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Five for Friday June 5: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
What can and should we measure when it comes to patient care, experience, and outcomes? What matters most to patients and those who care for them? PQA is facilitating conversations to identify and elevate what patients, caregivers, and patient advocates might value and prioritize for future measurement. My latest article in Drug Topics explores the opportunity to […] -
PQA at 20: Reflecting on Two Decades of Impact
For 20 years, PQA has brought together diverse stakeholders with a shared commitment to improving the quality of medication use and advancing health outcomes. When PQA was established in 2006, health care was beginning to shift toward greater accountability and value. As PQA Chief Executive Officer Micah Cost reflects, “When PQA was formed, the idea was that we were building a value-based construct.” That vision laid the foundation for an organization dedicated to […] -
Quality Professionals and Industry Leaders Gather at the 2026 PQA Annual Meeting
PQA members and health care quality professionals gathered in Baltimore, Md., May 12-14, for the 2026 PQA Annual Meeting. Over three days, health care executives and quality professionals from pharmacies, health plans, health care providers, pharmacy benefit managers, life sciences companies, technology vendors, research institutions, academia and more addressed top issues and emerging trends in […] -
Focusing Quality Measures on Outcomes and Patient Experience
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Frailty Index Scores as an Outcome for Deprescribing Initiatives: Bridging the Gap in Polypharmacy Quality Metrics
This guest blog is one in a series by sponsors of the 2026 PQA Annual Meeting explores polypharmacy quality metrics. PQA does not endorse, recommend or favor any product, service or organization that is a sponsor. Polypharmacy is broadly defined as the concurrent use of five or more medications. Although polypharmacy is common in the care […] -
Five for Friday May 22: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA is excited to introduce the new PQA website and MyPQA portal! As PQA continues to grow and evolve, we are excited to introduce a new digital experience designed to make it easier for members, partners and stakeholders to engage with PQA and access the resources they need. PQA.org offers a more connected, user-friendly digital experience that […] -
Welcome to the New PQA.org and MyPQA Portal
At PQA, collaboration and innovation are at the center of improving medication use quality. As PQA continues to grow and evolve, we are excited to introduce a new digital experience designed to make it easier for members, partners and stakeholders to engage with PQA and access the resources they need. Today, we officially welcome you […] -
Five for Friday May 8: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA will convene an in-person event that brings together patient advocates, community-based organizations, health plans, health systems, pharmacies, clinicians, and researchers. The goal of the workshop is to generate targeted, actionable insights to update and enhance the PQA Medication Access Patient Journey framework. Given rapid changes in healthcare, the framework requires modernization to reflect current realities and […] -
An Evolving Landscape: Updating the PQA Medication Access Patient Journey Framework
PQA will convene an in-person event that brings together patient advocates, community-based organizations, health plans, health systems, pharmacies, clinicians, and researchers. The goal of the workshop is to generate targeted, actionable insights to update and enhance the PQA Medication Access Patient Journey framework. Developed in 2019, the framework maps key stages where patients seek, obtain, and […] -
Value-Based Pharmacy Model Helps Boost Care Quality
Ben Shirley, senior director of performance measurement at PQA, explores how community pharmacies can thrive in value-based care by shifting away from fee-for-service reimbursement and focusing on measurable improvements in patient outcomes.
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Focusing Quality Measures on Outcomes and Patient Experience
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Value-Based Pharmacy Model Helps Boost Care Quality
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PQA presents Quality Awards to 10 Medicare plan contracts for high achievement in medication quality measures
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Pharmacy Quality Alliance Elects 2026 Board of Directors and Executive Committee
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When it comes to quality measures, fewer is viewed as better, says Ben Shirley of PQA | Part 2
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