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Five for Friday November 21: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA will launch a new Patient Advisory Council in 2026. This council will advise PQA on what matters most to patients, their families and caregivers as it relates to safe, effective and appropriate medication use. PQA invites patients, caregivers, and patient advocates to consider submitting nominations. -
Five for Friday November 7: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
We are excited to welcome attendees next week to the 2025 PQA Leadership Summit and PQA Convenes: Artificial Intelligence in Quality Medication Use at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Va. This year's summit will focus on Blueprint PQA 2030, PQA's next strategic plan. -
Five for Friday October 24: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Welcome to Five For Friday! PQA convened a Health Plan Measure Concept Advisory Group (MCAG) to review and provide input on measure concepts for development in 2026 and beyond. PQA invites public comments on five health plan measure concepts that have been reviewed for potential future development. PQA is providing a 15-business-day public comment period and is accepting […] -
Nominations Are Being Accepted for a New PQA Patient Advisory Council
PQA, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, will launch a new Patient Advisory Council in 2026. This 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 […] -
Community First: How Health Plans Are Rebuilding Trust and Driving Change Locally
This guest blog is one in a series by sponsors of the 2025 PQA Leadership Summit on how health plans are rebuilding trust and driving change locally. PQA does not endorse, recommend or favor any product, service or organization that is a sponsor. Over the past six months, I’ve had the opportunity to attend several industry […] -
PQA Endorses One Quality Measure and Retires Three Quality Measures
Alexandria, Va. (October 17, 2025) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), through a majority vote of its members, has endorsed one new health plan quality measure and retired three quality measures. The newly endorsed measure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment Ratio (CTR), evaluates the percentage of individuals 40 years of age or older whose Chronic Obstructive […] -
PQA Endorses One Quality Measures and Retires Three Quality Measures
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Five for Friday October 10: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Welcome to Five For Friday! As a valued PQA member, your organization’s voice is essential at the 2025 PQA Leadership Summit, November 13-14 in Arlington, Va. Your insights will help shape Blueprint PQA 2030, our next strategic plan, which will guide PQA’s work from 2026 to 2030. There is still time to make your plans to […] -
Five for Friday September 26: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Welcome to Five For Friday! PQA members are currently voting on one measure for endorsement consideration and three for retirement consideration. PQA members have a unique and important opportunity to inform the development of PQA measures from beginning to end, culminating in a vote for endorsement consideration. Each PQA member organization has one vote per […] -
Five for Friday September 12: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Welcome to Five For Friday! PQA has published the 2025 PQA Annual Report, which documents progress towards our strategic plan, Blueprint PQA 2025, from September 2024 to August 2025. Alongside our members and stakeholders, our team continues to advance a series of important, enduring and mutually supporting goals. The accomplishments detailed in this report would not be possible […]
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