PQA Press Releases and Statements (2018-2019)

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2019 Press Releases and Statements

• PQA Has Developed Three New Pharmacy Performance Measures, Comments Sought (December 18, 2019)
• PQA and NPC Seek Research Proposals to Address Medication Access Barriers (November 19, 2019)
• PQA SDOH Forum Focuses on Caring for the Whole Patient and the Role of Pharmacists (October 15, 2019)
• PQA’s Patient Engagement in Quality Measurement Rubric Supports Patient Partnerships (September 27, 2019)
• PQA Announces 2019-20 PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars (September 26, 2019)
• PQA Welcomes Two New Team Members to Its Performance Measurement Team (September 11, 2019)
• PQA Seeks Comments on Proposed Standard Measure Set for Pharmacy Accountability in Value-Based Models (August 22, 2019)
• Statement by Laura Cranston, RPh, PQA CEO, on the Executive Order for Establishing a Health Quality Roadmap (June 25, 2019)
• University of Kentucky Team Wins PQA’s 2019 Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge (May 24, 2019)
• PQA & CPF Announce 2019 Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality Award Recipients (May 16, 2019)
• PQA Recognizes 18 Medicare Plan Contracts for High Achievement in Medication Quality Measures Based on CMS’ Medicare Star Ratings (May 16, 2019)
• PQA Endorses a New Monitoring Measure to Evaluate Resolution of Medication Therapy Problems (May 15, 2019)
• PQA Endorses Three New Quality Performance Measures for Opioids (May 15, 2019)
• PQA Establishes and Executive Research Advisory Council (May 15, 2019)
• PQA and University of Mississippi Establish Medication Quality Research Partnership (May 14, 2019) 
• PQA’s Norris Turner Appointed to National Quality Forum Panel to Review Opioid and Opioid Use Disorder Measures (May 6, 2019)
• PQA Declares Commitment to Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic (April 30, 2019)
• PQA Task Force Identifies 15 Actions to Foster Adoption of Pharmacist-Provided Care (March 26, 2019)
• New Medication Access Framework Identifies Opportunities for Quality Measurement to Address Social Determinants of Health (March 14, 2019)
• Roundtable Begins Work to Develop a Patient-Centered Engagement Rubric for Quality Measurement (March 7, 2019)
• PQA Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines Performance Measure Endorsed by NQF (February 13, 2019)
• PQA Expands Research Team and Promotes Four Individuals (February 8, 2019)

2018 Press Releases and Statements

• Pharmacy Quality Alliance Appoints 2019 Board and Executive Committee (December 12, 2018)
• PQA Staff Appointed to Core Quality Measures Collaborative Workgroups (December 4, 2018)
• Statement by Laura Cranston, RPh, PQA CEO, on CMS proposed policies to strengthen and modernize the Medicare Part D program (November 29, 2018)
• PQA to Partner with NHC and NQF to Develop a Patient-Centered Engagement Rubric for Quality Measurement (November 15, 2018)
• PQA’s Lisa Hines Appointed to National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic (October 24, 2018)
• Statement by Laura Cranston, RPh, PQA CEO, on the approval of federal legislation to combat the opioid epidemic (October 5, 2018)
• PQA Announces Winners of the Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge (May 24, 2018)
• PQA Recognizes Ten Medicare Plan Contracts for Excellence and Significant Improvements in Medication-Use Quality (May 17, 2018)
• PQA and the Community Pharmacy Foundation Announce Winners of the Inaugural Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality Awards (May 17, 2018)
• PQA Adds Rheumatoid Arthritis Adherence Measure to Specialty Core Set (May 16, 2018)
• PQA Announces Opioid Core Measure Set and Expanded Efforts to Address Initial Opioid Prescribing (March 10, 2018)
• PQA Builds its Senior Leadership, Research and Performance Measurement Teams to Align with New Three-Year Strategic Plan (March 12, 2018)
• Pharmacy Quality Alliance, VUCA Health, and Liberty Software Form Research Partnership to Improve Primary Medication Nonadherence (February 28, 2018)
  
  

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