Current listing
What this event is
Registration and housing are open. Early-bird pricing ended July 12; advance pricing began July 13, and NCPA lists onsite pricing from October 3.
This guide is an independent editorial listing, not the registration provider. The organizer controls the final agenda, eligibility, accreditation, prices, availability, and cancellation terms.
Booking desk
Dates, registration, opportunities, cost, credit, and travel checks
This is a compact reading of the organizer information reviewed for this guide. Status labels describe the source coverage, not a booking guarantee. Confirm changing registration, price, credit, hotel, and cancellation terms with the organizer.
| Planning item | Current detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dates | October 3, 2026–October 6, 2026 | Organizer-published |
| Registration | Registration and housing are open. Early-bird pricing ended July 12; advance pricing began July 13, and NCPA lists onsite pricing from October 3. | Registration open |
| Applications and opportunities | No current speaker, poster, abstract, award, grant, exhibitor, or sponsor opportunity was recorded in the sources checked. | Not found |
| Price and cancellation | Convention cancellation requests are due September 16 and carry a $100 fee; confirm the live terms before purchase. | Source note |
| CE or learning credit | Credit details were not clear in the sources checked. Confirm the accreditor, hours, eligible sessions, and reporting process. | Not found |
| Hotel and travel | NCPA's official hotel deadline is September 11 at 5 p.m. CT. The registration page lists Loews Kansas City and Kansas City Marriott Downtown, subject to availability. | Source note |
| Exhibitor directory | NCPA's official exhibitor page links this live 2026 floor plan. Booth assignments may change as the convention approaches. | Directory published |
Plan the exhibit hall
Selected exhibitors worth knowing
These are current organizer-listed exhibitors with a clear consultant-pharmacy use case. We did the background work so you can arrive with a sharper question.
DocStation
Clinical-services and medical-billing software for pharmacy patient records, claims, denial work, scheduling, and analytics.
- Clinical services
- Medical billing
GeriMed
GeriMed's LTC pharmacy membership, purchasing, reimbursement, operational services, and separate consulting-software offering.
- LTC pharmacy services
- Purchasing and reimbursement
Axys LTC / RedSail Technologies
RedSail Technologies' pharmacy-software portfolio, including Axys for long-term-care pharmacy dispensing and operations.
- LTC pharmacy management
- Cloud pharmacy software
SoftWriters / FrameworkLTC
SoftWriters' long-term-care pharmacy technology portfolio, including FrameworkLTC operations and FrameworkRxP medication review.
- LTC pharmacy management
- MRR software
Accu-Chart
Unit-dose packaging, barcode labeling, blister filling, and pharmacy automation for dispensing operations.
- Unit-dose packaging
- Barcode labeling
Managed Health Care Associates (MHA)
Alternate-site purchasing, reimbursement, analytics, and software services, including an RxPertise page that names SoftWriters as the solution provider.
- Alternate-site health care services
- Group purchasing
NCPA's official exhibitor page links this live 2026 floor plan. Booth assignments may change as the convention approaches.
Fit for consultant pharmacy
Why it may be worth your time
- NCPA describes the program as practical education for independent pharmacy owners and their teams.
- The convention's stated themes include service expansion, operating efficiency, and revenue rather than only clinical education.
- The more directly relevant Advanced LTC Pharmacy and LTC Pharmacy at Home workshops run October 1 and 2 as separately registered pre-convention programs.
Prior-event evidence
What earlier coverage suggests
Prior coverage consistently points to broad practical education, policy and reimbursement content, a substantial commercial expo, and peer networking. The same breadth is the main limitation for consultant pharmacists: previous coverage does not establish how much of a given edition will address LTC MRR work directly.
Trade-press coverage · 2024–2025 Annual Conventions
External conference coverage shows a broad, action-oriented program
Drug Topics coverage ranged across vaccination, inspections, PBM reform, credentialing and billing, automation, patient-engagement technology, behavioral health, clinical services, and business operations. That supports treating NCPA as a community-pharmacy operations and policy meeting rather than an LTC-only conference.
Limit: The reporting selects notable sessions and presenter claims; it is not an attendee survey, logistics review, or return-on-cost analysis. Drug Topics disclosed sponsor support for its 2024 onsite coverage while saying editorial content was independently produced.
Commercial participant recap · 2025 Annual Convention
An exhibitor recap emphasizes floor activity, resilience, and service growth
Independent Pharmacy Cooperative reported active exhibit-floor networking and recurring discussion of resilience, growth, reimbursable clinical services, digital health, and business sustainability. It adds a participant view of the commercial and operating agenda.
Limit: IPC exhibited, sponsored a session, and promotes its own cooperative and platform throughout the recap. It is useful participant evidence, not an independent appraisal of cost, logistics, or the full educational program.
Organizer recap · 2023 Annual Convention survey
NCPA published very positive respondent figures without the survey method
NCPA reported that nearly all respondents rated the convention, business education, and networking positively, and that many left with business ideas. Those figures indicate positive feedback among respondents but cannot be treated as independent population estimates.
Limit: NCPA did not publish the sample size, response rate, question wording, or survey instrument. Nonresponse and selection effects cannot be assessed.
Decision checklist
What to confirm before you book
- Convention cancellation requests are due September 16 and carry a $100 fee; confirm the live terms before purchase.
- NCPA's official hotel deadline is September 11 at 5 p.m. CT. The registration page lists Loews Kansas City and Kansas City Marriott Downtown, subject to availability.
- The current program advertises up to 12 contact hours for community pharmacists and technicians; inspect individual sessions before assuming relevance to long-term-care MRR work.
- NCPA now marks 2026 Poster Symposium applications closed. Do not treat the still-published August 13 deadline as an open application window.
Organizer-controlled details
Check the live event page
Use the organizer’s page to confirm current registration, agenda, venue, credit, eligibility, and cancellation information before spending money or making travel arrangements.
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