The Tenth Annual Forum on Transparency and Aggregate Spend will be held August 15 – 17, 2016, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.
Day One: Monday, August 15, 2016
Day One is a pre-conference day, offering attendees two pre-conference workshops: one on transparency reporting for medical device, supplies, dental manufacturers and distributors; the second on the impact of the EFPIA disclosure code and Open Payments on United States and European meetings and event management.
Day Two: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Tuesday opens at 8:00 am with a welcome and opening remarks from Richard Eschle, Pharm.D., JD, Executive Director of Corporate Compliance and Ethics at Eisai, Inc. Following opening remarks, two CMS officials – Robin Usi and Erin Skinner – will present a keynote address on Open Payments. The morning then continues with a panel on trends in recent enforcement targets (representatives from the DOJ, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, and Shire) and a panel on how to use data analytics to assess compliance risks.
The afternoon promises a panel on traversing Sunshine reporting for clinical research and how to improve it, moderated by Seth Whitelaw, editor of Life Science Compliance Update and with panelists from the AMA, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and HCA. Rounding out the afternoon is a panel on how to structure and initiate a global transparency compliance program and a keynote from Andrew Powrie-Smith of EFPIA on a progress report on the implementation of EFPIA Disclosure Code and the results from the June 2016 publication.
Day Three: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
On Wednesday, attendees will get to decide how they want to spend their morning and what areas they want to focus on and learn more about. There are ten concurrent sessions, of which attendees have the opportunity to choose five to attend. Some of the possible topics include: how to add data analytics to your transparency team, how to improve systems for data remediation and validation, what an Open Payments audit would look like, how to manage differences between EFPIA and U.S. transparency regulations, and transparency disclosure guidelines around the world.
The day ends with a presentation by Thomas Sullivan, an overview of the two full years of Open Payments data, media coverage of the data, and what that means for the future.
Conference Information
If you are interested in attending the conference, you can register here. Policy and Medicine readers are given a $400 discount by using the code AGGPOL*.
*Discount applies to standard rates only and may not be combined with other offers or applied to an existing registration. Offer not valid on workshop only or academic/non-profit registrations.