The RISE Part D Master Class | A RISE Health Conference

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October 16-17, 2025

San Antonio

 The RISE Part D Master Class

Medicare Part D 2025: Strategy, Compliance, and Pharmacy Performance

Plans are resetting for profit, not growth. Benefits are tighter, oversight is rising, Stars are volatile. Come get clear direction on how new CMS rules and IRA mechanics affect your formulary, forecasting, and member affordability… and leave with tools you can use the next business day.

What you will learn

- Regulatory and compliance: Final Rule and Call Letter priorities, MTM expectations, UM impact on access, mid-year change guardrails, audit readiness

- Pharmacy strategy: formulary design under constraints, GLP-1 and gene therapy cost control, network and access standards

- Finance and actuarial: bids and liability modeling with $2,000 OOP cap, smoothing operations, reinsurance shifts, manufacturer discounts

- Stars performance: actions that move adherence, MTM, and CMR completion

- Cross-team delivery: align pharmacy, actuarial, compliance, and ops on timelines, KPIs, and governance

New in 2025

- Patient Perspectives Panel with the Camden Coalition to stress-test plan design and communications

- Policy and advocacy outlook to prepare for upcoming negotiations and the 2026 reset

- Structured roundtables for peer benchmarks you can cite internally

- Optional formulary workshop on governance, analytics, and mid-year management

Who should be in the room
Pharmacy leaders, actuaries and finance, compliance and audit, Stars and member experience, data and analytics supporting pharmacy performance.

What you get
Checklists for smoothing and audits, forecasting updates for catastrophic phase changes, case examples of high-cost drug management, peer benchmarks for internal approvals.

The agenda is live… review sessions and reserve your seat.

Who Should Attend

Medical directors and other executives from health plans and hospital networks that work with CMS and offer Part D benefits with the following job functions:

  • Compliance
  • Pharmacy operations
  • Finance
  • Vendor management
  • FDR/ delegation oversight
  • Coverage determinations, appeals, and grievances review
  • Medicare auditing
  • Information technology
  • Claims and prescription drug event management

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs):

  • Claim approvals/denials
  • Compliance
  • Claim and prescription drug event management
  • Pharmacy operations

Other Professionals:

  • CMS audit consultants
  • CMS audit validation consultants
  • Compliance auditors
  • Legal consultants
  • Data management/ software providers
  • Health law attorneys

Top Reasons to Attend

There is a reason attendees return to this event year after year. Your peers are attending in 2025 to:

  • Understand how IRA-driven changes to Part D benefits impact actuarial forecasting, plan design, and member experience
  • Balance member access, cost containment, and compliance amid ongoing policy shifts and market pressures
  • Explore key takeaways from the CMS Final Rule and Call Letter, and what they mean for plan compliance and operations in 2025 and beyond
  • Operationalize compliance improvements using real-time tracking tools, internal dashboards, and effective system strategies
  • Strengthen clinical and financial forecasting to accurately account for high-cost therapies, pipeline products, and shifting plan liabilities
  • Hear directly from beneficiaries about what’s working (and what’s not) in their Medicare Part D experiences—from choosing plans to medication affordability
  • Manage rising costs of GLP-1s and gene therapies while maintaining clinical excellence and financial sustainability
  • Identify Part D measures that most influence Star Ratings, including adherence, MTM, and CMR completion
  • Benchmark best practices and network with industry peers to remain competitive in a rapidly transforming market
  • Discover real-world examples of how successful plans tackled formulary changes, OOP cap implementation, and audit readiness