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Five for Friday March 27: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA has completed a pilot studying the use of immunization measure concepts in payer-pharmacy value-based arrangements to better understand pharmacy-payer data exchange, which strongly influences the feasibility of pharmacy quality measurement. The results were announced in a release and report published yesterday.. The pilot also evaluated participants’ performance on the measure concepts and gathered their feedback to refine the measure […] -
PQA Pilot of Adult Immunization Pharmacy Measure Concepts Yields Insights on Payer-Pharmacy Partnerships
Pilot Demonstrates Measure Concept Feasibility and Strong Interest in Payer-Pharmacy VBAs Alexandria, Va. (March 26, 2026) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has completed a pilot studying the use of immunization measure concepts in payer-pharmacy value-based arrangements (VBA) to better understand pharmacy-payer data exchange, which strongly influences the feasibility of pharmacy quality measurement. The pilot also evaluated participants’ performance on the measure concepts and gathered their […] -
Quality Forum Review: From Barriers to Better Outcomes: The Value of Community Health Workers
The PQA Quality Forum Webinar is a regular, recurring series on healthcare quality topics with a focus on medication use and medication services. It is a forum for educating and engaging with PQA members and quality-focused healthcare professionals. The February 12 PQA Quality Forum Webinar welcomed Tammy Malm, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, PQA’s Director of Education, as she provided […] -
Cross-Sector Collaboration and Future Innovation in AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping health care, including how medications are used. On November 13, 2025, PQA hosted PQA Convenes: Artificial Intelligence in Medication Use Quality to bring together PQA members, health technology leaders, and other stakeholders for a discussion on how AI and machine learning are being used to identify, understand, and engage patients in their medication […] -
PQA Appoints 16 Individuals to Patient Advisory Council
PQA has appointed 16 individuals to serve on a new Patient Advisory Council. The council will advise PQA on what matters most to patients, their families and caregivers as it relates to safe, effective and appropriate medication use. The council also will provide input on strategies to meaningfully incorporate patient perspectives throughout PQA’s work to improve the quality of medication use and patient outcomes. The council members were selected by PQA […] -
Q&A with Founding PQA CEO Laura Cranston
PQA is celebrating its 20th year in 2026. In addition to special events at the 2026 PQA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Md., May 12-14, PQA will recognize across the year the people, milestones and achievements that have defined the organization’s success. We also will look to the future and PQA’s continuing work to improve the quality of medication use. Laura Cranston, RPh, served as PQA’s founder and chief […] -
Evaluating Care Quality: Leveraging AI in Measurement and Quality Improvement
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping health care, including how medications are used. On November 13, 2025, PQA hosted PQA Convenes: Artificial Intelligence in Medication Use Quality to bring together PQA members, health technology leaders, and other stakeholders for a discussion on how AI and machine learning are being used to identify, understand, and engage patients in their medication […] -
Five for Friday March 13: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA is convening a measure development technical expert panel (TEP) to support the development of a new health plan measure concept: Evidence of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Persons with Heart Failure. This measure will assess the percentage of individuals with prescription claims for guideline-directed medical therapies for the treatment of heart failure. The TEP will include approximately 15 individuals from PQA member […] -
Q&A with PQA CEO Micah Cost
PQA is celebrating its 20th year in 2026. In addition to special events at the 2026 PQA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Md., May 12-14, PQA will recognize across the year the people, milestones and achievements that have defined the organization’s success. We also will look to the future and PQA’s continuing work to improve the quality of medication use. Micah […] -
Celebrating 20 Years of Quality
In 2026, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) marks an extraordinary milestone: 20 years of advancing medication use quality and improving patient outcomes across the United States. What began in 2006 as a bold, multi-stakeholder collaboration has grown into one of the most influential quality organizations in American health care – shaping measurement, supporting accountability and elevating the […]
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