Five for Friday August 9: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA has received a 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program. The program helps individuals at various career stages become leaders in health care quality focused on safe, effective and appropriate medication use.
As an alliance of quality-focused organizations, PQA remains committed to championing health equity and diversity, equity and inclusion as one of four goals in our strategic plan, Blueprint PQA 2025.
Our unique position within the industry enables our success in engaging individuals and organizations to develop a more diverse quality workforce, and we are grateful for ASAE’s recognition of this very important and impactful program.
We also highlight our members' perspectives on pharmacist-provided care, primary care for seniors and specialty pharmacy. If you have news you'd like for us to spotlight in an upcoming Five For Friday, send us an email!
-- Richard Schmitz, Chief Engagement Officer
EnlivenHealth has partnered with Good Neighbor Pharmacy for a first-of-a-kind Scope of Practice and Reimbursement Snapshot solution for members. This resource is designed to empower independent pharmacies by providing information on clinical services and reimbursement information tailored to each state. By utilizing the scope of practice feature, pharmacists can access up-to-date information regarding the clinical services they can provide in their state.
Expanding Senior-Focused Primary Care
Walmart and Humana Inc.'s CenterWell will partner to offer senior-focused primary care to communities in four states. CenterWell will lease clinical space in 23 Walmart stores to open centers that will operate under the CenterWell Senior Primary Care and will provide seniors in these communities with greater access to primary care services designed specifically for older adults.
Highlighting Growth in Specialty Pharmacy
Prime Therapeutics' Marci Chodroff addressed the exponential growth in specialty pharmacy, particularly in oncology, neurology, gastroenterology and rheumatology specialty drugs. Nearly one-third of their members are covered under a specialty solution. Specialty growth is outpacing traditional growth at more than 50% share of total pharmacy spend, and the total spend in 2022 was $605 billion.
PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program Receives ASAE Power of Associations Gold Award
The PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program helps individuals gain experience, advance their careers and participate in PQA’s high-impact work to evaluate the quality of medication use. PQA received a 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program. The awards showcase how associations leverage their unique resources to solve problems, advance industry or professional performance, kick-start innovation and improve conditions around the world.
The program provides scholarships or appointments to:
- attend the PQA Annual Meeting
- participate in in-person training workshops
- complete online continuing education modules
- shadow expert panels
Opportunities to participate in the program are announced on a periodic basis each year. Program opportunities for professionals are limited to those at PQA member organizations, but the student components are open to all students in an accredited pharmacy or related health care degree program. To learn more about the program, visit PQA’s website.
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Your Next Engagement Opportunities
Network, Learn and Collaborate with PQA
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Join us for PQA's next Quality Essentials Webinar on August 14, 1-2 pm ET. The webinar will focus on advancing MTM quality measurement. PQA staff and subject matter experts will summarize the MTM call to action and the next steps to support the ultimate goal of better patient care and optimal patient outcomes. Register today.
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Save the date for a PQA Quality Essentials Webinar on September 19, 1-2 pm ET. The PQA Quality Essentials Webinar provides education on the fundamentals of quality measurement, which is important for effective measure implementation and performance, and information about where and how PQA quality measures are used.
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Join us for PQA Convenes: Medication Quality Use in Rare Disease and the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit, November 7-8, 2024, in Arlington, Va. The summit is an invitation-only event for PQA member organization leaders. If you don’t know if your organization is participating or don’t know who your Key Contact is, email us at [email protected].