Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA)

www.pqaalliance.org

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces the formation of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA).

The Mission of the PQA is to improve health care quality and patient safety through a collaborative process in which key stakeholders agree on a strategy for measuring performance at the pharmacy and pharmacist-levels; collecting data in the least burdensome way; and reporting meaningful information to consumers, pharmacists, employers, health insurance plans, and other healthcare decision-makers to help make informed choices, improve outcomes and stimulate the development of new payment models.