Full Schedule - Session development is in progress. Additional sessions and details to be added, so keep an eye on this page for more information!

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Residency Program Design and Conduct Workshop

Faculty: – ASHP

Faculty: – ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School

Faculty: – Navitus Health Solutions

Pre-Conference Workshop

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM PT

(Pre-Conference Programs) Pharmacy Policy Summit 2026

Pre-Conference Program

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(Pre-Conference Programs) Health Plan Economics Masterclass

Pre-Conference Program

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(W1) Is Your Organization Ready for AI? A Managed Care Playbook

Making the Way for Innovation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(D1) Optimizing the Use of JAK Inhibitors in Dermatology: Real-World Evidence, Indication Expansion, and Managed Care Strategies for Moderate Disease Management

Drugs, Diseases, and the Managed Care Impact

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(F1) Bridging the Competency Gap: A Career Development Framework for PharmD students Interested in Managed Care

Faculty: – University of Utah

Faculty: – Leo Pharma

Faculty:

Faculty: – University of Utah

Managed Care Fundamentals

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(L1) The Commissioner's National Priority Voucher (CNPV) Pilot One Year Later: Real-World Approvals and Managed Care Impact

Faculty:

Legislative and Regulatory Trends

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

(D2) Rare Disease Spotlight: Aligning Medical and Pharmacy Benefits in Neuromuscular Diseases

Drugs, Diseases, and the Managed Care Impact

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

(L2) Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update

Faculty: – AMCP

Legislative and Regulatory Trends

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

(R2) Repositioning of Biosimilars: How Can the U.S. Optimize Biosimilar Utilization to Improve Patient Health and Lower Total Cost of Care

Faculty:

Faculty: – Select Health/Scripius

Faculty:

Real-World Evidence and Research Translation

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

(W2) AI in Managed Care Pharmacy: Opportunities, Risks, and Readiness for Decision‑Makers

Faculty: – UNT Health - College of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Faculty:

Faculty: – UNT Health College of Pharmacy

Making the Way for Innovation

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(F3) Residency Talks

Managed Care Fundamentals

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(R3) Practice Over Promise: Payment and Coverage Access to Precision Medicine Through a Real-World Lens

Real-World Evidence and Research Translation

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

(K1) America's Next Top Model?

Faculty: – CommonHealth Solutions LLC

Faculty:

Faculty: – AMCP

Faculty: – Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Keynote

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(D4) An Update on Secondary Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Risk Management

Drugs, Diseases, and the Managed Care Impact

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(F4) Specialty Pipeline

Faculty: – Evernorth Health Services

Faculty: – Premera Blue Cross

Legislative and Regulatory Trends

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(L4) Beyond Price Negotiation: Has Maximum Fair Price (MFP) Reshaped Formulary Dynamics?

Faculty: – Lumanity

Faculty:

Faculty: – Lumanity

Legislative and Regulatory Trends

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(M4) Beyond Strategy: Embedding Health Equity into Everyday Pharmacy Operations

Faculty:

Faculty: – Centene

Focus on Managed Care Pharmacy

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PT

(R4) Payer Evidence and Decision-Making in Rare vs. Common Disease Products

Faculty: – University of Utah

Faculty:

Focus on Managed Care Pharmacy

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT

(D5) Integrating Perimenopause and Menopause Care into the Pharmacy Benefit: A Managed Care Framework for Improving Women’s Health Outcomes

Faculty: – LucyRx

Faculty: – Mercy Care Advantage at Aetna, a CVS Health Company

Drugs, Diseases, and the Managed Care Impact

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT

(M5) The Last Mile at Point-of-Sale: Why the Pharmacy Counter Decides Everything Policy and Plan Design Set in Motion

Faculty:

Faculty: – National Pharmaceutical Council

Focus on Managed Care Pharmacy

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT

(W5) Human Intelligence in the Age of AI: Ensuring Trust and Rigor across Real-World Evidence Lifecycle

Faculty: – Nested Knowledge

Faculty: – AMCP

Faculty:

Faculty: – Optum

Making the Way for Innovation

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM PT

(M6) The New Economics of Health Plan Pharmacy

Faculty: – Sharp Health Plan

Faculty: – Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG)

Focus on Managed Care Pharmacy

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM PT

(D6) Mind the Gap: Bridging Pharmacy and Medical Benefits to Optimize Biosimilar Value

Drugs, Diseases, and the Managed Care Impact

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

(K2) The AI Debate: Advancing Humanity or Undermining It?

Keynote

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM PT

(K3) Oncology Pipeline 2026: Advances, Trends, and Impact

Keynote