Below is the TENTATIVE schedule for the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit. Please return often for the latest updates and links to program details. (Updated 3-25-16)
Monday, March 28, 2016
| 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Pre-Summit Workshops • A CDC Training: Using Digital and Social Media to Influence the #RxProblem • Empower Veterans Program: Innovative Functional Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain • Medication-Assisted Treatment • Investigating and Prosecuting Pill Mills |
| 5:15 p.m – 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Keynote & Panel Discussion • Dean Osborne, Director, Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, Hazard (KY) Community and Technical College • Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture • Honorable Joseph “Joe” Manchin, United States Senator, State of West Virginia • Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor, State of West Virginia |
6:00 p.m – 7:30 p.m. | Opening Reception on the Expo Hall Floor Presented by WestCare Foundation |
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
| 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast on the Expo Hall Floor |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Vision Sessions • American Medical Association Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse • Brain Science Update: Non-Invasive, Non-Pharma Treatment for Chronic Pain and Opiate Drug Abuse • Preventing Opioid Use and Abuse in High-Risk Patients • Drug Treatment Courts: How America’s Most Trusted Alternative to Incarceration is Providing Hope in the Midst of the Rx Drug Abuse and Opiate Epidemic • NARxCHECK – The Next Generation of Controlled Substance Prescription History Reports for the Healthcare Professional • Rescuing the Opiate Overdose: From Receptors to Relatives to Regulations • Using Social Media to Address Rx Drug Abuse in the Appalachian Region • Genetics-Based Solution to Substance Abuse Treatment • Monitoring PDMP Effectiveness Now and in the Future • Addiction Is A Disease, Not A Choice, And Should Be Treated As Such |
| 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Opening General Session • Dean Osborne, Director, Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, Hazard (KY) Community and Technical College • Honorable Harold “Hal” Rogers, United States Representative, R-Kentucky 5th District, Chair, Committee on Appropriations • Michael P. Botticelli, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy • Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, National Institutes of Health • Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration • Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration |
| 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Expo Hall Open |
| 11:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch on the Expo Hall Floor |
| 11:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • Advocacy Track: Insights from the Field on State Policy, Insurer and Health System Levers to Curb Rx Drug Overdose • Clinical Track: Development of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Chronic Pain in Primary Care • Federal Track: Rx Drug Use and Misuse: Prevention and Treatment Programs at the State/Community Level • Heroin Track: Origins of the Heroin Crisis • Law Enforcement Track: Using Advanced Analytics to Identify Drug-Seeking Behavior, Identity Fraud and Hospital-Based Drug Diversion • Vision Session: Struggle to Strength: Financial Capability on the Road to Recovery |
| Noon – 2:00 p.m. | Security screening |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Afternoon Keynote General Session • Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, United States Surgeon General |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion with President Obama • Barack H. Obama, President of the United States |
| 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • Advocacy Track: State Responses to Rx Drug and Heroin Abuse • Clinical Track: What to Do After an Overdose Reversal: Engaging Patients in Addiction Treatment • Federal Track: The Emerging Illicit Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic: Perspectives from the National and State Levels • Heroin Track: Preventing Heroin Initiation and Deaths • Law Enforcement Track: State and Federal Responses by Law Enforcement Officials • PDMP Track: PDMPs as Prevention Tools • Pharmacy Track: Drug Enforcement Administration Regulations Update and Proper Disposal • Prevention Track: Preventing Hepatitis C and HIV Outbreaks • Third-Party Payer Track: Ensuring Access to Quality Treatment • Treatment Track: The Five-Year Recovery Standard for the Evaluation of Treatment |
| 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • Advocacy Track: Physicians Engaged in Prevention • Clinical Track: Preventing Rx Opioid Abuse: The Role of Dentists • Federal Track: Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse with Patient Review and Restriction Programs • Heroin Track: Community Responses to Heroin: North Carolina and Northern Kentucky • Law Enforcement Track: Investigating and Prosecuting Homicide by a Prescribing Doctor • PDMP Track: New Developments in PDMPs: California, Colorado and Minnesota • Pharmacy Track: Technologies to Reduce Diversion, Fraud and Abuse: Electronic Prescribing and Drug Deactivation • Prevention Track: Multi-Media Prevention • Third-Party Payer Track: Workers’ Compensation: Dangerous Prescribing Practices and At-Risk Patients • Treatment Track: Best Practices in Treating Opioid Addiction in the Criminal Justice Population |
| 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • PDMP Track: Risk Behaviors, Morbidity and Mortality • Pharmacy Track: Drugs to Watch: Tramadol, Hydrocodone and Naloxone • Prevention Track: Preventing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) • Third-Party Payer Track: Advances in Treating Chronic Pain and Addiction • Treatment Track: Closing Treatment Gaps in the Healthcare and Criminal Justice Systems |
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast on the Expo Hall Floor |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Morning General Session with Q&A • Dean Osborne, Director, Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, Hazard (KY) Community and Technical College • Host Eli Capilouto, ScD, President, University of Kentucky • Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse • Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Congressional Leaders Forum • Honorable Edward J. Markey, JD, United States Senator, D-Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Honorable Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, United States Representative, R-Georgia, 1st District, Member, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse • Honorable Paul A. Gosar, DDS, United States Representative, R-Arizona, 4th District, Member, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse • Honorable Frank C. Guinta, United states Representative, R-New Hampshire, 1st District, Member, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse • Honorable Evan Jenkins, United States Representative, R-West Virginia, 3rd District, Member, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse • Honorable William R. “Bill” Keating, United States Representative, D-Massachusetts, 9th District, Member, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse • Honorable Harold “Hal” Rogers, United States Representative, R-Kentucky, 5th District, Chair, Committee on Appropriations, and Founding Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse |
| 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Expo Hall Open |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 pm – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch on the Expo Hall Floor (depending on your Breakout Session schedule) |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • PDMP Track: When Prescribers Use PDMP Data • Pharmacy Track: To Fill or Not to Fill, That Is the Question • Prevention Track: Youth Prevention Programs • Third-Party Payer Track: Panel Discussion: Using Workers’ Compensation Formularies to Reduce Rx Opioids • Treatment Track: Treatment and Long-Term Outcomes of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • Advocacy Track: The Naked Truth about Medical Marijuana • Clinical Track: Co-Prescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines: Risks and Recommendations • Federal Track: National HIDTA Program • Heroin Track: From Rx Opioids to Heroin • Law Enforcement Track: Drug-Related Deaths: Investigation, Prosecution and Review Strategies |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • Advocacy Track: Advocating for Change • Clinical Track: Chronic Pain and Alternative Therapies • Federal Track: Vision Session: The Importance of Collaboration between State Leaders and the Medical Community to Reduce Opioid Abuse • Heroin Track: HIDTA Heroin Response Strategy • Law Enforcement Track: Children Impacted by Drug Abuse and Violence • PDMP Track: New Developments in PDMPs: South Carolina, Wisconsin and Florida • Pharmacy Track: Looking Beyond Red Flags • Prevention Track: Youth, Performance-Enhancing Drugs and ADHD Medication • Third-Party Payer Track: Turning Off the Faucet from Above: Health Plan Involvement in Safe Prescribing • Treatment Track: Recovery-Ready Ecosystems |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Breakout Summit Track Sessions • Advocacy Track: Activating Your Community • Clinical Track: Universal Maternal Drug Testing and Early Identification of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) • Federal Track: DEA 360 Strategy: Working Together to Break the Cycle of Drug Trafficking, Drug Violence and Drug Abuse • Heroin Track: Community Responses to Heroin: Huntington, WV, and Camden County, NJ • Law Enforcement Track: Drug Court Models • PDMP Track: Linking and Mapping PDMP Data • Pharmacy Track: Pharmacy Burglary, Robbery and Diversion • Prevention Track: Workplace Issues and Strategies • Third-Party Payer Track: Managing Morphine Equivalent Dose and Red-Flagging Red Flags • Treatment Track: Buprenorphine: Knocking Out Pill Mills and Minimizing Diversion |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Evening Keynote General Session • Dean Osborne, Director, Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, Hazard (KY) Community and Technical College • Chuck Rosenberg, MPP, JD, Acting Administrator, United States Drug Enforcement Administration |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Summit Reception on the Expo Hall Floor |
Thursday, March 31, 2016
| 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast on the Expo Hall Floor |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Thought-Leader Roundtables • Abuse-Deterrent Opioids: Is Legislation Necessary? • Engaging Healthcare Providers for Lifelong Learning about Heroin and Rx Drug Abuse • Prevention and the Transition to Heroin: Engaging the Prevention Community • Abuse of Rx Drugs on College Campuses |
| 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | 3rd Annual SAM Education Summit NOTE: This event requires a separate registration. |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Thought-Leader Roundtables • Beyond the ‘Thin Blue Line’ • Impacting Youth: Recovery High Schools • Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Second-Chance Opportunities • What Makes For Effective PDMP Programs? |
| 11:45 a.m. | Summit Concludes |
