ADAP Advocacy will host an invite only "Health Fireside Chat" retreat over two and one half days to discuss pertinent issues facing people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic health conditions. The Health Fireside Chat will convene in New Haven, Connecticut on Thursday, September 5th, Friday, September 6th, and Saturday, September 7th. The retreat will also serve as a convening meeting of the Ryan White Grantee 340B Patient Advisory Committee.

The meeting will include a series of moderated white-board style discussions about the following issues:

  • Ripple Effect: How PBMs and Counterfeit Drugs Threaten Patients — moderated by Shabbir Imber Safdar, Executive Director at Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM)

  • Prescription Drug Affordability Boards: A Threat to Ending the HIV Epidemic — moderated Jen Laws, President & CEO at Community Access National Network (CANN)

  • 340B Greed: Rising Revenues, Rising Executive Compensation, Rising Medical Debt...but Lower Charity Care — moderated by Brandon M. Macsata, CEO at ADAP Advocacy & Marcus J. Hopkins, Executive Director, Appalachian Learning Initiative (APPLI)

All Covid-19 safety protocols for our meetings have been suspended until further notice.​

The registration fee to attend is only $249, which will cover the cost of your event meals and the social event planned for the purpose of networking with other stakeholders in attendance. You must be invited to register for this event, otherwise your registration will automatically cancel.

This event is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, and ViiV Healthcare. For more information, please email brandon@macsata.org

Health Fireside Chat - New Haven, CT

  • September 5 - 7, 2024
  • Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
    155 Temple St
    New Haven, Connecticut
    United States
    06510