Register to learn from the experts and prepare for
implementation of updated versions of NCPDP's SCRIPT and Formulary
& Benefit Standards and the newly named NCPDP Real Time
Prescription Benefit Standard.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Registration is now open for NCPDP's
2024 Virtual Educational Summit, "FAST FORWARD to the Future of
Prescribing with the Named SCRIPT, F&B and RTPB Standards,"
which will be held virtually from 8:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time on October
16 and 17. NCPDP is providing this essential education to
help healthcare and pharmacy industry professionals plan ahead for
implementation of the newly mandated standards versions named by
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a recent
final rule: NCPDP SCRIPT Standard Version 2023011; the NCPDP
Formulary & Benefit Standard Version 60; and NCPDP Real-Time
Prescription Benefit (RTPB) Standard Version 13. To achieve
alignment across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC) is also adopting these standards
versions. Implementation deadlines are January 1st in 2027 and 2028.
Who Should Attend
The standards impact stakeholders involved in prescribing,
processing and dispensing prescription medications. Attendees
include health information technology (IT) professionals; EHR/EMR
vendors; ePrescribing vendors; product managers; consultants;
programmers; operations professionals; business analysts; system
analysts; professionals in compliance; testing/certification
professionals; implementation managers/coordinators; trainers of
new software/applications; and others involved in ensuring
effective implementation and use of the standards to benefit
patients and healthcare providers.
Take Advantage of In-Depth Sessions & the Opportunity to
Learn and Ask Questions of the Experts
NCPDP's 2024 Educational Summit agenda includes a total of 12
sessions, led by NCPDP Member Leaders who have led or participated
in the development of the enhanced standards.
Topics include:
- NCPDP Formulary and Benefit (F & B) Standard: Next
Generation of Drug Savings and Clinical Support
- Unlocking the Potential: The Infinite Possibilities
of NCPDP Extensibility
- Is It Covered? Requesting Patient Benefit Information
- RTPB Response Transaction Deep Dive
- SCRIPT Changes: What's New in v2023011
- In the Know: Understanding Medication Element Changes
- Preparing for NCPDP SCRIPT Changes to CancelRx, RxChange,
and RxRenewal Transactions
- Updates to Prior Authorization Messages
- Filling the Gaps with RxFill
- Interoperability Advancements: SCRIPT for Long Term and Post
Acute Care
The event moderator is Anne S.
Johnston, R.Ph., NCPDP Standardization Committee Chair, and
Managing Director, Enterprise Data Governance, Evernorth.
Confirmed speakers include NCPDP Work Group Co-Chairs and/or
Task Group Leads: Nick Chambers,
Product Manager, Surescripts; Terri
Condon, Manager, Product Management, Surescripts;
Dylan Fox, Pharm.D., Manager,
Network Operations, CVS Health; Sonya
Oetting, NSC-II, Director of Network Services, Prescryptive
Health, Inc.; Roger Pinsonneault,
R.Ph., Senior Vice President, Product Innovation, Gemini Health;
Erin Rose, Manager, Electronic
Prescribing, Walgreen Co.; Mike
Rosenthal, Vice President, Software Engineering,
Surescripts; Katie Russell, MPH,
Manager, Standards Development and Engagement, CoverMyMeds;
Adam Souza, Lead Director, Software
Engineering, CVS Health; Tim
Stolldorf, Integration Engineer, Epic; Laura Topor, President, Granada Health, Inc.;
Bruce Wilkinson, MBA, Founder and
CEO, Benmedica.
NCPDP's Educational Summit is open to members and nonmembers.
Register by September 21, 2024, to
take advantage of the discounted Early Bird rate of $475 for NCPDP Members and $700 for Non-members. To register for NCPDP's
2024 Educational Summit, visit
https://ncpdp.org/Educational-Summit.aspx.
About NCPDP
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) is a
not-for-profit American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Accredited Standards Developer (ASD) consisting of more than 1,300
members representing entities including, but not limited to, claims
processors, data management and analysis vendors, federal and state
government agencies, insurers, intermediaries, pharmaceutical
manufacturers, pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, professional
services organizations, software and system vendors and other
parties interested in electronic standardization within the
pharmacy services sector of the healthcare industry. NCPDP provides
a forum wherein our diverse membership can develop business
solutions, including ANSI-accredited standards and guidance for
promoting information exchanges related to medications, supplies
and services within the healthcare system.
NCPDP has been named in federal legislation, including HIPAA,
MMA, and HITECH. NCPDP members have created standards such as the
Telecommunication Standard and Batch Standard, the SCRIPT Standard
for ePrescribing, the Manufacturers Rebate Standard and more to
improve communication within the pharmacy industry. Our data
products include dataQ®, a robust database of information on more
than 80,000 pharmacies, resQ™, an industry pharmacy credentialing
resource, and HCIdea®, an innovative prescriber database that
provides continually updated information on more than 3.7 million
prescribers. NCPDP's RxReconn® is a legislative tracking program
for real-time monitoring of pharmacy-related state and national
legislative and regulatory activity. For more information about
NCPDP Standards, Data Services, Products, Educational Programs and
Work Group Meetings, go online at http://www.ncpdp.org or call
480.477.1000.
Media Contact
Janet
Cabibbo, NCPDP, 480-477-1000 x104, jcabibbo@ncpdp.org,
www.NCPDP.org
Maggie Bruce, NCPDP, 480-477-1000
x144, mbruce@ncpdp.org, www.NCPDP.org
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