conference hosts will introduce themselves and get you prepared for the event.
Stephanie Arnold Pang, Director, Policy and Government Relations, National Coalition of STD Directors
Beth Feldpush, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, America's Essential Hospitals
Ann Lefert,
Senior, Director, Policy and Legislative Affairs, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
Mindy McGrath, Director, Advocacy and Communications, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
Colleen Meiman, Senior Policy Advisor, National Association of Community Health Centers
Rob Miller, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Strategic Planning, and Operations, 340B Health
Sean Singh, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Operations, Hemophilia Alliance
Laurie Strongin,
CEO & Founder, Hope for Henry Foundation
Maureen Testoni, Interim President and CEO, 340B Health
Andrea Weddle, Executive Director, HIV Medicine Association
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| 1:20pm |
The State of 340B: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Location: Regency Ballroom
Over the past year, the 340B program and its stakeholders have witnessed many significant legislative and regulatory developments, and the coming year is expected to be equally eventful. This session will cover these developments, as well as how you can take full advantage of the conference.
Greg Doggett,
Vice President, Legal and Policy Counsel, 340B Health
Maureen Testoni,
Interim President and CEO, 340B Health
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| 2:00pm |
 Insights from the Administration
Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Regency Ballroom
Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will present on the administration’s priorities. Secretary Azar was sworn in on Jan. 29, 2018 and has spent his career working as an attorney and in senior leadership roles focused on advancing healthcare reform, research, and innovation.
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| 2:30pm |
Navigating the Conference
Location: Regency Ballroom
This session will include key information regarding conference logistics so you can get the most out of your conference experience.
Rob Miller,
Senior Vice President of Business Development, Strategic Planning, and Operations, 340B Health
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| 2:45pm |
Exhibits Open Networking and Refreshment Break
Location: Exhibit Hall
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| 2:45pm |
Vendor Demo: Macro Helix (Open to All Attendees)
Location: Executive Room |
| 3:45pm |
Breakout Sessions for Various 340B Stakeholders
A) Hospitals (DSH, Rural, Children's and Cancer) 
Location: Blue Room
Hospitals will learn about the latest 340B program developments. This session also will address different ways hospitals can educate their local lawmakers and communities on the importance of the 340B program.
During this session, attendees will be asked to answer questions using the conference app. To do so, attendees first must be connected to the app via the conference wireless or cellular data.
Kathryn DiBitetto, Vice President, Government Relations, 340B Health
Rob Miller, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Strategic Planning and Operations, 340B Health
Steven Miller, Pharmacy Services Director, 340B Health
Richard Sorian, Senior Vice President of Communications, 340B Health
Maureen Testoni, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, 340B Health
B) Pharmaceutical Manufacturers 
Location: Executive Room
Pharmaceutical manufacturers will learn about the latest developments involving the 340B program and how those developments will impact the pharmaceutical industry. Likely topics include the latest developments related to HRSA’s rulemaking regarding 340B ceiling prices and manufacturer civil monetary penalties, as well as HRSA audits.
Kathleen Black, Director, Government Strategy, Pfizer, Inc.
(Moderator)
Christopher Schott, Partner, Logan Hovells LLP
(Moderator)
C) Community Health Centers  
Location: Palladian Ballroom
Join us to discuss the latest 340B issues and developments affecting CHCs. Likely topics will include continuing scrutiny of the 340B program, Medicaid, and other third-party billing and reimbursement issues, and an update on legislative matters impacting CHCs. This session will be an opportunity to raise any issues affecting your CHC.
Colleen Meiman, Senior Policy Advisor, National Association of Community Health Centers
(Moderator)
Jennifer Taylor, Acting Director of Federal Affairs, National Association of Community Health Centers
(Moderator)
D) HIV/AIDS Clinics, ADAPs, and AIDS Service Providers  
Location: Diplomat Ballroom
This session will focus on 340B issues affecting Ryan White grantees and sub-grantees, ADAPs, and other HIV/AIDS clinics and service providers. This will be a discussion-based session.
Ann Lefert, Senior Director, Policy and Legislative Affairs, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (Moderator)
Andrea Weddle, Executive Director, HIV Medicine Association (Moderator)
E) Hemophilia Treatment Centers  
Location: Cabinet Room
This session will focus exclusively on matters impacting HTCs, with an emphasis on 340B issues. Likely topics include HRSA’s oversight efforts, including audits, and Medicaid billing and reimbursement issues. This session also will be an opportunity to discuss other issues impacting your HTC.
Sean Singh, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Operations, Hemophilia Alliance (Moderator)
F) Family Planning and STD Clinics  
Location: Congressional A/B Room
This session will focus exclusively on family planning and STD clinics, with an emphasis on the intersection of 340B and the qualifying grant programs. We also will discuss the political landscape around the 340B program, including possible legislation and administrative action.
Stephanie Arnold Pang, Director, Policy and Government Relations, National Coalition of STD Directors (Moderator)
Mindy McGrath, Director, Advocacy and Communications, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (Moderator)
Amy Yenyo, Public Policy Consultant, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Moderator)
G) 340B Service Providers 
Location: Ambassador Ballroom
This session is designed for all 340B service providers. Participants will hear about emerging issues and compliance concerns facing contract and specialty pharmacies in the 340B program. Additional topics will highlight other challenges that may arise between vendors and covered entities.
Kala Shankle, Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, National Community Pharmacists Association
Jamie Shaw, Director of Compliance, altScripts Specialty Pharmacy
Jason Reddish, Partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
(Moderator)
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| 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
Evening Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall
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