Hilton Garden Inn, St. George, UT

EVENT AGENDA & SCHEDULE

May 1, 2026

7:30am-8:00am
Registration, Check-In & Breakfast

8:00am-9:30am
Making Sausage: A 2026 Legislative Update
0.15CEU/1.5HRS        UAN 0107-9999-26-174-L03-P/T     
Adam Jones, Executive Director, Utah Pharmacy Association
Objectives:
1. List the tools on the Utah Legislative website for tracking and monitoring legislation.
2.  Explain the process of identifying and contacting a legislator based on home or work location.
3. Discuss how Pharmacy Day on Capitol Hill enhances community pharmacy.  
4.  Summarize the 2026 Utah Legislative session outcomes.
5. Recognize pharmacy areas affected by Utah law changes.
6. Restate grassroots legislative opportunities for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.
7. Identify potential pharmacy updates for the 2027 legislative session.

9:30am-10:30am
Exhibit Hall – Networking

10:30am-12:00pm
Balancing the Technical and the Relational: Psychological Safety and the Art of Feedback
0.15CEU/1.5HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-175-L99-P/T
Kyle Turner, PharmD, Associate Professor University of Utah College of Pharmacy
Objectives:
1. Differentiate technical and relational approaches to teamwork.
2. Explain the role of psychological safety in effective teams.
3. Assess feedback practices within their teams.
4. Apply strategies to foster psychological safety.
5. Practice relational skills that strengthen collaboration

12:00pm-1:00pm
Networking Lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm
Pharmacist Intervention into Hypertension: Potential and Promise
0.1CEU/1.0HRS         UAN
Mark Munger, PharmD, Emeritus Professor University of Utah
Objectives:
1. Identify and classify individuals with high blood pressure;
2. Define the goal(s) of treatment for a patient with hypertension;
3. Detail a specific treatment and monitoring plan for a patient with hypertension; and
4. Assist in the identification and potential diagnosis of a patient's high blood pressure

2:00pm-3:00pm
Improving Psychiatric Medication Safety: Understanding Variable Response via Pharmacogenomics
0.1CEU/1.0HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-180-L01-P/T
Denise Clark, MS, CPhT, Senior Quality Control Specialist, Aliri Bioanalysis
Objectives
1. Describe the role of pharmacogenomic variation in drug metabolism, efficacy, and tolerability for commonly used psychotropic medications.
2. Identify key genetic and non-genetic factors that contribute to variable response and adverse effects in psychiatric medications.
3. Recognize clinical scenarios in which pharmacogenomic considerations may improve medication safety or reduce trial-and-error prescribing.
4. Differentiate actionable versus non-actionable pharmacogenomic factors as it applies to medication safety workflow.
5. Apply pharmacogenomic principles to support appropriate documentation, escalation, and communication within the pharmacy care team and with prescribers to address medication safety concerns.

3:00pm-3:30pm
Break & Exhibits 

3:30pm-5:00pm
Proper Care and Feeding of Pharmacy Employees
0.15CEU/1.5HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-178-L99-P/T
Michael Wright, BS Pharm, Pharmacist, Smith's Pharmacy
Objectives:
1. Recognize 5 different ways people feel appreciated
2. Identify the main reasons people leave jobs
3. Identify the main reasons people stay at jobs
4. List the components of SMART praise
5. Discuss actionable changes they can quickly make at work

5:00pm-6:00pm
Beyond the PBM: Reclaiming Margin with Compliant Cash Pricing Strategies
0.1CEU/1.0HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-179-L04-P/T
Mark Hebert, PharmD, BCPS, PMP, Pharmacy Director RX.co
Objectives:
1. Differentiate compliant cash pricing strategies from unregulated in-house discount matching
2. Examine the regulatory risks of claim re-routing and post-adjutications reversals
3. Illustrate a transparent pricing workflow to improve patient medication adherence
4. Calculate pharmacy margins across traditional PBM and transparent cash models

May 2, 2026

8:00am-8:30am
Breakfast

8:30am-9:30am
New and Emerging Uses for GLP1-Based Therapy
0.1CEU/1.0HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-182-L01-P/T
Albert Noyes, PharmD, BCACP, BCADM, Pharmacist, Intermountain Health
Objectives:
1. Explain how the mechanism of action of GLP1-based medications is relevant to conditions beyond type 2 diabetes and obesity treatment
2. Educate patients and colleagues about evidence based indications other than type 2 diabetes and obesity for GLP1-based medications
3. Provide accurate cautionary guidance regarding use of currently available GLP1-based treatment options in the U.S.

9:30am-10:30am
PREVENTing Cardiovascular Disease - Key Changes within the 2026 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia
0.1CEU/1.0HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-181-L01-P/T
Grace LaFleur, PharmD, Assistant Professor University of Utah
Pharmacist Objectives:
1. Explain guidance on when and how to use updated risk assessment tools and screening for expanded lipid markers to prevent ASCVD occurrence and recurrence.
2. Review emerging and adjunct lipid-lowering strategies for a comprehensive, risk-based approach to ASCVD prevention.
3. Integrate guideline updates into clinical decision-making by evaluating patient-specific factors, adherence barriers, and opportunities for pharmacist-led interventions.

Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
1. Recognize how cholesterol management is evolving, including the importance of earlier treatment and broader screening for lipid markers.
2. Identify commonly used lipid-lowering medications and their role in reducing cardiovascular risk.
3. Support implementation of updated guideline recommendations by assisting with medication adherence, identifying refill gaps, and reinforcing the importance of follow-up lipid monitoring.

10:30-10:45am
Networking Break

10:45am-11:45am
How GLP-1s Are Changing Compounding
0.1CEU/1.0HRS         UAN 0107-9999-26-177-L03-P/T
Tenille Davis, RPh, BCSCP, FAPC, Chief Advocacy Officer Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding
Objectives:
1. Describe the current federal regulatory framework governing GLP-1 compounding.
2. Recognize misinformation related to compounded GLP-1s.
3. Explain the emerging legal and legislative challenges facing compounding pharmacies, including cease-and-desist activity, lawsuits, and proposed state-level restrictions on API and compounding practices.

 

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