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AI in Practice Today: Lessons Learned and Emerging Practices
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 Is Launching a Heart Failure Technical Expert Panel
PQA Is Launching a Heart Failure Technical Expert Panel Self-Nominations are Due by Friday, March 27 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 […] -
PQA Kelman Quality Leadership Program Supports Professional Development
The PQA Kelman Quality Leadership Program helps individuals at various career stages become leaders in health care quality that is focused on safe, effective and appropriate medication use. Through education, training and mentorship, the program has components for students, early career professionals and emerging leaders that support long-term professional development and advancement towards leadership positions. Now in its fourth year, the program was renamed in 2026 in honor of former Center for Medicare Chief […] -
Five for Friday February 27: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
I’m pleased to invite you to join us in Baltimore at the 2026 PQA Annual Meeting, May 12-14! As we celebrate PQA’s 20th anniversary throughout the year and at the meeting, this special gathering will recognize the people, milestones and achievements that defined PQA’s success. The meeting is more than a celebration; it’s a time where […] -
2025 Quality Metrics Expert Panel and Measure Update Panel Recommendations
PQA convenes two standing technical expert panels – the Quality Metrics Expert Panel (QMEP) and Measure Update Panel (MUP) – to support PQA’s systematic, transparent, and consensus-based process for measure development and maintenance. Each nomination-based panel consists of approximately 25 individuals representing PQA’s multistakeholder membership and other subject matter experts, including patients, caregivers, and patient […] -
Pharmacy Quality Alliance Elects 2026 Board of Directors and Executive Committee
PHIT CEO Jeff Rochon Will Serve as Board Chair Alexandria, Va. (February 11, 2026) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Board of Directors elected its 2026 executive committee officers and Board members during the 2025 fourth quarter meeting. Individuals began serving their 2026 term on January 1. “PQA’s Board of Directors is a collaborative, strategic and visionary […] -
Study Finds Higher Rates of CNS-Active Polypharmacy Among MTM Enrollees
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services strengthened its commitment to monitoring patient safety with the addition of several PQA safety measures to the 2027 Part D Star Ratings (Polypharmacy: Use of Multiple Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults [POLY-ACH], and Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines [COB]) and Display Page (Polypharmacy: Use of Multiple CNS-Active Medications in Older Adults [POLY-CNS]). -
When it comes to quality measures, fewer is viewed as better, says Ben Shirley of PQA | Part 2
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Part D adherence measures save billions, says Ben Shirley of PQA | Part 1
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Five for Friday January 30: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Join us for the next PQA Quality Forum Webinar on Thursday, February 12, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET, focused on social determinants of health (SDOH) and the role of community health workers (CHW) as partners to address barriers that affect medication access, use and outcomes. PQA Education Director Tammy Malm, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, will open the forum with an overview of the PQA […]
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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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Part D adherence measures save billions, says Ben Shirley of PQA | Part 1
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PQA Resource Guide Details Strategic Approaches to SDOH Intervention Success
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2026 Health Care Outlook: Micah Cost, PQA
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PQA Endorses One Quality Measures and Retires Three Quality Measures
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