The 340B Program Reconsidered

With IIR’s 19th Annual Summit on the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program just one week away, we wanted to flashback to one of our expert keynote addresses from the 2013 event. Alice Valder Curran, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP presented her keynote address on “The 340B Program Reconsidered: Taxpayer Dollars and Corresponding Oversight Requirements, plus some thoughts on the President's Budget proposals for MDRP”. Take a look at her session below and make sure you join us next week in Chicago to hear everything government pricing, rebates, and regulation.

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Register here for IIR’s Specialty Pharmacy Collaboration Summit event taking place September 15th-17th, 2014 in Boston, MA, visit the website for full details.

Register here for IIR’s 19th Annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit event taking place September 15th-17th, 2014 in Chicago, IL, visit the website for full details.

Register here for IIR’s FDA/CMS Summit for Payers event taking place December 11-12, 2014 in Washington D.C., visit the website for full details.


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In the last few years, interconnectedness between government programs, commercial contracting and finance departments has become more evident, and more important. Transparency is integral to the company’s bottom line, and government pricing and contracting executives play a key role that financial executives are taking notice of.

IIR's 19th Annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit has continued to be THE event effectively bringing together experts across all of the three functions to benefit learning from each other; enabling them to work more efficiently and effectively.

This year, we have two tracks—Price Calculation and Contracting Strategy and Financial Implications to Government Pricing Programs that will provide expert insights into the overarching financial implications to what you do each day.

Track highlights include:

Price Calculation and Contracting Strategy:   
• The only track providing you a ‘state spotlight’ from Texas, Oklahoma, Utah & Illinois
• Hear firsthand from a working group including pharma manufacturers & state representatives as they shed light on best practices on resolving and avoiding disputes
• Health care reform impact on government pricing, commercial business & contracting strategies

Financial Implications to Government Pricing Programs:
• Panel discussion by pharma manufacturers from Eli Lilly, Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca, and Vertex on the developments in the split between managed Medicaid and fee for service
• Operational strategies for Medicaid rebate invoices and reporting regulations
• 340 B compliance, monitoring & auditing

Download the updated brochure for full agenda and speaker details.

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I hope to see you and your team this September 15-17, 2014 in Chicago.

How to Address Commercial Ops, Commercial Contracting and Government Pricing

At MDRP 2013, Mark Linver, Director, Huron Life Sciences discusses addressing government and commercial pricing operations during mergers and divestitures. Below are two highlighted sessions from MDRP 2014 that will look into Commercial Ops, Commercial Contracting and Government Pricing.


Session Highlight:
Spillover Effects Between Government Pricing, Commercial Business & Contracting Strategies

• Discuss healthcare reforms impact on contracting & emerging contracting practices
• Evaluate the impact of government pricing changes on commercial accounts
• Reevaluate and restructure rebate and discount agreements

David Chan, Practice Leader, Compliance & Audit, Managed Markets Services, IMS Health


Session Highlight:
Improving Effectiveness of Revenue Analytics by Using GP Forecasting

The continual growth of the government channel has increased the importance of understanding the cross-channel impact of the commercial pricing and contracting decisions that drive liabilities. Along with increasing pressure to understand, forecast and accurately accrue for revenue line items as part of the GTN process, an expanding government channel means contracting and pricing functions have a greater need for pricing and forecasting outputs from the GP department. The “modern” GP team is tasked with providing “what if” analyses and forecasts for a wide variety of company specific and industry wide events, and is looked upon as a critical resource when pricing and contracting decisions are being made. Today’s GP team must be adept at developing quick yet sophisticated models to assess how any given event may affect Revenue lines that are driven by a Government payer.

This session will take a look at how to effectively incorporate commercial strategies and market events into the forecast of GP price points. We will explore how to:

• Manage and align data for analytical needs
• Consider price increases and commercial contracting strategies
• Incorporate channel shifts into forecasts
• Evaluate regulatory and market events in scenario modeling
• Identify what you know and what you don’t know, and how both should be considered and modeled

Jeffrey Baab, Senior Director, Life Sciences, daVIZta

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