Agenda

AGENDA

All sessions are listed in Eastern Time.

*Denotes an optional Certified Pharmacy Benefits Specialist (CPBS) Knowledge Camp track which begins May 12, 2025, with a virtual kick-off meeting. You can download the the PBIA Executive Summit Agenda here.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Badge Pick Up / On-Site Registration 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Badge Pick Up / On-Site Registration
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Exhibitor Setup
12:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Keynote (Tyrone Squires, CPBS at TransparentRx)
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Exhibits & Networking
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

PBIA Session / Q&A

Presentation Title: Decoding PBM Contracts that Inflate Employer Costs (Speaker: Dae Lee, PharmD, Esq., CPBS at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Knowledge Camp

*CPBS Module 2: Fundamentals of PBM Pricing

10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

PBIA Session / Q&A

Presentation Title: Rebates Reimagined: Why Chasing Discounts Leads to Overspending (Speaker: Jesse C. Dresser, J.D. at Frier Levitt Attorneys at Law)


1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

PBIA Session / Q&A

Presentation Title: DIR Fees, J-Codes, and GLP-1s: The Pharmacy Benefit Disruptors You Can’t Ignore in 2025 (Speaker: Rahul Khisti, RPh, Ph.D., CPBS at TransparentRx)

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Exhibits & Networking
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Study Hall
3:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Dinner
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Opening Comments
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Exhibits & Networking
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

PBIA Session / Q&A

Presentation Title: Formulary Management as a Fiduciary Responsibility: What You Don’t Know is Costing You (Speaker: David Francis, PharmD at TransparentRx)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

PBIA Session / Q&A

Presentation Title: Pharmacy Carve-In Vs. Carve-Out: Stop Guessing, Start Measuring (Speaker: Tyrone Squires, MBA, CPBS at TransparentRx)

10:15 AM – 11:15 PM

Knowledge Camp

*CPBS Module 4: Cost-Containment for the Pharmacy Benefit

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Knowledge Camp

*CPBS Module 5: PBM Contracts (Review of One Amended Contracts)

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

PBIA Session / Q&A

Presentation Title: Building a Pharmacy Benefit Strategy That Actually Pays Off (Speaker: Kelsey Linn, MBA, CPBS at TransparentRx )

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Exhibits & Networking
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Jeopardy Game (CPBS)
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Dinner
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Private Camp Fire
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Friday, July 11, 2025

Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Opening Comments
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Knowledge Camp

Capstone Project Submission & Final Exam

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Summit Wrap-Up / Closing Remarks
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Exhibitor Breakdown and Move Out
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

PBIA’s Pharmacy Benefit Summit agenda includes a broad range of sessions focused on helping self-funded organizations, and their advisers, understand not only what they want to achieve in their relationship with their PBM but also the competitive market and their ability to drive disclosure of details on services important to them. Session topics include cost-containment strategies, fundamentals of PBM pricing, contracts, procurement, medication adherence, pharmacogenomics, the specialty pharmaceutical pipeline, accreditation updates, digital health and more. Even better, earn L&H, HRCI, SHRM and ACPE continuing education credits for each session denoted with a (*). Earn up 20 continuing education credits by successfully completing the CPBS track.

SHARE YOUR PASSION!

With attendees from across the industry, the Summit is the ideal platform to share your expertise and help shape the future of the pharmacy benefits management industry. Submit a proposal to share your knowledge on industry trends and topics with an inspired and engaged audience during one of our live sessions.

Submission deadline is January 31, 2024.

SUBMIT PROPOSAL

All sessions are listed in Eastern Time Zone.

* Denotes an optional Certified Pharmacy Benefits Specialist (CPBS) You can download the PBIA Summit Agenda here.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Badge Pick Up
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
On-Site Registration
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Exhibitor Setup
12:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Registration Open
7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Breakfast (Sponsored by TransparentRx)
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Keynote Presentation
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
*CPBS Module 2 / Group Quiz #2
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibits & Networking
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Break
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
*CPBS Module 3 / Group Quiz #3
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Lunch (Sponsored by TransparentRx)
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM
*CPBS Module 4 / Group Quiz #4
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Exhibits & Networking
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Break
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
General Session – Topics TBA
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Alfresco Dinner (Sponsored by TransparentRx)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Registration Open
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (Sponsored by TransparentRx)
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Opening Comments
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
*CPBS Module 5 / Group Quiz #5
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Exhibits & Networking
9:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
*CPBS Module 6 / Group Quiz #6
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
Lunch (Sponsored by TransparentRx)
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
*CPBS Module 7 / Group Quiz #7
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Exhibits & Networking
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
General Session – Topics TBA
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Excellence Awards
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Friday, July 12, 2024

Registration Open
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (Sponsored by TransparentRx)
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Opening Comments
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
PBIA Session – Topics TBA / Q&A
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Capstone Project Submission & Final Exam
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Summit Wrap-Up / Closing Remarks
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Exhibitor Breakdown and Move Out

12:00 PM – 5:00 PM