IIR's Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Conference

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

CIS will be exhibiting and presenting at IIR’s Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Conference next week, from September 21st – 23rd in Chicago, IL.

CIS’ subject matter experts will be presenting on the following topics:

Best Practices and Considerations to Complement Your GP Solution
Chris Cobourn, VP, Regulatory Compliance
Chrissy Spicer, CIS Senior Compliance Manager
Topics Include:
• Discussing the fundamental elements of establishing a compliant foundation
• Identifying key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities
• Understanding the operational challenges related to source systems and data
• Best practices for aligning your supporting documentation to your GP Solution
• Developing a holistic approach to support the integrity and accuracy of your GP calculations
• Prevailing practices for a sustainable GP Solution

Evaluating the Current GP Environment
Chris Cobourn, VP, Regulatory Compliance
Katie Lapins, CIS Director, Small and Mid-Market Manufacturers
Panelists:
Catrina Hirschauer, Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals
Todd LeDuc, Solvay Pharmaceuticals
Randy Colvin, Allos Therapeutics

All manufacturers, large and small, face similar requirements and challenges in performing their GP Calculations:
• Staying current on regulations, statutes, and guidance
• Ensuring your systems and tools to reflect current methodology
• Ensuring the accuracy of statutory pricing calculations, and having confidence in your certifications
• Making sure that systems and procedures are auditable and meet the requirements of the 10-Year rule

Manufacturers have various options in today’s environment, including performing calculations internally using spreadsheets and databases, outsourcing them to a third party, or implementing a commercial GP system. In this session, we discuss basic requirements of GP systems and tools, and considerations for companies that may be evaluating their options, or want to know how to evaluate the accuracy and overall compliance of their current toolsets. The presentation will include industry case-studies on various approaches to system evaluation.

Track A: Medicaid Payment Process Improvement – Avoid Pitfalls and Duplicate Discounts
Bill Baxter, CIS Strategic Advisor, Government Affairs (Moderator)
Learn to identify and handle these major pitfalls:
• Medicaid as secondary insurance
• Unit of Measure
• Generic substitution
• Incorrect NDC reporting
• Units vs. reimbursed $
• Double dipping
• Adjustments to prior quarter(s)
Hear the fundamentals of Medicaid payment processing and learn to overcome common challenges facing manufacturers today.

Track A: Vigilant Auditing and Monitoring Practices and Procedures
Clarissa Crain (Moderator), CIS Compliance Director
Panelists:
Lisa Kiniklis, Biogen IDEC
Brian McCartney, Ortho-McNeil Janssen
Lorraine Moccio, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems
Improve your current procedures to ensure complete auditing & monitoring of your operational areas. Overcome the difficulty of bringing your company’s Internal Audit group up to speed on current MDRP issues. Take part in this session to discuss current DRA auditing practices, and the internal controls necessary to create sufficient analytical and compliance tools.

Track D: A Strategic and Operational View of the Government as a Customer
Chris Cobourn, VP, Regulatory Compliance
In this session we evaluate the current regulatory environment, as well as new and potential changes to Federal and State programs in 2009 and 2010. We discuss how companies can develop a broader view of managing the government as a customer, evaluating potential shifts in publically funded programs, and key components for a manufacturer to consider, such as managing the government customer from a business perspective, operational considerations, and compliance.

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