National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Announces New Staff Appointments

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy™ (NASP™) announced today that Jayson S. Slotnik, MPH, JD has been appointed Health Policy Advisor to the association and Virginia Sweeter, CMP has been appointed Meetings and Education Program Consultant.

Mr. Slotnik is a principal and founding member of Health Policy Strategies, Inc., a Washington, DC based consulting firm representing innovative biotech, pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic companies. He counsels clients on Medicare and Medicaid coverage, payment and reimbursement and other government policies.

Ms. Sweeter is an accomplished meeting planner and association manager. Her previous work experience includes serving as the deputy executive director for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. She also worked for Courtesy Associates/Smith Bucklin, a conference and association management firm. Additionally, Virginia served as deputy executive director with the American Helicopter Society International.

"NASP is pleased to add Jayson and Virginia to our team," said NASP Executive Director Jim Smeeding, RPh, MBA.  "Jayson recently provided able assistance to NASP in our first outreach to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the issue of narrow networks and his addition is another step in NASP's development as the national voice for specialty pharmacy."  Smeeding continued, "Virginia Sweeter has extensive experience in association management and meeting and education program planning.  She was involved in planning NASP's first conference in 2013 and we are pleased that she has re-joined our team."

For additional information about NASP, see the association's new web site at www.naspnet.org.

About the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP)
www.naspnet.org 
The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy™ (NASP™) is the national association for all stakeholders in the specialty pharmacy industry.  NASP's nearly 70 corporate members and over 1,000 professionals represent specialty pharmacies, PBMs, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers, GPOs/wholesalers/distributors, and others allied to the industry. The mission of NASP is to provide education programs and business opportunities to improve patient care and to be the national voice for specialty pharmacy.

Contact:
Robert Fulcher
[email protected]
(703) 842-0122

SOURCE National Association of Specialty Pharmacy

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