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Join the Texas TPA industry at the Austin Marriott North in Round Rock, TX, for TABA’s 2025 Spring Conference. You won’t want to miss the thought-provoking and informative sessions with opportunities for CE credits from the Texas Department of Insurance. It’s a great opportunity to network with old friends and new contacts you will meet.  Enjoy the early bird deadline until March 21, 2025!

This event is sold out!

See us this Fall - September 9-10 in Richardson, TX

Register Here

SPONSORS

Our Sponsor Partners make this conference possible. It enables us to bring you topics and forums for learning and open discussion at a fair, affordable price. So, please visit their booths at the event and on the conference website and be sure to leave your contact information.














SPEAKERS

Amy Ball, PharmD

Innovative RX Strategies

Cure or Crisis?  How Obesity Drugs Can Shape (or Break) Your Benefits Strategy

TDI course ID 142979

Jennifer Berman

MZQ Consulting

Navigating Mental Health Parity Compliance: Understanding MHPAEA and the Final Regulations

TDI course ID 142932

Michael Howard & David Mastrangelo

ProAct RX

Embracing Digital Transformation within PBM:  Leveraging people, process, and technology to meet the market today, while retaining core values, and a look into the future of AI/technology in pharmacy


Alexis Kennedy & Shelby Mathers

Weaver

Personal Cybersecurity: Tips for Protecting Yourself and Your Business in an Evolving Digital Landscape

Navin Nagiah

Daffodil Health

AI in the Past 12 Months:  Impact on Payors & TPAs

TDI course ID 142931

James Padilla

Cygenex

The Future of Insurance: Lowering Costs and Enhancing Care with Pharmacogenomics 

TDI course ID 142917

Adam Russo

The Phia Group

Self-Funding In the New World Order:  The Rules & Regulations, The Current Best Practices & The Future Opportunities

TDI course ID 142919

Annie Smith & Zach Swenson

Ocozzio

What? So What? Now What? Capitalizing on 2025 Industry Trends to Drive TPA Growth & Revenue


 

Teri Swope

SwopeLight

The Real Costs of Chronic Stress

Caroline VanDeusen

ModRN Health

Access to Healthcare:  Breaking Down Barriers to Care Like Cost, Convenience, and Time

TDI course ID 32576




CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, APRIL 15

Noon - 3 pm TABA Legislative Visits

Join your fellow TABA members and visit with legislators making policy decisions that impact your business.  The Texas Legislative Session will be in full swing, so this will be the time to make your voice heard.  You will be provided with talking points and meet in groups so you can talk with decision makers and share your perspective with ease.  If you are interested in attending, please email us at info@tabatpa.org. 

6 - 9 pm     Axe Throwing & Networking Dinner (TABA PAC Fundraiser) - $35 per person - Hosted by Reliant

Kick off the TABA Spring Conference with an exciting networking event the night before the main event!  Join us at Top Notch for an evening of fun, food, and fantastic connections sponsored by Reliant Health Partners. This dinner and axe-throwing experience is the perfect opportunity to mingle with fellow attendees, forge new relationships, and enjoy a unique and engaging activity.  Don’t miss this chance to connect in a lively and relaxed setting—space is limited, so add your ticket to your conference registration today!  (Attendees must wear closed toe shoes.)

Top Notch Axe Throwing - 1201 S I-35 Frontage Rd, Unit 312, Round Rock, TX  78664.  (1 mile from conference hotel)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

7:30 am - 5:30 pm Registration & Exhibitor Area Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Hot Breakfast Buffet in Atrium - Hosted by HPC+
8:30 - 8:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks by President Stacey Minton
8:45 - 10:00 am

Session 1:  Navigating Mental Health Parity Compliance: Understanding MHPAEA and the Final Regulations by Jennifer Berman, MZQ Consulting (TDI Course ID 142932)

10:00 - 10:15 am Break & Vendor Networking - Hosted by Keenan Pharmacy Services, EmpiRx Health Services & Weaver
10:15 - 11:15 am

Session 2A: Embracing Digital Transformation within Pharmacy Benefit Management:  Leveraging people, process, and technology to meet the market today, while retaining core values, and a look into the future of AI/technology in pharmacy by Michael Howard & David Mastrangelo, ProAct RX

10:15 - 11:15 am Session 2B:  What? So What? Now What? Capitalizing on 2025 Industry Trends to Drive TPA Growth & Revenue by Annie Smith & Zach Swenson, Ocozzio
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Session 3:  Real Costs of Chronic Stress by Teri Swope, SwopeLight Consulting
12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch in Atrium - Hosted by TrueRX
1:15 - 1:30 pm Introduction of Exhibitors 
1:30 - 2:30 pm

Session 4A:  Access to Healthcare:  Breaking Down Barriers to Care by Caroline VanDeusen, ModRNHealth (TDI Course ID 32576)

1:30 - 2:30 pm Session 4B:  Legislative Update
2:30 - 3:30 pm Session 5A:  The Future of Insurance: Lowering Costs & Enhancing Care with Pharmacogenomics by James Padilla, Cygenex (TDI Course ID 142917)
2:30 - 3:30 pm Session 5B:  The Power Program Workshop by Teri Swope, SwopeLight Consulting
3:30 - 4:00 pm Break & Vendor Networking - Hosted by Weaver, Keenan Pharmacy Service & EmpiRx Health Services
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Session 6:  Self-Funding In the New World Order – The Rules & Regulations, The Current Best Practices & The Future Opportunities by Adam Russo, The Phia Group (TDI Course ID 142919)

5:00 - 5:15 pm Introduction of Sponsors
5:15 - 6:15 pm Happy Hour with Silent Auction - Hosted by Integrated Payor Solutions
Dinner on your own

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

7:15 am Registration Open
7:30 - 9:00 am Hot Breakfast Buffet in Atrium - Hosted by Vori Health
9:00 - 10:00 am Session 7:  Personal Cybersecurity: Tips for Protecting Yourself and Your Business in an Evolving Digital Landscape by Alexis Kennedy & Shelby Mathers, Weaver 
10:00 - 11:00 am

Session 8:  AI in the Past 12 Months:  Impact on Payors & TPAs by Navin Nagiah, Daffodil (TDI Course ID 142931)

11:00 - 11:15 am Break & Vendor Networking - Hosted by EmpiRX Health Services, Weaver & Keenan Pharmacy Service
11:00 am Silent Auction Closes
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Session 9: Cure or Crisis?  How Obesity Drugs Can Shape (or Break) Your Benefits Strategy by Amy Ball, PharmD, Innovative Rx Strategies (TDI Course ID 142979)


ROLLOVER HOTEL

Hyatt Place Austin / Round Rock

420 Sundance Pkwy., Round Rock, TX  78681

The Hyatt Place Austin is in the same parking lot as the TABA conference hotel.  The discounted TABA room rate is just $119/night EXTENDED through April 8, 2025 or until block is sold out.   

Reserve Rollover Hotel

  

HOTEL - Sold Out

Austin Marriott North

2600 La Frontera Blvd., Round Rock, TX  78681

The host hotel for the TABA 2025 Spring Conference is the Austin Marriot North, in Round Rock, TX.  The discounted TABA room rate is just $149/night through March 31, 2025 or until block is sold out.  (Only a handful of rooms remain!)

TABA only gets credit for rooms booked on the conference reservation page toward the hotel guarantee.  Please use the reservation link below to make your room reservation NOW as space is filling up fast.

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