PQS Quality Corner Show

Community Care Rx in Malvern, AR recently won a "Most Earned" APCI pharmacy star award for their use of EQUIPP for 2024.  Shelyn Davis, PharmD, Owner, and Samantha Pennington, PharmD, Pharmacist Manager of Community Care Rx share how they achieved "Most Earned" status by taking advantage of the Enhanced Services opportunities in EQUIPP. Host Brittany Boyd, Associate Director of Pharmacy Training and Support at PQS by Innovaccer asks Shelyn Davis about the pharmacy's overall success and digs in with Samantha Pennington on how they incorporated EQUIPP into the pharmacy's workflow.

Vic Johnson, RPh, BCNP, owner and Pharmacist in Charge, at Living Well Pharmacy in Augusta, GA, talks with the Quality Corner Show about how their pharmacy achieved the "Most Improved" APCI pharmacy from 2023 to 2024 in EQUIPP and receiving an inaugural Star Award.Host Brittany Boyd, Associate Director of Pharmacy Training and Support at PQS by Innovaccer asks Johnson about logging into EQUIPP and incorporating it into daily workflow processes. Johnson explains the ease-of-use of the platform and thanks his staff for their support in winning this first-time award.

Marci Strauss, PharmD, Manager, Clinical Operations at Pharmacy First talks about medication adherence and clinical services in 2025 and what expectations and opportunities are available for pharmacies this year.Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Strauss about revenue generating clinical services programs, continuous quality improvement, and how to prioritize these programs throughout 2025. Strauss recommends the pharmacist work with staff to understand contracts, review patient outreach and communications, and leverage appointment based models.https://www.pharmacyfirst.com/

Marie Smith, PharmD, FNAP, Henry A. Palmer Professor - Pharmacy Practice and Asst. Dean -- Practice and Public Policy Partnerships at UCONN School of Pharmacy, explains the value of including pharmacists into primary care teams for clinical services.PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich asks Smith to talk about her Health Affairs publication from a November 2024, "Building The Primary Care Workforce With Pharmacist Clinical Services." Smith elaborates on why pharmacists are necessary team members for Primary Care Teams, and how their services can help with the rising population demand. Pharmacists can also help decrease workload hours and increase in patient access and care.Read the full article: Building the Primary Care Workforce with Pharmacist Clinical Services- Health Affairs Nov. 13, 2024

Todd Sega, Managing Director of Pharmacy at PQS by Innovaccer, predicts five key changes will drive pharmacy's value-based care evolution in 2025 in this PQS Quality Corner Show episode.Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, acts as host on this episode and interviews Todd on key changes to non-dispensing revenue opportunities, pharmacy-payer partnerships, medicare market changes and more.

Jesse McCullough, Founder of Keystone Pharmacy Insights, returns to the PQS by Innovaccer Quality Corner Show to discuss the seven levels of awareness as it relates to impacting pharmacy leadership. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, asks McCullough to describe each level of the awareness spectrum, provide real world pharmacy examples, and explain how to climb this ladder of awareness.Sign up to Keystone Pharmacy Insights Newsletter to receive a video link to The Forbidden Phrase of Leadership and Directional Leadership:Keystone Pharmacy Insights Jesse McCullough on LinkedInhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/kpipharmacy/

Join PQS for a mini-roundtable discussion about the 2024 NCPA Annual Convention and a recap of our interactions with pharmacists on the show floor about EQUIPP Enhanced Services.  The NCPA event was held the last weekend in October in Columbus, OH.David Simoneaux, Sr. Communications Specialist, interviews Nick Dorich, Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts and Mital Patel, Quality Programs Engagement Specialist about their experiences with NCPA attendees and the pharmacist responses about using EQUIPP.

Emilee Kennelly, Manager of Adherence Improvement and Clinical Services at Rite Aid chats with the PQS by Innovaccer Quality Corner Show about empowering their pharmacy teams to improve patient care services and help patients manage their medications.Quality Corner Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, and Emilee Kennelly talk about how to improve medication adherence for patients and provide enhanced services at a community level. Kennelly shares how using technology services to free up time for pharmacists to provide more clinical care services. She also talks about how EQUIPP helps Rite Aid pharmacists manage their customers' medication adherence. More about Rite Aid

Claire Schrunk, PharmD, Director of Clinical Pharmacy Operations at EPIC Pharmacies, Inc., talks with the Quality Corner Show about how they recommend using EQUIPP to boost patient care and revenue. Host Brittany Boyd, Sr. Manager of Pharmacy Training and Support at PQS by Innovaccer asks Schrunk about the benefits that pharmacies are seeing from using EQUIPP. Schrunk explains the importance of reviewing opportunities related to quality measure medication adherence and Enhanced Services and provides some tips for pharmacies on using the platform. 

Emily Endres, VP of Pharmacy for PQS by Innovaccer conversed with Abdou Bah, SVP, Medical Management and Chief Health Equity Officer at EmblemHealth, on how community pharmacies are reshaping healthcare delivery in a recent online webinar.Discussions revolved around pharmacy partnerships, clinical services, blood pressure management and encouraging seasonal immunizations. Listeners can learn more about how innovative, team-based strategies are driving quality outcomes and improving chronic disease management. This webinar was originally presented on September 27, 2024.

The PQS by Innovaccer Quality Corner Show talks with Christine Perry, R,Ph, Manager, Pharmacy Recruiting and College Relations at Albertsons about transitioning into a pharmacist role and growing as a pharmacist.Perry talks about areas of focus and certifications necessary to become a successful pharmacist. She also provides advice for future pharmacists and pharmacy technicians entering the field on how to thrive, but more importantly, why they should follow their heart when choosing their path forward.

Nikki Price, Director of Managed Care at Albertsons guests on the PQS by Innovaccer Quality Corner Show to talk about partnering with PQS to expand new pharmacy services and improve patient care through performance programs.Quality Corner Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, and Nikki Price talk about working with health plans on new programs and services that create patient impact. Discussion revolves around how to involve the pharmacies while taking in pharmacist considerations. Price also talks about the patient response to these new programs and services.

The PQS Quality Corner Show talks with Kennedy Erickson, staff pharmacist at Chehalis Pharmacy in Washington about opening a new pharmacy, promoting patient care services in the local community, and growing a "PHARMaly."Erickson explains how a new pharmacy location can be promoted from the original store location to create a buzz in the new community. She adds that new and unique services can help your pharmacy stand out, but that repeating the message about these services are necessary for patient involvement and understanding.

The Quality Corner Show chats with Dave McCormick, Director, Immunization Division of the Indiana Department of Health about the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) and improving access to immunizations for Indiana adolescents.Podcast Host Nick Dorich asks why this age range is an area for improvement and how pharmacies can make a difference. McCormick explains how pharmacies in Indiana can provide immunizations for children 11 and older and how their expanded hours allows more flexibility for families.For more information on the VFC program visit https://www.in.gov/health/immunization/vaccines-for-children/

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The Quality Corner Show chats with Marvin Ferguson, RPh, M.B.A, LSSGB, PMSP, and President of MarvLeads about Minority Mental Health at the community level in this episode.PQS Senior Manager, Pharmacy Training and Support, Brittany Boyd, MHA, interviews Ferguson about ways to positively impact a patient's mental health, and Ferguson provides tools, resources, and examples of national and local organizations that help support mental health services. 

The PQS by Innovaccer Quality Corner Show talks with Natalie K. Powers, PharmD, R.Ph., BCMTMS, and Supervisor of MTM & Clinical Operations at Kinney Drugs about transforming care and engaging patients with EQUIPP.Quality Corner Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, asks Natalie what her pharmacy team is doing to be successful in 2024, how EQUIPP is helping operations, and the impact Enhanced Services is having on patient care and medication adherence.  

The Quality Corner Show sits down with U-Save-It Pharmacy co-owners to talk about how they use EQUIPP in a management setting for all 46 of their pharmacies.Joining us on this podcast episode:Tommy Sharpe, CEO, Crowe's Management, VP/Co-Owner U-Save-It Pharmacies/Buy-Rite DrugsAshley Kunkle, PharmD, Chief Officer of Pharmacy Operations, Crowe's Management, Co-Owner, U-Save-It PharmaciesandLori McLean, PharmD, Manager of Pharmacy Operations, Crowe's Management, Third Party Contract Specialist, Crowe's Management, Co-Owner, U-Save-It PharmaciesPQS Senior Manager, Pharmacy Training and Support, Brittany Boyd, MHA, interviews this U-Save-It team about how EQUIPP and Enhanced Services programs are helping to drive business success and successful patient outcomes. 

Amanda Ryan, PharmD, BCGP, CPHQ, Director of Education, Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about what to expect at the upcoming PQA Annual Meeting 2024 in Baltimore on May 14 - 16.Quality Corner Show Host and PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich asks Ryan about the main reasons to attend this year's meeting, who is attending, and how to register. Ryan breaks down the agenda for the event and promotes additional opportunities for pharmacists and pharmacy students.2024 PQA Annual Meeting Website

The Quality Corner show reunites with Veronica Vernon, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, MSCP, and Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice  at Butler College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for a newsworthy update on contraception access at the pharmacy level.Vernon chats with podcast host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts about medical terminology for contraception, pharmacy prescribing at the state level, and the recent announcement of the OTC norgestrel pill, Opill.Vernon first appeared on S3 EP23 Addressing Healthcare for the LGBTQIA Community - Roundtable Discussion

The Quality Corner show welcomes back Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA and Professor at St. John's University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for a discussion on interpersonal conflict and how that relates to healthcare.Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, chats with Arya about different types of conflict and how connections are formed through these conflicts.Discussion revolves around internal boundaries and external relationships and the conversations that form from these interactions.Vibhuti Arya on previous episodes:SDOHImproving Data and Storytelling for SDOH

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Training and Support, Brittany Boyd, returns to the Quality Corner show to help unpack the full year of performance data for 2023 in EQUIPP that is available with the 2024 February EQUIPP Refresh. Boyd talks with Quality Corner Show Host and PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, about what pharmacies can do with the full year performance data, where to start, and best tips in reviewing this information. She also promotes a team effort mentality on how pharmacies can engage their staff in working together in EQUIPP.

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes back PQS Director of Analytics and Program Development Andrew Thorne, PharmD, MS, to talk about findings from the 2023 Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality.Thorne first breaks down the first chapter of the report that studies the impact of socio-demographic factors, including age, gender, and low-income subsidy (LIS) status, on adherence rates for Cholesterol, Diabetes, and Renin Angiotensin System Antagonists (RASA) Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) measures.He then talks about the trend report examines how adherence can be impacted by factors such as drug switching within a measurement year and the utilization of extended fills.Download the 2023 PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, chats with Emily Endres, VP of Client Services at PQS about why pharmacy and healthcare quality will matter more in 2024.Endres talks briefly about CMS legislation in 2024 and how that affects quality care and why that still matters for pharmacies. There is also discussion about what pharmacy teams should prioritize in relation to medication, adherence and and engagement.

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, partners with fellow teammate Connor Kovatch, Customer Experience Specialist to run down answers to the top EQUIPP questions from 2023. Kovatch addresses common questions that EQUIPP users have had related to medication adherence performance rates. Questions cover scenarios where patients have discontinued medications, are in hospice care, or have recently deceased.  

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes Radha V. Patel, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Director, Pharmacy Quality Improvement  at Centene Corporation  to talk about how the managed care community can engage with community pharmacies to support adherence and clinical measures like Controlling Blood Pressure.Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts asks Patel why blood pressure management and cardiovascular health is a particular focus for a health plan to work with pharmacies. Dorich and Patel also talk about how the pharmacy team can ensure these programs will be successful.

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, interviews Stephanie Hale, PQS Quality Programs Manager about Enhanced Services opportunities currently available in EQUIPP.Stephanie talks about three programs: Controlling Blood Pressure, A1c, and Year End Adherence programs, and the response of pharmacies that are implementing these programs.For more information on PQS Enhanced Services visithttps://www.pharmacyquality.com/pharmacyenhancedservices/

The Quality Corner Show invites back Jesse McCullough, Founder of Keystone Pharmacy Insights, to cover a variety of leadership lessons and topics without getting thrown by podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts.McCullough talks about directional leadership, suggests implementing Judo tactics into leadership strategy such as reversal moves, and explores the discipline of the hope of healthcare.Read the start of the Hope of Healthcare below: It's time to explore pharmacy as the hope of healthcareJesse McCullough on LinkedInhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/kpipharmacy/

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back Dr. Ben Urick, PharmD, PhD, Principal Health Outcomes Researcher at Prime Therapeutics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Education at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, to talk about trends in medication adherence including creating value through medication adherence improvement.Urick reviews a bit of existing literature on medication adherence and then explores the relationship between health expenditures and medication adherence.  Other topics include social determinants of health and what disease states are currently popular for medication adherence research.Ben Urick Referenced Materials:PBMI National Conference Video with Managed Healthcare ExecutivePQS Quality Corner Show Season 1 Episode 30

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, welcomes Zachary Green, CPhT, Associate Director, Partnership Development at the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to the Quality Corner Show to talk about PTCB involvement with the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC).Green provides a little history on PTEC and promotes a new conference slated for summer 2024 that would provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians.https://www.ptec.org/

PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, recaps EQUIPP's appearance at three summer trade shows including McKesson IdeaShare, Cardinal's RBC, and AmerisourceBergen's Thoughtspot in 2023.PQS Team members that guest on this episode include Pharmacy Account Manager Patti Duda, Quality Programs Manager Stephanie Hale, and Sr. Director, Strategic Initiatives Ian Hubbell. They each share their experiences interacting with pharmacists and share the pharmacists' thoughts about new features and services offered in the EQUIPP® platform.

The Quality Corner Show explores the rise of AI in healthcare and more specifically its use in pharmacy. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, interviews co-founders of the AI Collective Whitley Yi, PharmD, BCPS, and Christy Cheung, PharmD about how pharmacists can leverage artificial intelligence as a tool in the workplace currently and what does the future hold for AI.Whitley Yi, PharmD, BCPS, Delivery Manager and Pharmacy Specialist, Well & Adjunct Lecturer, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Christy Cheung, PharmD, Lead, Digital Health, Insights, and Learning at Sanofi & Co-Founder of AI Collective 

Founder and CEO of Uptown Creation Chris Cozzolino, PharmD joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about how pharmacies should optimize social media strategies with Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts.Cozzolino talks about which social media channels can have the biggest impact in optimizing your online presence and the importance of promoting a pharmacist's healthcare expertise. He also stresses that taking a leap and moving past your comfort zone can be helpful in producing content that reaches a wider audience.

The Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy recently published an editorial in 2023 asking the question, "Is the “clinical pharmacist” designation still relevant?"Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts,  interviews the author of this article, Dave L. Dixon PharmD, FCCP, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science (DPOS) at VCU on this episode of the Quality Corner Show. The origins of "Clinical Pharmacist" are discussed, as well as what it actually means to pharmacists and the general public. The merits of the title are also weighed and the requirements of clinical pharmacists are reviewed.To read the article visit the JACCPIs the “clinical pharmacist” designation still relevant?

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to talk about what is next for pharmacy technicians. This time Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts sits down with William Schimmel, Executive Director & CEO at PTCB.Schimmel talks about how the role of pharmacy technicians has evolved pre-pandemic to post-pandemic, and what lies ahead in the form of new opportunities.PTCB

Olunife Akinmolayan, PharmD, aka "O",  APhA Executive Resident, Practice & Government Affairs, American Pharmacists Association, praises his experience at the PQA 2023 Annual Meeting and provides his takeaways from the event on the Quality Corner Show.Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks "O" about highlights from the event, and "O" details sessions pertaining to collaborative practice agreements and the medication use quality workshop.https://www.pqaalliance.org/online-coursesOlunife Akinmolayan, PharmDOlunife on Instagram

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, moderates a discussion and review of the health equity highlights from the PQA Annual Meeting 2023 in Nashville, TN. The guests for this episode include Christie Teigland​, VP, Research Science and Advanced Analytics at Inovalon, and Lisa Hines, PharmD, CPHQ, Chief Quality and Innovation Officer at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance.Teigland speaks about the coming health equity index and Hines' talks about the PQA risk adjustment model. PQA Annual Meeting Exploring Solutions to Improve Equity in Medication Use Quality Slides

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, talks about pharmacist intervention to close statin gaps with Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice at University of Washington School of Pharmacy. She's one of the co-authors of the JAMA article Community Pharmacist Intervention to Optimize Statin Adherence in Diabetes Care.In this episode Bacci explains why statin initiation is an important clinical gap for patients with diabetes and how pharmacist involvement can improve patient outcomes.

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes Thomas Franko, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Wilkes University on the podcast to talk about the upcoming release of OTC Naloxone and what that means for pharmacists in improving community access. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts also asks Franko about where Naloxone will fit in the pharmacy setting and how pharmacists can tackle education on this medicine. 

How can pharmacists utilize year-to-date data in EQUIPP for continuous quality improvement?  The PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts asks Crosby Tindal, PharmD, BCPS, Pharmacy Quality Manager, Operations Specialist at Cub Pharmacies about pharmacy team adherence-focused goals using year-to-date and end of year data. Tindal offers some strategy on using EQUIPP data throughout the year and what improving patient outcomes means for his team.

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD,  wraps up APhA 2023 with a set of interviews with Sidrah Alam, PharmD, MS PGx, Jessica K. Marx, PharmD, BCPS, and Sandra Rosa, B.S., R.PH.  The group speaks about the importance of professional involvement at APhA, connecting with friends and pharmily, and the mental rejuvenation after attending the conference. 

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back DeLon Canterbury, PharmD, BCGP, Deprescribing Implementation Strategist and President/CEO of GeriatRx, Inc. , to talk about deprescribing antipsychotic medications in geriatric populations and why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on nursing homes that overprescribe antipsychotic drugs.Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Canterbury how to safely deprescribe antipsychotic medications and how providers, patients, and caregivers define improving patient outcomes as it relates to these medications.website:Geriatrx.org

Salam Kabbani, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist and author of COVID Long-Hauler: My Life Since COVID joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about the patient experience and what pharmacists need to understand about Long COVID.  Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Kabbani to define Long COVID and explain how healthcare providers are learning and adapting to working with Long COVID patients.  Visit Salam Kabbani's website Book: COVID Long-Hauler: My Life Since COVID

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes back PQS Senior Manager of Data Analytics Andrew Thorne, PharmD, MS, to talk about findings from the 2022 Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality.Highlighted topics include patient comfort levels on receiving new services at a pharmacy and whether pharmacists and pharmacy organizations are ready to embrace new services and value-based payment models.  Thorne also addresses how likely health plans are to contract with pharmacies  to provide reimbursement and structure for point of care testing in the pharmacy.Download the PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality

Angela Passamonte, PharmD. RPh, Clinical Programs Specialist at Retail Business Services joins the PQS Quality Corner Show to discuss the value of providing immunizations at a community pharmacy level with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts.Passamonte shares insight on topics including in-pharmacy pediatric vaccinations, receiving multiple vaccinations at one time, and new immunization opportunities on the horizon. 

For this upcoming heart health month,  Emily Young, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Assessment  with Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts. In this episode, Young explains a comprehensive approach to managing lipids and how that guides a treatment plan, and the typical medications involved. To estimate risk for ASCVD, here's a link to the American College of Cardiology's Risk Estimator Plus. 

What goals should a pharmacy set to become high performing pharmacy? Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts talks with Ray Arizmendi, Sr. Account Executive, Payer Relations at PQS about things that pharmacies can do now to become high performing pharmacies in 2023. Arizmendi also talks about performance programs and the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes in this episode.

John D. Grabenstein, PhD, Managing Editor, Immunize.org, talks about how pharmacy teams have made an impact in COVID Clinical Services during the pandemic on the Quality Corner Show with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts.Grabenstein also talks about how pharmacists and pharmacy technicians experienced increased scope of practice. John D. Grabenstein is the author of the Aug. 18, 2022 JAPha article "Essential services: Quantifying the contributions of America's pharmacists in COVID-19 clinical interventions."

Jesse McCullough, Founder of Keystone Pharmacy Insights, returns as a guest on the PQS Quality Corner Show to talk about exploring leadership growth.  Topics include leadership growth plans, generational diversity in the workplace, and historical cycles and how that might relate to healthcare. Jesse McCullough on LinkedInhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/kpipharmacy/

PQS Senior Manager of Data Analytics Andrew Thorne, PharmD, MS, returns to the PQS Quality Corner Show to chat about the 2023 Medicare Part C & D Star Ratings Technical Notes with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts.Thorne explains how 2023 star ratings are set and how pharmacists can find value in updates to both Medicare Part C and D plans. There is also discussion on changes to PQA measures in part D.

PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, recaps EQUIPP's appearance at three summer trade shows including McKesson IdeaShare, Cardinal's RBC, and AmerisourceBergen's Thoughtspot in 2022.Dorich interviews a few PQS team members that attended these shows including Connor Kovatch, Customer Experience Specialist; Cameron Marous, BI Engineer; and Sarah Malick, Software Engineer. Each team member talks about some of the common questions and comments they have received from customers concerning EQUIPP® .

Katie Dollar, PharmD, Clinical Staff Pharmacist at Price Chopper Pharmacy returns to the Quality Corner Show to provide immunization updates on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and rounds out a set of August Immunization Awareness Month episodes.In this episode, podcast host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts asks Dollar about HPV guidelines, prevalence, risk factors and historical prevention efforts. Dollar reminds pharmacists to check with their state board of pharmacy and pharmacy practice laws in determining whether they can administer the vaccine and to which qualified patients in their state.