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Forward2025 Imagine - PP02 - Pharmacy Executives Peer to Peer Education Meeting
Las Vegas, NV US
September 15, 2025
As pharmacy continues to evolve as a strategic pillar in healthcare, this meeting offers forward-thinking approaches that elevate the role of pharmacy in driving organizational excellence, financial sustainability and patient-centered care. Attendees will explore how leading health systems are leveraging the High Value Pharmacy Enterprise (HVPE) framework, advanced analytics and innovative operational models to build scalable, strategic plans that deliver measurable impact. From optimizing 340B programs and supply chains to advancing reimbursement strategies for gene therapies, this meeting provides actionable insights and replicable frameworks for pharmacy transformation. Together, these take-aways chart a clear path toward achieving high-value, data-driven and integrated pharmacy leadership across the care continuum.
Target Audience
- Dietitians
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Physicians
- Physician Associates
- Healthcare Executives
- Healthcare Quality Professionals
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
By participating in the Vizient Connections Summit, learners should be able to:
- Discuss the High Value Pharmacy Enterprise (HVPE) framework and data-driven strategies to assess gaps, forecast trends and implement interventions that strengthen financial performance, optimize pharmacy services and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Explain how transitioning from projected to actual savings, supported by targeted analytics, can drive sustained cost control and enhance financial and operational performance.
- Describe strategies pharmacists can use to enhance financial outcomes and operational efficiency across healthcare settings such as infusion centers and gene therapy programs, while emphasizing the importance of data accuracy and transparency in optimizing reimbursement and improving access to high-cost therapies.
- Examine current legislative dynamics in Congress for shaping healthcare policy and reform.
Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Las Vegas, NV
89109
United States
+1 (702) 770-7000
Statement of Content Validity
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
FDA Off-Label Use
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.
Faculty & Planners
Faculty
Sybil Thomas, PharmD, MBA
Associate Vice President, Member Connections
Vizient
Chad Hatfield, PharmD, MHA, BCPS
Vizient Pharmacy Network Chair
Chief Pharmacy Officer
UC Davis Medical Center
Holly Phillips, PharmD, MHA, FASHP
Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services
UC Health
Paul Green, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, CPEL, DPLA
Director of Pharmacy Services
Westchester Medical Center
MedStar Health, Inc.
Raymond Lake, MS, BS
Corporate Director of Pharmacy Operations
Michelle Ashby, PharmD
Assistant Director of Centralized Pharmacy Operations
Vanderbilt Health System
Michael D. O’Neal, DPh, MBA
Senior Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain
Jason Tomichek, PharmD
Director of Business Strategy
UCLA Health
Amber Palmer, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, Ambulatory Infusions
Matthew Keushguerian, PharmD, CSP Director of Pharmacy, Ambulatory Business Operations
Froedtert Health
Adam Biggs, PharmD
Pharmacist, Center of Medication Utilization
Anthony Shaver, PharmD
Pharmacist, Pharmacy Informatics
UCSF Health
Jessica Galens, PharmD, MBA
Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer, Business Services
Elise Wozniak, PharmD
Formulary and Drug Use Management Coordinator
Jenna Stern, JD
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy
Vizient
Mike Oinonen, PharmD, MPH
Vice President, Pharmacy Networks
Vizient
Planning Committee
Juli Hermanson, MPH, RDN, CPHQ (Course Director)
Senior Director
Member Education
Vizient, Inc.
Kathy Christensen, BS
VP, Operations
Member Networks
Vizient, Inc.
Cheryl Jachna, BS
Lead Education Programs Manager
Vizient, Inc.
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director
Continuing Education
Vizient, Inc.
David Levine, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Vizient, Inc.
Lisa McClain, BS
Networks Manager
Member Education
Vizient, Inc.
Mike Oinonen, PharmD, MPH
Vice President
Pharmacy Networks
Vizient, Inc.
Disclosure
As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
Disclosure Statements
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
The following individuals have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.
Elise Wozniak, PharmD, speaker for this educational activity, is a stockholder for Abbott Laboratories and Amgen, Inc.
All others in a position to control content for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Designation Statement(s)
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by, and for, the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Registered Dietitians/Dietetic Technicians (CDR)
The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) accepts nutrition-and-dietetics-related continuing education credits from Jointly Accredited Providers. After completing this activity, CDR-credentialed practitioners may claim CPEUS under Activity Type 102; 1 contact hour (60 minutes) = 1 CPEU.
Nurses (CNE)
This activity is designated for 2.00 ANCC contact hours.
Pharmacists (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 contact hours for Pharmacists.
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Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 contact hours for Pharmacists.
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Physicians (CME)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Associates (AAPA)
Vizient, Inc. has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)
This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 2.00 CPHQ CE credits.
Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
By attending the Connections Summit offered by Vizient, Inc., participants may earn up to 2.00 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualifying Education hours should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification. Participants are responsible for maintaining a record of their ACHE Qualifying Education hours. To self-report, participants should log into their MyACHE account and select ACHE Qualifying Education Credit.
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.
Available Credit
- 2.00 AAPA CMEVizient Inc. has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria.
- 2.00 ACHE
- 2.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 ANCC
- 2.00 CDR
- 2.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 2.00 General CE - Attendance
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