PQA has appointed individuals from member organizations to serve on the 2026 PQA Measure Update Panel (MUP) and Quality Metrics Expert Panel (QMEP).

The panelists self-nominated and were selected by PQA staff to create a balanced group that represents PQA’s membership and includes relevant expertise.

Measure Update Panel (MUP)

The MUP is a select group of approximately 25 PQA members who recommend or review potential updates to PQA-endorsed measures to ensure that proposed measure updates reflect current evidence and align with standard measure criteria. MUP recommendations, including potential measure updates or retirement consideration, then move forward to the QMEP for review. 

New MUP members will serve a two-year term (2026-2027) with the option to serve a second term, and were chosen based on their experience with PQA’s measure development and maintenance as well as their specific areas of expertise (e.g., clinical, analytic, measurement, and quality improvement).

MUP Members

Daniel Atchley, Kroger (co-chair)
Reginald Barnes, patient and patient advocate
Katherine DiMartino, Division of Value-Based Care Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Richard Erickson, patient
Courtney Gamston, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
Erik Groves, Walgreens
Jennifer Hendricks, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Alex Juggassar, Elevance (co-chair)
Jodie Kennedy, Devoted Health
Cara Maxwell, United Health Group (UHG)
Tracy Lin, Health Care Service Corporation
Tim Mizak, Free Market Health
Heather Pearce, Humana Pharmacy Solutions
Stacie Rothrock, patient
Amie Stephens, McKesson Health Mart
Saba Syed, Arine
Kayla Waldron, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Elven Xiao, MedWatchers 

Quality Metrics Expert Panel (QMEP)

The QMEP is a select group of approximately 25 PQA members who assess measures in development and maintenance against standard measure criteria, make final recommendations to PQA membership regarding measure endorsement or retirement consideration, and make final recommendations to PQA staff for measure development discontinuation.

New QMEP members will serve a three-year term (2026-2028) with the option to serve a second term, and were chosen based on their measure development experience or other subject matter expertise (e.g., clinical, analytic, measurement science, quality improvement), as well as prior experience participating in PQA groups.

The MUP and QMEP are standing PQA panels that meet monthly or, as needed, via webinar and will convene starting in January 2026.

QMEP Members

Anita Aderinkomi, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Elizabeth Bentley, Kaiser Permanente (co-chair)
Maribeth Bettarelli, CVS Health
Sarah Billups, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (co-chair)
Andrea Brookhart, Kroger
Vanessa Campbell, UPMC Health Plan
Taemi Cho, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Linda Chung, Humana Inc.
Catherine Cooke, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Stacey Emmons, Walgreens
Tori Erxleben Rush, RxAnte, Inc.
Stephanie Forbes, Navitus Health Solutions, LLC
Denean Greene, patient representative
Anna Hall, Outcomes
Ronna Hauser, National Community Pharmacists Association
Tracie Lunde, McKesson Corporation/Health Mart Atlas
David Mostellar, Centene Management Company
Patricia Neafsey, ActualMeds Corp.
Theresa Prosser, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
Sujith Ramachandran, University of Mississippi
Kelli Tharpe, caregiver
George Valentine, patient representative
Jason Wachtl, Geritom Medical

Visit our Measure Development page to learn more about PQA’s process for developing measures that matter. There are opportunities for all members to participate in the process, as well as nomination-based panels and groups like the MUP and QMEP.