Webinar: From Evolution to Revolution: How the Rise of Specialty Pharmacy Drove a New PBM Model by Ocozzio

AscellaHealth presents its 2020 Webinar Series

Designed in collaboration with Leaf Health, this series features an all-star roster of healthcare and specialty pharmacy experts, including chief medical officers, large TPA executives, employer coalitions and key health market experts in pharmacy benefits, and is expected to generate dialogue and deliver continued added value for partners and clients.

Learn more about our key speakers and view each episode in more detail below.

Meet the Key Speakers

David W. West

Director, Corporate Development | Group & Pension Administrators, Inc.

David has worked in the employee benefits industry since 1981 after graduating from Furman University with a BS in Economics. He left Marsh/Mercer to join GPA in 2006 and previously worked for several other insurance companies and third party administrators. Throughout his career he has worked in the areas of underwriting, marketing operations, sales and client management, network development, benefits brokerage, and several areas of management.

In his current position he is responsible for managing a team that coordinates the client renewal process and helps clients understand their clinical cost drivers and risk management strategies; managing vendor relationships; improving interdepartmental communication; and identifying and implementing internal and external revenue growth and risk avoidance strategies.

He is currently an Officer and the Legislative Chair for the Texas Association of Benefit Administrators; he is a former Officer and President of the DFW Chapter of Certified Employee Benefits Professionals; and he has spoken at and worked with several other professional organizations in various capacities. He is a frequent public speaker in the areas of TPA administration, stop loss, reference based pricing and pharmacy plan management and has been invited to speak before multiple Texas State Legislature committees on topics relating to the cost of healthcare.
Jeffrey Hogan

Northeast Regional Manger | Rogers Benefit Group

Jeff has been with Rogers Benefit Group, a national benefits marketing and consulting firm, for 30 years. Additionally, Jeff operates a consulting firm, Upside Health Advisers where he provides expert witness services on health care related litigation, as a consultant to payers and large provider groups for product development and launch, and as a resource to employers desirous of implementing strategies to manage their health spend. Jeff is focused on health care payment reform, health policy, care coordination, value based health care, health care quality and precision medicine.

Jeff regularly appears on national forums focused on moving to value-based health care and is actively working to promote health care related transparency measures in the market. He is a current board member for the Connecticut Business Group on Health and serves as the group’s liaison to the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser’s Coalition. He is also is one of the Coordinators of Connecticut’s Moving to Value Alliance. Jeff is the Regional Leader for the Leapfrog Group. Jeff was recently awarded the Outstanding 2020 Benefits Advisor/Broker Health Value Award by the Validation Institute.

Jeff and his family are active annual participants in the Pan-Mass Challenge and have raised more than 300K for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Jeff served his local government as the Farmington Town Council Chair from 2012-2014 and as a town council member over a 10-year period. Jeff is an avid outdoorsman, and previously served as the Director of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Mountain Leadership School and for the past 20 years instructs in the Wilderness Medicine Symposium for the UCONN Medical School.

Sessions in this 2020 Webinar Series

June 25th, 2020 at 1:00 pm EST

Ep 1: Specialty Market Trends and the Market Place Realities for Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
August 27th, 2020 at 1:00 pm EST

Ep 2: Evolution of the PBM Business Model for Specialty Medical Rx
November 12th, 2020 at 1:00 pm EST

Ep 3: Revolution: Leading Approaches to Transform Healthcare in Specialty Medical Rx Management

“Revolution: Leading Approaches to Transform Healthcare in Specialty Medical Rx Management,” will look at the promotion of biosimilar... View more

From Evolution to Revolution: How the Rise of Specialty Pharmacy Drove a New PBM Model

AscellaHealth presents its 2020 Webinar Series

Meet the Key Speakers

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