The Contract Administration Conference brings healthcare industry leaders together to discuss contract management best practices, reduce rework, and enhance partnerships.

Join business partners from across the healthcare supply chain: distributors, manufacturers, technology solutions providers, group purchasing organizations, and healthcare providers. 2025 will be our 10th year of a proven conference format that includes case studies, roundtables, and working discussions, creating an ideal venue for discussing challenges and advancing collaboration and resilience.

Many key resources are developed from this annual working conference. Learn more at hida.org/pricing-accuracy.

Kudos From Past Attendees

Direct quotes from 2023 and 2022 conference evaluations

Actionable Ideas

This event helps shape the industry to be more efficient. I can attribute to this conference action items taken and results achieved.”

Kurt Budke
Senior Director of Sales Operations Systems & Processes
Henry Schein

Stronger Partnerships

Building relationships and sharing best practices with others that also care deeply about process improvement is invaluable.”

Melanie Proctor

Melanie Proctor
Senior Director, Supply Chain Master Data Management 
Premier, Inc.

Great Conversations

Impressively timely sessions at an insightful, easy going, lively conference. We had great conversations. I will return.”

Lilianne Portelance
Senior Manager, Contracts
Edwards Life Sciences

Show Your Supervisor How You Both Will Benefit

Need to convince your boss to invest in your attendance at the Contract Administration Conference?

It seems like a no-brainer: it’s the only industry event focused exclusively on pricing management for healthcare products, it get consistently high ratings from attendees, and it’s packed with insights!

But if you need ideas for making your case, here’s some advice from experts*. When you propose a conference for approvals:

DO focus on what you will specifically bring back to the organization as payback for the investment

DON’Tfocus on how much you want to go

Include Specifics About:
  • Session content. Which conference sessions are most relevant to your organization and your role? How do they tie to problems you are trying to overcome?
  • Best practices. Does your organization fully understand and embrace industry standards for contract administration practices? If so, it’s your opportunity to advance industry adoption by interacting with your counterparts from other companies. And if not, this is the place to learn.
  • Vendor contacts. What business partners are you likely to interact with? What vendor sponsors do you plan to visit?
  • Results. If you gain an idea that allows you to reduce pricing errors, better manage contract eligibility, increase chargeback approvals – how much is that worth to your organization in staff time savings? In increased revenue?

Be sure to invite your supervisor to join you at the conference if it’s a fit for them. And if they can’t attend, make sure they know you’ll bring back plenty of notes and business cards, and share what you learn with both your supervisor and teammates.

*Source: Mike Doyle, How to Justify Conference Attendance

Pricing Accuracy Steering Committee

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Dawn Barnes
Indirect Channel Pricing & Contracts Analyst
Stryker Customer Solutions
Marco Bulgarelli
Senior Director, Medical Surgical Contract Administration
McKesson Medical-Surgical
Tabitha Calloway
Senior Director, Contracting Services
Capstone Health Alliance
Paul Clarke
Senior Product Manager
Direct Supply, Inc.
Michelle Clouse
Executive Director Excelerate Clinical Partnerships
Cleveland Clinic
Ruvini Defonseka Schultz
System Director Contract Administration Management
CommonSpirit Health
Kat Fern
Manager, Distributor Operations
STERIS Corporation
Priya Gismondi
GM, Medtech, Channel and Specialty Data Services
IQVIA MedTech
Brian Hannan
Director, Distribution Operations
Medtronic
Grace Harter
Program Director, U.S. Medical Products & Distribution
Cardinal Health
Kimberly Hill
Sr. Manager, Pricing, Contract and Rebate Management
Ansell Healthcare
Adja Kaba
Senior Manager, Sales Operations
Nestle Health Science
Susan LaFountain
Product Manager, Industry Adoption
Global Healthcare Exchange
Bob McCart
VP, National Accounts
IMCO, Inc.
Barbara McRay
Director, Rebates
Owens & Minor
Frank Milon
Director, Contracts & Rebates
NDC, Inc.
Nancy Montemarano
Vice President, Commercial Contracting
BD
Theresa Morris
Director of Rebates & GPOs
All Med Medical Supply/TwinMed, LLC
Bassam Oshana
Director of Contract Administration and Pricing
Molnlycke Health Care
Jessica Penizotto
Sr Director, Commercial Operations
Baxter
Melanie Proctor
Vice President, Supply Chain Data Management
Premier, Inc.
Jennifer Reverendo
VP of GPO Cooperative Services of Florida
LeeSar
Melinda Shelton
Vice President, Vendor Contracts & Chargebacks & Continous Improvement
Medline Industries, Inc.
Adam Sher
Director, Enterprise Contract Operations
Henry Schein, Inc.
Annie Smith
Sourcing Manager
CHAMPS Group Purchasing
Jesse Throgmorton
Director, Global Finance Shared Services, Medical Chargebacks
Cardinal Health
Nick Wehrkamp
Senior Manager, Corporate Accounts
Midmark Corporation

The Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) is committed to a respectful and safe experience for all participants, regardless of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. HIDA does not tolerate discrimination, intolerance, harassment, or aggression at any HIDA event, either in person or via electronic communications. Any discriminatory, harassing, inappropriate, or aggressive behavior should be reported to an employee of HIDA or to the event staff immediately. Anyone engaged in inappropriate behavior is subject to removal from the event at HIDA’s discretion.