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• Press Release
  December 4, 2018

  PQA Staff Appointed to Core Quality Measures Collaborative Workgroups

  CQMC works to ensure that the right quality measures are in place across different healthcare settings to improve patient care and reduce clinician burden Alexandria, Va. (December 4, 2018) – Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) staff have been appointed to each of the eight workgroups of the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC), which was formalized today […]
• Press Release
  November 29, 2018

  Laura Cranston, RPh, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, on CMS proposed policies to strengthen and modernize the Medicare Part D program

  November 29, 2018 The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) applauds CMS for considering an option to develop a standard set of metrics from which pharmacies and health plans would base their contractual agreements. PQA is the leading developer of consensus-based medication performance measures. As a neutral convener, we are ready to bring together all relevant stakeholders […]
• Press Release
  November 15, 2018

  PQA to Partner with NHC and NQF to Develop a Patient-Centered Engagement Rubric for Quality Measurement

  Quality, Measurement and Patient Advocacy Organizations Will Collaborate on the Initiative Alexandria, Va. (November 15, 2018) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has launched a collaborative initiative to create a rubric for assessing the patient-centeredness of quality measure development and implementation. PQA, in partnership with the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the National Health Council […]
• Press Release
  October 24, 2018

  PQA’s Lisa Hines Appointed to National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

  Dr. Hines will serve on two working groups, providing expertise on prescribing guidelines and evidence standards Alexandria, Va. (October 24, 2018) — Lisa Hines, PharmD, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance’s (PQA) Senior Director of Measure Operations and Analytics, has been appointed to two working groups of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Countering the […]
• Press Release
  October 5, 2018

  Laura Cranston, RPh, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, on the approval of federal legislation to combat the opioid epidemic

  The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) applauds the bipartisan work of Congress to mitigate the opioid epidemic and ensure the safe and appropriate use of opioid medications through the passage of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6). We are encouraged by the legislation’s focus on quality measures (Sec. 6093) to evaluate and improve […]
• Press Release
  May 24, 2018

  PQA Announces Winners of the Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge

  Alexandria, VA (May 24, 2018) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), a non-profit leader in quality measure development, announced the winner of the inaugural Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge, where student teams presented technology-enabled solutions to improve healthcare quality.  The interdisciplinary competition included students from different backgrounds, including pharmacy, computer science, nursing, business administration and public […]
• Press Release
  May 17, 2018

  PQA Recognizes Ten Medicare Plan Contracts for Excellence and Significant Improvements in Medication-Use Quality

  Alexandria, VA (May 17, 2018) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), a non-profit leader in quality measure development, today announced that ten Medicare plan contracts received PQA Quality Awards for high achievement or significant improvement in PQA measures of medication safety and appropriate use. For the past eight years, PQA has recognized health plans for achievements during […]
• Press Release
  May 17, 2018

  PQA and the Community Pharmacy Foundation Announce Winners of the Inaugural Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality Awards

  Alexandria, VA  (May, 17, 2018) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA),  a non-profit leader in quality measure development, and the Community Pharmacy Foundation (CPF) today announced the inaugural recipients of the Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality (CPIQ) Awards during the 2018 PQA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. The newly established CPIQ awards recognize high performance […]
• Press Release
  May 16, 2018

  PQA Adds Rheumatoid Arthritis Adherence Measure to Specialty Core Set

  Membership Endorses One New Performance Measure and Retires Another Alexandria, VA (May 16, 2018) – The membership of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), a non-profit leader in quality measure development, endorsed a new performance measure, Adherence to Non-Infused Biologic Medications used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (PDC-RA), adding to its Specialty Core Measure Set. The new measure examines the percentage […]
• Press Release
  April 9, 2018

  PQA Announces Opioid Core Measure Set and Expanded Efforts to Address Initial Opioid Prescribing

  Alexandria, VA (April 9, 2018) –  The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) is providing important and timely tools to address the opioid epidemic in its launch of the PQA Opioid Core Measure Set . The set of four PQA-endorsed measures is designed to improve the safety of opioid prescribing: “PQA’s Opioid Core Measure Set provides a […]