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Meetings and More – OH MY!
Save the Dates
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Learn more about the upcoming Team-Based Care Workshop, Leadership Summit, and Sponsorship Opportunities
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Quality Forum Webinar, Sep 21, 2017
Improving Adherence to Hepatitis C Medications through
High-Touch Interventions
Team-based Care Workshop, Nov 1-2, 2017
Westin Hotel, Alexandria, VA
PQA Leadership Summit, Nov 2-3, 2017
Westin Hotel, Alexandria, VA
Quality Forum Webinar, Nov 9, 2017
Medicare Stars Update
PQA Annual Meeting, May 16-18, 2018
Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
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Submit Measure Concept Ideas
Do you have a measure concept idea for PQA to consider for development?Submission deadline approaching: August 31st
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An important part of the PQA measure development process is the opportunity for PQA members to submit measure concept ideas for future development. Each measure concept idea is evaluated for the potential to meet standardized measure evaluation criteria (importance, scientific acceptability, feasibility, usability) and prioritized for possible development in 2018.
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Pharmacy Times Directions in Pharmacy
®
Fall Quality Series
Register Today - Four locations! Earn up to 7 CE credits in one day!
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Dallas, Texas - September 9, 2017
Chicago, Illinois - September 23, 2017
New Brunswick, New Jersey - October 21, 2017
Anaheim, California - November 4, 2017
The Fall Directions in Pharmacy Quality Meeting provides health-systems and community practice pharmacists the opportunity to enhance the care of patients with a focus on safety and quality assurance. This one-day meeting will address best practices in patient care including diabetes, heart failure, infectious diseases, oncology, influenza, and other topics.
PTCE is partnering with PQA to provide accredited education that will discuss the integration of quality measures into practice and actionable steps that pharmacists can take to improve patient care.
Information and registration
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Use promotion code "PQA" to receive a discount!
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Understanding CMS Evaluation Criteria for Quality Measures
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CMS has recently published a two part informative overview of the five criteria used to evaluate quality measures. Read
CMS Evaluation Criteria for Quality Measures: Parts
One and
Two in the CMS Measures Management Newsletter.
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The Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) recommends PQA Measure for Medicaid Adult Core Set
Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
PQA is pleased to share that the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) has included PQA’s
Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
measure as one of 4 new measures recommended to CMS for inclusion in the Medicaid Adult Core Measure Set. If accepted, this would be PQA
’s second measure in the Adult Core Measure Set, as PQA’
s
Use of Opioids at High Dosage in Persons Without Cancer
previously was added.
PQA would like to thank members who provided support through the public comment process.
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Hot Off the Press:
Connections to Key Quality Publications
Hot Off the Press seeks to connect the reader to the most relevant and recent trials, reviews and commentaries related to health care quality with a focus on medication- and pharmacy-related topics. In this issue, learn what's
Beyond the Measurement "Game".
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Measure Endorsement Voting Process Evolves
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In May, PQA membership was presented with a member survey related to the measure development voting process. The objective of the survey was to gather PQA member feedback to better understand member perspectives of the measure endorsement voting process and the value of PQA member benefits. The results of the survey and recommendations based on its findings are available in the following report.
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Second Class of Students Announced for PQA - CVS Health Foundation Scholars Program
PQA is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 class of PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars. The PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars program is entering its second year with the continued goal to foster student engagement in performance measurement and quality improvement.
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Catch Up on Quality Forum Webinars
Did you miss it?
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Click the image to watch the June Quality Forum
Transforming "Med Wreck" into "Med Rec". Thanks to PerformRx for sponsoring the Quality Forum!
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PQA Measure Development Update: August 2017
The Measure Development Teams and Task Forces meet monthly via webinar, and the Stakeholder Advisory Panels every two months. Additionally, the Risk Adjustment Advisory Panel, Patient & Caregiver Advisory Panel, Implementation Advisory Panel, and Quality Metrics Expert Panel have been meeting regularly to continue their work.
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PQA Member Spotlight
Brian Jensen
Board Member, Community Pharmacy Foundation
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PQA's "Member Spotlight" aims to acknowledge the work and perspectives of our diverse membership. We look forward to highlighting various members and encouraging partnership between member organizations that share similar interests.
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We are a multi-stakeholder, consensus-based membership organization that collaboratively promotes appropriate medication use and develops strategies for measuring and reporting performance information related to medications.
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Membership in PQA is applied for on behalf of an organization rather than an individual. Member organizations are able to appoint their associates to represent their interests when these individual participate in PQA activities.
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PQA (Pharmacy Quality Alliance) | 703.347.7963 | info@PQAalliance.org | www.PQAalliance.org
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