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!
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.
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SPEAKERS
Amy Ball, PharmD Innovative RX Strategies Cure or Crisis? How Obesity Drugs Can Shape (or Break) Your Benefits Strategy |
Jennifer Berman MZQ Consulting Navigating Mental Health Parity Compliance: Understanding MHPAEA and the Final Regulations |
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 | 
James Padilla Cygenex The Future of Insurance: Lowering Costs and Enhancing Care with Pharmacogenomics |  Adam Russo The Phia Group Self-Funding In the New World Order: The Rules & Regulations, The Current Best Practices & The Future Opportunities |
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 |
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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. A complimentary shuttle bus will be available for this event, which is free to attend, though registration is required. Stay tuned for more details!
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.)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
| 7:30 am - 5:30 pm | Registration & Exhibitor Area Open |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
HOTEL
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 28, 2025 or until block is sold out.
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.
Exhibitors
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