PBMI Conference Faculty to Address Trends in Managing Drug Benefit

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(Business Wire)--The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute's (PBMI) 2008 Drug
Benefit Conference will help human resource and pharmacy professionals
understand trends that are influencing the cost and quality of drug
benefit programs. Sessions on potential drug pricing changes,
value-based benefit designs, and consumer education programs are some
of the key topics to be discussed at the PBMI conference, February
26-29 at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix.

"Our conference speakers are at the forefront of change and
innovation in the prescription drug benefit arena," says PBMI
President Dana H. Felthouse, MBA. "They will provide insights
important to the successful management of employee and retiree drug
benefits. They also will outline new strategies for effectively
increasing the value of an organization's drug benefit investment."

More than 30 industry experts including attorneys, actuaries,
benefits professionals, pharmacists and physicians are on the
conference faculty. They will share expertise, research-based
strategies, and case studies in eight general sessions and 12 breakout
sessions organized into three tracks: Human Resource Perspectives on
the Drug Benefit, Managed Care Pharmacy Perspectives, and Industry
Trends. The breakout sessions will offer solutions to specific
challenges such as choosing the best partner to manage the drug
benefit, comparing PBM pricing models, managing medication utilization
in Workers' Compensation populations, and integrating pharmacy and
medical data in value-based benefit programs.

Experts from the following organizations will speak at PBMI's 2008
conference: Advanced Pharmacy Concepts, Aetna Pharmacy Management,
Argus Health Systems, BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan, City of
Milwaukee, Cleveland Health Network/Cleveland Clinic, Creighton
University, Employers Health Purchasing Corporation of Ohio, First
DataBank, Harvard Medical School, Kronos Optimal Health Company, Medco
Health Solutions, MemberHealth, Mercer, Milliman, Navitus Health
Solutions, Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services, PMA Insurance Group,
PMSI, Pharmaceutical Strategies Group, Prime Therapeutics, Pro Pharma
Pharmaceutical Consultants Inc., RxAmerica, Salt River Project, Segal
Company, SummaCare, SXC Health Solutions, Teamsters Rx - Northern New
England Benefit Trust, Towers Perrin, Tri-State Business Group on
Health, University of Michigan, and Walgreens Health Initiatives.

A complete agenda, speaker information, and registration for the
PBMI conference are available at www.pbmi.com/conference.asp.

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.

Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute, Scottsdale
Maggie Bruce, 480-730-0814
Cell: 602-318-5003
mbruce@pbmi.com

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