Join us August 18, 2010 in Beautiful Portland, Maine
Register now for the next NLARx meeting! Visit beautiful Portland Maine for the latest on what states are doing to lower drug costs and implement federal health care reform, including changes to Medicaid rebates and the Sunshine Act. The Summer NLARx meeting is Wednesday, August 18 from 9:30 am - 3 pm at the
Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street in Portland in the Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Lecture Hall. We have scheduled the meeting so that legislators attending the Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference (CSG/ERC)
annual meeting August 15-18 in Portland will also be able to participate in the NLARx meeting. Note CSG registrants may register for a lobsterbake the evening of August 17 - so come early and enjoy the best lobster in the world! Complete meeting details including transportation, registration forms, speaker biographies, and hotel information is posted on our website
here.
AGENDA
How will federal health care reform impact state pharmaceutical policy, including Medicaid rebates, implementing and "wrapping around" federal Sunshine Act provisions, and Medicare Part D? We will hear from policymakers and other experts on what you need to know. We will also have reports from the states including details of Vermont's new sample disclosure policy. Confirmed speakers:
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Nancy B. Kelleher, Maine State Director, AARP, "Donuts and Dollars: How Federal Health Reform Affects Medicare Part D"
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Jude Neveux, Director, Business Development, Goold Health Systems "State Medicaid Rebates after National Health Reform"
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Robin Lunge, Esq., Vermont Legislative Council, " Federal Health Care Reform: One State's Perspective on Prescription Drug Initiatives"
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Ken Libertoff, Ph. D., Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health "The Vermont Drug Sample Initiative...A Sample of Powerful and Effective Marketing!"
- $25 for legislators and legislative staff. Fees are waived for legislators and legislative staff from DC, ME, VT, WV.
- $950 for businesses and business trade organizations (including nonprofit business trade organizations)
- $150 for nonbusiness, nonprofit organizations with annual budget more than $250,000
- $90 for nonbusiness, nonprofit organizations with annual budget of $250,000 or less, and for academic institutions.
Fill out this
registration form and mail with your check to NLARx at the address below. ***There are no walk-in registrations permitted except for legislators & their staff***
Mail checks (note: we do not accept credit cards) made out to "NLARx" and completed registration form by August 13, 2010 to:
Tina Duffany
National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices
P.O. Box 492
Hallowell, ME 04347
HOTEL INFORMATION
If you are attending the CSG/ERG meeting, you can register for a room at the Holiday Inn by the Bay or the Eastland Hotel
here. NLARx is not reserving a room block so you should make your own reservations. Our website has links to suggested hotels in the Portland area.
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
Portland Jetport is served by AirTran, Continental, Delta, Jet Blue, United and US Airways. Amtrak's Downeaster from Boston and Concord Trailways buses arrive at the Portland Transportation Center convenient to downtown. For complete transportation information see our website.
