Call for Proposals is Closed

Conference

NCPDP 2025 Annual Technology & Business Conference
Conference Theme: "All In For CONNECTED CARE"
May 5 - 7, 2025
Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
Scottsdale, Arizona
#NCPDP25

Submission Deadline

Deadline for Submission: October 4, 2024.

Audience

The NCPDP Annual Conference brings together representatives from more than 350 companies focused on improving healthcare delivery. Attendees represent segments including retail pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management companies, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, long-term care vendors and providers, database management organizations, healthcare consultants, wholesale drug distributors and many more.

Conference Topics

A broad offering of topics will be presented at the 2025 Annual Conference and preference will be given to case studies, pilot results and emerging trends. Past attendees have expressed interest in learning more about the following topics (while the list is not all-inclusive, it does provide potential speakers with insight into topics of interest).

NCPDP encourages the submission of proposals covering a broad range of educational, informative healthcare and pharmacy topic areas, such as:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Behavioral Nudges
• Care Coordination
• Compliance, Accreditation, Government Mandates and Audits, HIPAA
• Data and Analytics
• Digital Therapeutics, Technology
• Emerging Technologies, Innovations
• Food and Drug Administration Programs
• Genomics
• Health Equity
• Home-based Care
• Impact of Regulatory/Legislative Environment on NCPDP Standards, Membership, Priorities
• Long-term Care, Hospice
• Medicaid and Medicare Programs
• Medication Adherence, Medication Management
• mHealth (mobile health)
• Patient Experience, Patient Engagement
• Pharmacist as Provider
• Pharmacist-Provided Clinical Services/Patient Care
• Pharmacogenomics
• Pharmacy Quality Measures
• Population Health Management
• Precision/Personalized Medicine
• Prior Authorization
• Public Health
• Rebates, Chargebacks
• Real Time Prescription Benefit
• Remote Patient Monitoring
• Social Determinants of Health
• Specialty Pharmacy
• Standards & Interoperability
• Telehealth
• Value Based Care
• Wearables Data
• Pharmacy, Clinical Informatics

Proposal Information

Programs must be educational in nature providing fair, full disclosure and equitable balance of all aspects of a topic being presented. No endorsement, commercialism or selling will be permitted. All program materials must be free from promotional influence and/or content.

Proposals must include the following pieces of information:

• Speaker Information (name, credentials, title, organization, address, phone and e-mail) for each proposed presenter
• Biography (50 words, in paragraph form) for each presenter that can be used for accreditation applications with the ACPE
• Proposed Session Title
• Session Abstract – 100 words, in paragraph form, describing the content of the presentation
• Learning Objectives – A minimum of five (5) learning objectives that will be achieved at the end of the session
• Test Questions - 5 Post-Test Questions, multiple choice and true/false, with answer highlighted.

NCPDP encourages presentations that support or tie to the conference theme, wherever possible.

Program Length and Speakers

NCPDP is accepting submissions for two different session formats:

• Standard Track Sessions are 60-minute sessions, providing for a 45-minute presentation and 15 minutes of question and answer. These sessions are limited to a maximum of two (2) speakers. However, the 2025 Annual Conference Committee will consider more than two speakers/panel discussions if the topic warrants and the proposal must include a thorough description and detailed information on the session and speakers/panelists (all form fields must be completed).
• Rapid-fire, Hot Topic Sessions are 30-minute sessions focused on a high-level overview of an emerging trend. These sessions are designed to be both cutting-edge and highly focused, requiring the presenter to share ideas and achieve learning objective(s) in 20 minutes, with the remaining 10 minutes open for interactive discussion. These sessions are intended for one speaker but if the topic warrant, can have a maximum of two (2) speakers.

Speaker Benefits

• Visibility, recognition and credibility within the pharmacy and healthcare sector
• Promotion in electronic and printed marketing materials
• Participation in the growth of the profession and industry
• Discounted conference registration

Speaker Registration and Travel

Speakers who present at NCPDP’s Annual Conference can attend conference the day they present free of charge and can purchase the 2nd day of conference for a discounted speaker fee of $520. All speakers are responsible for their own travel and lodging expenses.

Due Date

Proposals will be reviewed only if they are received on or before October 4, 2024. All submissions will be reviewed by the Annual Conference Committee only if they include all required information and are educational in nature.

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