NASP inSPire 2026 Specialty Pharmacy Conference
From Policy to the Pharmacy Counter: Navigating Patient Assistance in an Era of Legislative Shifts – Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM EST.
Date and Location: September 22-25, 2026, National Harbor, Maryland
Objectives: Recent health care legislation is reshaping prescription drug affordability, insurance coverage, and access to specialty medications. The Inflation Reduction Act introduced significant Medicare Part D changes, including lower out-of-pocket exposure for many beneficiaries, expanded affordability protections, and new expectations around patient cost navigation. At the same time, the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidies increased premiums and out-of-pocket costs for many commercially insured patients. Together, these policy shifts affect how patients seek financial support and how specialty pharmacies coordinate access, manage benefits, prior authorizations, and determine copay assistance eligibility. Attendees at inSPire2026 are encouraged to join this important conversation to better understand how legislative changes affect specialty pharmacies, assistance programs, and the patients who rely on them.
Panelists: Michael Heimall, President & Chief Executive Officer, HealthWell Foundation; Janel Bush, HealthWell Foundation Ovarian Cancer – Medicare Access Fund Grant Recipient, HealthWell Foundation; Tiara Green, President, Accessia Health; Andrew Babb, Chief Pharmacy Officer, BioTek Remedys
2026 Healthcare Advocate Summit
Date and Location: September 8-10, 2026, Las Vegas, Nevada
Multidisciplinary Navigation Across the Patient Journey: Identifying Gaps in Total Patient Care – Thursday, September 10, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM PST.
Objectives: Collaboration across care teams has become more critical, and the need to help patients navigate a complex and ever-changing health care landscape is more dire than ever before. From prevention and screening to diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, patients and caregivers need a care plan that bridges all aspects of their health care and daily necessities. Patient navigation should take a comprehensive approach, addressing financial hardship, insurance benefits, mental health support, community resources, food insecurity, and geographic barriers to care. Providing patients access to resources and information empowers them to navigate their health care journey more effectively and has proven to have a positive impact on health outcomes.
Panelists: Fred Larbi, Chief Operations Officer, Healthwell Foundation; Charles Collins, President, Healthcare Stakeholder Solutions, LLC; Fran Castellow, President, Operations, Patient Advocate Foundation; Patricia Falconer, MBA, President, Health Options LLC
Technology & Tools: Implementing Your Feedback to Reduce Friction in Charitable Patient Support – Thursday, September 10, 2026, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM PST.
Objectives: Charitable patient assistance programs (CPAPs) work closely with providers and pharmacies to ensure that patients are eligible for and enrolled in assistance programs that meet their needs. Streamlining the enrollment process to reduce friction, and approval delays that ultimately result in delays in patients receiving their medications is vital to patient health outcomes. Providing patients, providers, pharmacies, and advocates with state-of-the-art tools and services to seamlessly enroll in and manage every aspect of the patient journey minimizes access barriers for patients and their care teams.
Panelists: Fred Larbi, Chief Operations Officer, Healthwell Foundation; Charles Collins, President, Healthcare Stakeholder Solutions, LLC; Fran Castellow, President, Operations, Patient Advocate Foundation; Tiara Green, President, Accessia Health; Michele McCourt, Executive Director, CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation; Tom Malone, VP, Product, zPaper, Inc․
