Posts for Category: 20th Anniversary

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 […]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a special expanded Open Door Forum on April 24, 2006, to publicly announce, support and promote high-value pharmacy services, including measurement approaches, through a stakeholder-led Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA).    In the months leading up to this date, CMS was working with leading pharmacy and health care organizations to create PQA as a collaborative alliance, where key stakeholders would agree on strategies for measuring performance […]

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance was born from a collaboration. In 2006, when Medicare Part D was launched, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mark McClellan had a vision to not simply cover seniors’ medication costs, but to pay for high value-care.   McClellan’s vision included a public-private partnership – with diverse stakeholders from across health care – that would develop quality measures to help evaluate the Part D program and incentivize plan participants in value-based care.  To build the partnership, […]

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.  Over the last 20 years, hundreds of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]