2024 Reflection - W07 - Pharmacy Executives and Leaders

Las Vegas, NV US
September 18, 2024

This forum will focus on leading the advancement of pharmacy to transform healthcare through collaboration, innovation and adoption of best practices. Join us to hear providers share their success stories.

Target Audience

  • Healthcare Executives
  • Healthcare Quality Professionals
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

 
By participating in the Vizient Connections Summit, learners should be able to:
  • Discuss leading practices for measuring, improving and sustaining high quality healthcare-related practices.
  • Explain how healthcare analytics and/or insights can be used to improve healthcare performance.
  • Describe at least one actionable strategy for your organization to achieve healthcare performance improvement.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.75 ACHE
  • 3.75 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.75 ANCC
  • 3.75 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 3.75 General CE - Attendance
  • 3.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
Course opens: 
09/18/2024
Course expires: 
12/09/2024
Event starts: 
09/18/2024 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
09/18/2024 - 12:00pm CDT
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Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
United States
+1 (702) 770-7000

FACULTY & PLANNERS

Faculty
Jordan Dow, PharmD, MS, FASHP, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Assistant Dean, School of Pharmacy
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wis.
 
Bree Meinzer, PharmD, BCACP, CACP
Managed Care Manager
University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, Ohio
 
Holly Smith, RPh, MBA
Director of Pharmacy, Ambulatory Services
University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, Ohio
 
Logan Health
Kalispell, Mont.
University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, Ohio
 
John Tollerson, DO
Chief Medical Information Officer
University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, Ohio
 
Priyesh Patel
Vice President and General Manager, Alluma
Vizient
 
Josephine Lai, PharmD, MBA
Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Chad Hatfield, PharmD, MHA, BCPS
Chief Pharmacy Officer
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Brandy Thompson, CPhT
Pharmacy Revenue Cycle Analyst
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Michael Eagon, PharmD, DPLA
Senior Pharmacy Manager, Ambulatory Pharmacy
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Nathan Vo, RPh, MBA
Senior Pharmacy Manager, Revenue Integrity
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
 
Gaurav Goyal, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, CPHIMS
Senior Pharmacy Manager, Ambulatory Pharmacy
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
 
Edward Stemley, PharmD, MS
Administrative Director of Pharmacy
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
 
Jim Lichauer
Senior Performance Improvement Program Director, Pharmacy
Vizient
 
Osama Abdelghany, PharmD, MHA, BCOP
Executive Director, Oncology Pharmacy
Yale New Haven Hospital
 
Taylor Benoit (Harkness), PharmD, CSP, BCPS, BCACP
Coordinator, Pharmacy Business Strategy
Yale New Haven Hospital
 
Man Yee Merl, PharmD, BCOP
Manager, Oncology Pharmacy Services
Yale New Haven Hospital
 
Ryan Stice, PharmD
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Sutter Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS
Director, Formulary Management and Clinical Programs
Sutter Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Steven M. Loborec, PharmD, MS, MPH, BCPS
Associate Director of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
 
Julie A. Cowher, MA, RHIA, CHC
Chief Revenue Officer
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
 
Michelle Schmitt, MBA, 340B ACE
Vice President, Pharmacy Financial Operations
SSM Health Care
St. Louis, Mo.
 
Holly Herring, PharmD
Director, 340B Center of Excellence
SSM Health Care
St. Louis, Mo.

 

 
 
Planning Committee
Juli Hermanson, MPH, RDN, CPHQ (Course Director)
Senior Director 
Member Education 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Kathy Christensen, BS 
VP, Operations 
Member Networks 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Katie David, DNP, MS-HSM 
Senior Intelligence Director 
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
 
Relevant Financial Relationships
 

Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

 

Steven M. Loborec, PharmD, MS, MPH, BCPS, speaker for this educational activity, is a Stockholder for Pfizer. Inc.

 

All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.

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.

 
 
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.

 

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 3.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

 

 
Nurses (CNE)
 
This activity is designated for 3.75 contacts hours.
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 contact hours for Pharmacists.
 
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Physicians (CME)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
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.
 
Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
 
By attending the Connections Summit offered by Vizient, Inc., participants may earn up to 3.75 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.

 

Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)

This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 3.75 CPHQ CE credits.

Available Credit

  • 3.75 ACHE
  • 3.75 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.75 ANCC
  • 3.75 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 3.75 General CE - Attendance
  • 3.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
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