Five for Friday October 18: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality

Every patient deserves access to medications that are safe, effective and can help them achieve the best outcomes possible. As our understanding and ability to treat rare disease improves, PQA is eager to shine a light on the aspects of quality medication use that benefit patients and those who care for them.

Join us for PQA Convenes: Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease, a forum to explore quality medication use in rare disease and strategies to improve it, on November 7 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. This event precedes the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit, November 7-8. Learn more about PQA Convenes and the summit below

We also highlight our members' perspectives on medication access, value-based care and empowering pharmacy teams. If you have news you'd like for us to spotlight in an upcoming Five For Friday, send us an email

-- Micah Cost, PharmD, MS, CAE, PQA Chief Executive Officer

Evolving Pharmacy and Access Landscape   

Chronis Manolis, from UPMC Health Planshared his perspective on the evolving pharmacy and drug access landscape. He discusses the challenges surrounding rising drug costs, GLP-1 medications, and the future of pharmacy benefit management in a complex healthcare environment.

Facilitating Pharmacists in Value-based Care    
David Pope, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer at XiFin Pharmacy Solutions, formerly OmniSYSdiscussed value-based care in the pharmacy profession. "Pharmacies stand in the gap right in so many ways. ... What greater way to be able to affect patient care than face to face using a pharmacist who's able to assess, coordinate, and provide service to these patients?.

Empowering Pharmacy Teams to Support Patients  
Rite Aid's Emilee Kennelly recently joined the PQS by Innovaccer Quality Corner Show to discuss their patient care improvement efforts, including rallying their pharmacy teams to help patients manage their medications. She shared insights into Rite Aid’s strategies for empowering pharmacy teams to better support patients in managing their medications

Exploring Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease  

PQA Convenes: Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease will feature the perspectives of patients, caregivers, patient advocates, specialty pharmacies, biopharmaceutical industry representatives, and public and private payers on quality in rare disease..

PQA's CEO Micah Cost's recent article details what attendees can expect at the event and why PQA is focused on rare disease. We are excited about the individuals and organizations we’ll hear from. They have important personal stories and critical insights on how the rare disease medication use process is working today – and where we can go together in the future.

Early registration ends October 25. The PQA Convenes event has a nominal registration fee: $149 for PQA members, $199 for non-members. Please send questions about registration to [email protected].

Your Next Engagement Opportunities

Network, Learn and Collaborate with PQA

  • PQA's 4th Quarter 2024 Stakeholder Advisory Meeting is October 23, 1-2 pm ET. PQA SAMs are members-only events that are held quarterly to share current and relevant measure development and maintenance updates. The registration link is in the Member Resources Library.

  • 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. Email us at [email protected] if you don’t know your organization's Key Contact. 

  • Save the date to join us at the 2025 PQA Annual MeetingMay 19-21, at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street in Tampa, Fla. Submissions for breakout session proposals are due Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Submissions for poster abstract proposals are due Friday, January 10, 2025Learn more.

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