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Pharmacy Growth Collaborative (PGC): 2025 Pharmacy Conference

Fall Session: September 15-17, 2025 | The Seabird Resort, CA

THMA Pharmacy Growth Collaborative

The Health Management Academy’s (THMA) Pharmacy Growth Collaborative brings health system pharmacy leaders and select industry executives together for candid discussions on key issues shaping pharmacy strategy. With peer-driven content and a retreat-style setting, this event fosters collaboration and meaningful connections.

THMA’s Pharmacy Growth Collaborative gathers twice each year—once in Spring and once in Fall—for an immersive, retreat-style event. The Pharmacy Growth Collaborative is opening space for additional industry members in 2025. We are seeking industry members that can bring important thought leadership and ideas to drive health forward.

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Attendees of the Pharmacy Growth Collaborative gathered outdoors socializing under large patio umbrellas.

The Value of THMA Industry Convening

Bringing health systems and industry companies together to drive change through retreat-style forums is what we've specialized in for the past 25 years.

Join us this Spring and build genuine relationships with health system executives through intimate discussions, collaborative problem-solving and thought leadership exchange.

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Health System PGC Members

Banner Health health system logo with a stylized blue wave icon.
ChristianaCare health system logo featuring a geometric floral symbol in shades of blue and green, followed by the text 'ChristianaCare' in green and gray.
Mass General Brigham industry logo with teal icon and blue text.
Intermountain Health logo with stylized red and purple symbol and navy text.
Emory Healthcare wordmark in blue capital letters.
Indiana University Health health system logo with white IU initials on a red background

The Pharmacy Growth Collaborative Experience

The Pharmacy Growth Collaborative (PGC) is a 2.5-day experience designed exclusively for forward-thinking pharmacy executives and their industry partners. Each Forum explores timely challenges and emerging opportunities through peer-driven dialogue, real-world case studies, and strategic insights into the evolving healthcare landscape.

Recent topics include:

Seasons of a Chief Pharmacy Officer: A panel of CPOs at different career stages shared insights on leadership evolution—highlighting lessons learned, personal transitions, and the next generation’s leadership needs in health system pharmacy.

The Future of Specialty Pharmacy: With growth and complexity accelerating, this session explored emerging models, value-based trends, and how top-performing systems are building high-impact specialty pharmacy strategies.

Rethinking PBM Strategy: Banner Health leaders pulled back the curtain on pharmacy benefit management, examining shifting models like Pharmacy Benefit Administrators (PBAs), regulatory pressures, and how managed care pharmacy is being reimagined.

Operational Innovation at Fairview: Fairview Health Services outlined its multi-pronged strategy to optimize care through home infusion, MTM, patient assistance, and integrated clinical services—providing a replicable blueprint for cost-effective pharmacy transformation.

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Our Convening Experiences

The Power of Relationships With Jeff Jones

Join us as Jeff Jones shares his personal experience with The Health Management Academy, which spans over two decades.

The Power of Vulnerability and Collaboration

Beth Walker, CEO of Oschner Baptist, shares how the open, trust-filled environment among C-suite executives allows them to candidly discuss their challenges.

How THMA Has Deepened Healthcare Relationships

Todd Cozzens, Founder of Transformation Capital, shares how THMA has helped deepen his industry connections and relationships.

Investing in Tomorrow's Healthcare Leaders

Andy DeLao, CSO & CMKO at Ge HealthCare, shares his insights and experiences working with The Health Management Academy.

Cultivating Connections with Health System CXOs

Nicole Shingler, VP, Enterprise Revenue Cycle for R1 RCM explains just how much THMA stands apart by cultivating connections within the healthcare industry.

Having a Support System is Critical

Nkem Iroegbu, President of Advocate Health, speaks about having the right support system in the healthcare industry.

How a Sense of Ownership Makes All the Difference

Corey Aferiat, VP at THMA, talks about how members feel a very unique sense of ownership over the forums.

Being Honest & Open in Healthcare

Dennis Murphy President & CEO of IU Health shares how coming to THMA events has helped him professionally.

Industry PGC Members

ContinuumRx industry logo with tagline "Specialty Infusion Services" underneath.
RxStrategies industry logo in blue text with stylized "Rx" at the beginning.
Takeda industry logo in red script inside a white oval, outlined by a bold red arc.
Shields Health Solutions logo with a stylized blue shield icon to the left of the company name in gradient blue and gray text.
Pacira Biosciences, Inc. logo with bold purple text and a silver arc spanning over the company name.
MindMed logo featuring a stylized gradient outline of a brain next to the company name in bold dark blue text.
City Public School industry logo with red hands, blue stars, and the text "CPS."
McKesson logo featuring the company name in bold blue text with an orange underscore in the "C," and the tagline "Empowering Healthcare" in gray italic font below.
Leiters Health logo with teal text and a colorful circular dot pattern between the words.
Pfizer logo with a stylized blue-ribbon design and the company name in bold blue text.
Latent logo featuring a purple, ribbon-like hexagon icon next to the word "latent" in bold black text.
Fresenius Kabi logo featuring three vertical wave-like lines to the left of bold blue text reading "Fresenius Kabi."
HOSP industry member logo with a pill icon inside the letter "O".
Alliance Specialty Pharmacy logo featuring a globe made up of colorful human figures surrounding the name “Alliance Specialty Pharmacy” in black text.
Lilly logo featuring the company name in bold red cursive script.
ContinuumRx industry logo with tagline "Specialty Infusion Services" underneath.
Civica logo with a green check mark integrated into the letter "V".
Capital Rx logo with a geometric blue and black icon to the left of the name.
BeiGene logo featuring a red geometric icon on the left and stylized black and red text.
AVEO Oncology logo with stylized blue and green text and tagline "an LG Chem company."
Alnylam logo with stylized swoosh design and navy-blue text.
Alexion logo with stylized blue text and a red triangular accent above the letter "I".

Upcoming 2025 Pharmacy Growth Collaborative Dates & Details

For over 25 years, The Health Management Academy has convened healthcare conferences for C-suite leaders and select industry executives, curating two-way conversations, collaborative problem solving and thought leadership sharing. 

Join us at one of our upcoming health conferences. You can explore dates, locations, agendas, and other details below.

Promotional graphic for the Pharmacy Growth Collaborative, taking place September 15–17, 2025, at The Seabird in Oceanside, California. The background features a beach scene with palm trees, ocean waves, and a hotel along the shoreline, overlaid with bold white and blue text and geometric design elements in blue and orange.

2025 Fall Pharmacy Growth Collaborative

How to Join

Limited opportunity is available and is reserved for companies wanting to partner with Leading Health Systems with operating revenue of $2B or more. We will contact you with additional information within the next few days if your company is the right fit for this exclusive opportunity.

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