Webinars

Bones of PA Educational and Practice Management Webinars

Webinars are available for Bones of PA members only.
Please contact us today for access to our previous educational webinars!

Pulling back the Curtain on the Pharmacy Spend in your Health Plan
Date: September 24, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. (EDT)

Speaker:
Steven T. Boyd, PharmD, BCPS is founding partner and currently the Executive Vice President of Research and Development of Southern Scripts. He has nearly two decades of experience serving as a clinical pharmacist within academia, independent pharmacy and managed care. Currently, Steve’s main efforts are customer and client relations as well as creating a solution to the rising costs of specialty drugs. Prior to Southern Scripts, Steve gained significant experience while owning and operating two pharmacies specialized in retail and specialty packaging. Dr. Boyd’s dossier in academia included promotion to Associate Professor, awardee of several grants nearing one million dollars of public grant funding, co-author of a popular pharmacy board review book and primary author of over twenty peer review pharmacy manuscripts and is licensed pharmacist in fifteen states. He has been honored by Louisiana Pharmacy Association distinguished young pharmacist of the year 2006 and pharmacist of the year 2011.

Topics Covered:
Join us on Sept. 24th at 12:00 pm EST for a webinar: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Pharmacy Spend in your Health Plan.

Topics covered will include:

What are the traditional Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) Revenue Streams?
Are there different types of PBM models?
The Power of the MERP! (Medication Expense Reimbursement Plan)

Upcoming Webinars:

Obesity-Proofing Your Practice
Date: October 20, 2020
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

Speaker:
Dr. Jessica Barnes, CEO and Co-Founder of 20Lighter, a ground breaking scientifically based obesity and cardiometabolic intervention. She earned her PhD in Molecular Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a fellow in the department of pediatric neuro-oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston.

Topics Covered:
By 2030, half the US population is projected to be obese, and nearly 25% will be severely obese. For orthopedic surgeons and ASC leaders, what are the risks that this brings to your bottom line? How are you going to manage the impact that obesity and related issues including diabetes and cardiovascular disease have on the fastest growing outpatient procedures related to – Orthopedics, Spine, and Cardiology?

In this session, learn how to assess the risks and magnitude of financial burden that result from complications like surgical site infections, how reimbursement for obese patients differs from normal weight or low risk patients, and implement a plan to obesity-proof your practice to proactively protect your bottom line.

Learning Objectives:
You will leave this session with the skills and knowledge to:

Identify specific areas of your practice that can be impacted by obesity and related health issues
Assess the historical (12-24 months) impact that these comorbidities have had on your bottom line and forecast the potential risk and cost of obesity-related complications in the future
Develop a plan to maximize revenue opportunities and address vulnerabilities in your practice.

Previous webinar topics have included:

The Challenges of Telehealth in the Covid-19 Crisis
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): What Practices and Employers Need to Know
How to Deal With Updated and Changing Spinal Procedure Guidelines
Cyber Risk 101: Risks and Consequences of Cyber Attacks on Your Practice
Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Imaging

Please contact us today for access to our educational webinars!

Bones of PA Educational and Practice Management Webinars

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