Conference Offers Cost Saving Strategies for Drug Benefit Programs.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute's (PBMI) 2007 Prescription Drug Utilization Management Conference will feature proven strategies human resource and benefit professionals can adapt for their own organizations to curb the cost of drug benefit programs. The conference will be held Feb. 21-23, 2007 at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix.

"Our conference program addresses the challenges that employers, health plans and other sponsors of drug benefit programs face on a daily basis and offers practical solutions that work," says Dana H. Felthouse, MBA, president of PBMI. "Many of our speakers will present case studies with the economic and clinical results of successful pharmacy benefit management strategies."

Attendees of PBMI's 12th annual conference will be able to hear about strategies for controlling the high costs of chronic disease therapies, specialty pharmacy drugs, oncology therapies, and drug therapies related to workers' compensation. Other sessions will be dedicated to cost containment in the small group environment and to the value of integrating pharmacy management into behavioral health.

The industry experts on PBMI's conference faculty also will provide insight on complex issues like drug pricing, evidence-based formulary design, contracting in an era of transparency, and manufacturer rebate auditing.

Agenda Available On Line

A complete agenda, and registration for the conference is available at www.pbmi.com/conference.asp/

PBMI conference faculty include speakers from Carden & Associates; CIGNA Pharmacy Management; Consumer Healthcare Products Association; Consumers Union; Dean Health Plan; DeNucci Enterprises; Duane Reade; Evergreen Rx; Gorman Health Group; Health Affairs; Health Strategies Associates; HealthTrans; Humana Inc.; Interface EAP; James Boyd & Associates, Ltd; JI Companies; Medco Health Solutions; Mercer Health & Benefits; Navitus Health Solutions; Partners Rx Management; PrevsaAde; RegenceRx; St. Joseph's Hospital; University of Michigan Medical Center; URAC; and U.S. Department of Justice.

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute provides research, continuing education, publications and Web resources that help health care benefit executives work effectively with their pharmacy benefit managers to improve the design and management of drug benefit programs. Learn more at www.pbmi.com.