PQA Awards: Recognizing Excellence In Quality

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PQA Quality Awards


The PQA Quality Awards & Recognition Program recognizes prescription drug plans that have high achievement or significant improvement in PQA measures of medication safety and appropriate use.

The PQA Excellence in Quality Award recognizes the highest level of combined achievement in overall performance and medication-use quality. Recipients must have achieved an overall summary rating of at least 4.5 stars and a 5-star rating on PQA medication measures used within the CMS Medicare Star Ratings Program.

The PQA Quality Improvement Award recognizes the highest improvement in medication safety and appropriate use. The Quality Improvement Award does not take into consideration the plan’s overall summary rating. Instead, awardees must have received a 5-star rating on the CMS Quality Improvement measure and the greatest combined improvement on PQA measures used within the CMS Medicare Part D Star Ratings Program.

Both awards are based solely on publicly available quality scores. The safe use of medications is a top issue for all providers, and it is also extremely important within the Medicare program. The high standards for excellence set forth in the awards criteria means that the recipients are truly outstanding in their protection of patients and in their promotion of optimal medication outcomes.

2022 Award Winners


excellence in quality

Medicare Advantage Drug Plans (CMS Contract Number)

Alignment Healthcare USA, LLC (H3815 - Alignment Health Plan)
Cigna (H5410 - Cigna)
Devoted Health, Inc. (H7993 - Devoted Health)
Humana (H1019 - CarePlus Health Plans, Inc.)
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (H2172 - Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States)
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (H0524 - Kaiser Permanente Northwest)
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (H9003 - Kaiser Permanente Northern and Southern California)
South Country Health Alliance (H2419 - South Country Health Alliance)
Stonerise Senior Advantage Holdings, LLC (H9153 - West Virginia Senior Advantage)
UNICO Premier, LLC (H3291 - PruittHealth Premier)

Prescription Drug Plans (CMS Contract Number)

Anthem Insurance Co. & BCBSMA & BCBSRI & BCBSVT (S2893 - Blue MedicareRx)
Commonwealth of PA Pub Schools Retirement System (E3014 - PSERS Health Options Program)
HealthPartners, Inc. (S1822 - HealthPartners)
Highmark Health (S1140 - Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York)
Independence Health Group, Inc. (S6875 - Independence Blue Cross)
Independent Health Association, Inc. (S4501 - Pharmacy Benefit Dimensions PDP)
Moda Partners, Inc. (S5975 - Moda Health Plan, Inc.)
MVP Health Care, Inc. (S0586 - MVP Health Care)
Point32Health, Inc. (S0655 - Tufts Health Plan)
SSM Health Care Corporation (S9701 - Navitus MedicareRx)
The Carle Foundation (S4219 - Health Alliance Medicare Prescription Plan)
UPMC Health System (S3389 - UPMC Health Plan)

 

quality improvement

Medicare Advantage Drug Plans (CMS Contract Number)

Athena Healthcare Holdings, LLC (H0982 - Solis Health Plans) 
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (H5587 - Health Choice Arizona)

 

Prescription Drug Plans (CMS Contract Number)

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company (S7126 - Mutual of Omaha Rx)

Previous Winners

2022 PQA Quality Awards Press Release PQA Quality Awards Questions

Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality (CPIQ) Awards


The Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality (CPIQ) Awards presented from 2018-2021, recognized high performance for a pioneering individual practitioner and an innovative community pharmacy practice that result in improvements in quality of care, medication optimization and patient outcomes. The awards were supported by funding from the Community Pharmacy Foundation.

 

individual award
2021: Sharrel  Pinto, BSPharm, PhD, FAPhA, South Dakota State University
2020:
 Vikram Sundararaman, PharmD, MBA, Genoa Healthcare
2019:
Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD, Desert Oasis Healthcare 
2018: Kari Trapskin, PharmD, 
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
pharmacy award
2021: Bell Pharmacy, Camden, N.J.
2020:
The Kroger Company
2019:
 Towncrest Pharmacy of Iowa
2018: Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio


Learn more about past CPIQ Award Recipients. Each award recipient has been a featured presenter during a PQA Quality Forum Webinar, explaining their innovative work that has advanced community pharmacy practice.