For 20 years, PQA has brought together leaders from across health care to advance quality medication use. PQA’s strength has been its ability to unite stakeholders around a common purpose and create opportunities for the many diverse stakeholders with a role in the medication use process.
That tradition is reflected in the PQA Leadership Summit, which PQA first hosted in 2010. Through the years, the summit has provided a forum for PQA members and health care leaders to explore emerging issues, share diverse perspectives and work together to address challenges affecting quality medication use.
As the health care landscape has evolved, so have the conversations taking place at the summit, from quality measurement and performance improvement to value-based care, health equity and other emerging opportunities for medication management services and quality.
Since 2021, the summit’s focus has become even sharper, leveraging our members’ insights to inform PQA’s five-year and annual strategies to drive quality medication use.
Leadership Summit Conversations
2010 – 2011 Initiatives and Priorities
2011 – 2012 Initiatives and Priorities
2012 – 2013 Initiatives and Priorities
2013 – Engaging Patients & Aligning Stakeholders in the Work of PQA
2014 – Collaborating for Better Patient Care: Integrating Medication Use Measurement into Value-based Models
2015 – Getting to the Core: Building and Implementing Core Measures
2016 – Strategies for Medication Use Management: Innovation, Integration, and Implementation
2017 – Connecting the Dots to Enhance Patient Care
2018 – All Things Considered: Patients, Policies, Performance and Practice
2019 – Collaborating to Address National Health Concerns
2020 – Collaborating to Address Social Determinants of Health
2021 – Drafting the Blueprint for PQA’s Future: Blueprint PQA 2025
2022 – Value-based Care and Contracting: Opportunities and Challenges to Measuring Value
2023 – Measure Modernization: Opportunities to Advance and Align Measures Across Provider and Value-Based Programs
2024 – Pharmacy Measure Use in Value-based Arrangements and Quality Improvement Programs
2025 – PQA’s Strategic Plan: Blueprint PQA 2030
2026 – PQA Pharmacy Quality Recognition Program
Twenty years of progress have shown that improving health care quality requires more than individual organizations working independently. It requires shared understanding, meaningful collaboration and opportunities for stakeholders to bring their expertise and perspectives to the conversation.
Looking Ahead: The 2026 PQA Leadership Summit
The 2026 PQA Leadership Summit, which will take place November 5-6 in Arlington, Va.,will continue this tradition with an interactive, hands-on meeting focusing on PQA’s work to develop a national recognition program for pharmacies that consistently deliver high-quality care and demonstrate readiness for value-based arrangements.
This year’s summit will explore PQA’s in-development Pharmacy Quality Recognition Program (PQRP). Representatives from community pharmacies, health plans, health care leaders and the PQA team will discuss the program, its creation and potential.
As PQA celebrates its 20th anniversary, the Leadership Summit represents more than another opportunity to convene. It reflects a central part of PQA’s history: bringing leaders together to tackle shared challenges, exchange ideas and advance the future of quality.
The conversations that shape the next 20 years depend on the voices at the table today. Register to join PQA at the 2026 PQA Leadership Summit and make sure your organization’s voice and perspectives are part of the conversation.
PQA’s 20th anniversary celebrations are made possible in part by the generous support of Lilly USA, Merck, Pfizer, PQS by Innovaccer, AdhereHealth, Centene, Elevance Health, Humana, Kroger Health, Outcomes, Inmar, McKesson, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, National Association of Specialty Pharmacy. PQA does not endorse, recommend or favor any product, service or organization that is a sponsor.