Podcasts about pqa

Send us a textHave you ever needed a reminder of why this work matters? In this episode, I'm sharing the powerful moments from SCOLT 2025 that filled my teacher heart — and why what we do in the classroom matters just as much as how we make students feel.From hallway conversations to keynote quotes that made me tear up, this episode goes beyond strategies and into the why behind the work. And yes, I'm also sharing two easy, movement-based activities you can try with your students tomorrow!

In this episode of Growing with Proficiency, the podcast, I sit down with Hélène Colinet to discuss why and how we need to break the myth of grammar teaching and the importance of leading our classes with comprehensible input. Originally from France and now residing in Spain, Hélène is an extraordinary language educator and trainer who has guided over 2,000 teachers towards more effective teaching methods.We dive deep into:Breaking the Grammar Myth: Why traditional grammar instruction often fails and how to shift towards a more natural language acquisition process.Communication Over Rules: The importance of meaningful communication and using language in context.Frequent and Relevant Vocabulary: How focusing on high-frequency vocabulary can build a strong linguistic foundation.Implementing Comprehensible Input: Practical strategies for incorporating comprehensible input and personalized questions and answers (PQA) into your lessons.Join us for a conversation filled with practical insights and strategies you can bring into your classroom right away. Click play and happy listeningResources Mentioned:Our guest: elenecolinet.com / @helene_colinet_profesora

This podcast episode discusses addressing social determinants of health through pharmacy practice with guest speaker, Amanda Ryan from the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). She provides an overview of PQA's third edition Social Determinants of Health Guide and how it can help pharmacists and pharmacies address social determinants of health (SDOH) barriers in their communities. The discussion covers topics like the role of pharmacists in nutrition education and food insecurity screening, as well as strategies for developing comprehensive SDOH programs through collaboration with other health care professionals and community organizations. About The Guest Amanda Ryan, PharmD, serves as the Director of Education for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance where she leads the strategic direction of PQA's educational activities. She is responsible for developing strategies, theme and topic ideation, and creating and managing program content, which is delivered through PQA's Annual Meeting, Leadership Summit, Quality Forum Webinar series, continuing education programs, and other events. Links Mentioned SDOH Guide: https://www.pqaalliance.org/sdoh-resource-guide March Quality Forum Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m1xqv0EuSBeZgfJOYlBojw Key Takeaways 1. Pharmacists can leverage PQA's SDOH Guide to improve medication use quality and address social needs through screening, referrals, and community partnerships. 2. Addressing social determinants of health requires a holistic approach involving training, targeted screening tools, data insights, and cultural competency. 3. Pharmacists play a supportive role in nutrition education by screening for food insecurity and referring patients to assistance programs. 4. Collaboration with other healthcare sectors and community organizations is essential for developing comprehensive strategies to address social determinants of health barriers. 5. Upcoming initiatives from PQA include training resources on SDOH screening and a webinar featuring nutrition/food security interventions from the SDOH Guide.

In this Episode, Adam joins Cullen to kickoff Season 15 of the Bible Quizzer Podcast by discussing this season over Matthew and a few of the differences between PQA-style and tournament-style quizzing.

Today's episode hones the best practices for go-to-market strategies tailored to technology companies targeting developers and tech experts. Our guest, Ben Williams, a former executive turned PLG strategic advisor, is here to share valuable insights. Earlier this year, he played a pivotal role steering a cybersecurity company to an astonishing $7.4 billion valuation. Host Maja guides a knowledge-packed discussion, exploring the critical pitfalls and blind spots in PLG strategies with Ben and draws from his experiences at Snyk to examine the choice between niche focus versus multiple Ideal Customer Profiles. They also explore customer discovery methods, how to prioritize experiments, and validate MVP and MVB (Minimum Viable Business Model). Key Takeaways:  [00:10] Introduction of Ben Williams [05:05] Strategies for effective developer marketing [05:55] Building community and providing value to developers [08:05] Tactics for helping developers learn and grow [11:40] Effective approaches to developer marketing [12:10] Addressing privacy concerns and building trust [13:45] Transparency and data tracking for developers [15:30] Finding the right-sized market slice [17:20] Transitioning from self-serve to enterprise sales [18:50] Using product engagement states to identify potential customers [19:50] Leveraging engagement states for tailored outreach [22:30] Shifting from PQL to PQA for customer actions [25:00] Prioritizing experiments using ICE scoring [26:25] Focus on experiment execution and learning [27:50] Questioning experiment frequency for new teams [28:40] Faster experimentation with a shift to strategy [29:20] Documenting learnings and breaking silos [31:15] Discussing failures in reviews [32:45] 20% baseline for experiment success [33:55] Embracing failure and experimentation speed [38:55] Customer discovery mechanisms [39:30] Highlighting underutilized pricing experiments [41:35] Pricing impact and fear [42:37] Airtable and Notion for growth processes [46:00] Balancing work and personal life About Ben Williams:  Ben Williams, a PLG advisor and former VP of Product at Synk, played a pivotal role in propelling a cybersecurity company focused on cloud computing to an impressive valuation of 7.4 billion in 2023. Now, Ben is dedicated to his mission of empowering product-led companies to make informed decisions and achieve better results. Links:  Ben Williams | LinkedIn  PLGeek 

Have you ever wondered how to ignite true engagement and create meaningful connections with your students while using the target language? In this episode, I share with you the secrets behind the magic of Personalized Questions and Answers (PQAs) and how they can be used in your class as part of your daily routine but also to elevate your curriculum.Tune in to learn my 3-question test to write effective PQAs, a step-by-step guide on how to seamlessly integrate PQAs into your teaching routines and your curriculum, and how we can ensure engagement among students of varying proficiency levels.But this episode doesn't end there. Learn the follow-up strategies that you can use to get the most out of the initial PQA. From mental notes for future reference to collaborative writing activities that consolidate language, this episode equips you with the tools to engage, connect, and support your students' linguistic growth.Ready?  Click play now and happy listening.Growing With Proficiency Blog FB Community Growing With CIConnect with me on IGTPT StoreWaiting List GWP The Spanish Teacher Academy

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

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks about agriculture diversity, travel, immigration & migrant workers with TCTS Global LLC CEE Orlando Gil.A native of Venezuela, Orlando came to the United States to further his education. He attended Oklahoma State University and received B.S. degrees in Animal Science and Agronomy back in 1983.Orlando owns and operates “TCTS Global LLC”, a consulting company that assists businesses “bridge the gap” with the Latino workforce in the agricultural and food related industries as they meet their needs for professional and skilled labor. Orlando's experience in the agricultural industry includes a variety of positions in training, recruiting as well as production areas. His corporate work experience includes working as Recruiting Director and Training Manager for Kerber Companies in NW, Iowa. Before relocating to Iowa, Orlando was a Training Production Manager for Seaboard Foods, one of the country's top 10 integrated pork producers and processors, while at Seaboard Foods, he also managed a 13,225 sow - farrow to wean swine operation in Beaver County, Okla.  Orlando was also employed by PIC (Pig Improvement Company), an international genetic breeding stock company, where he held a variety of training and customer support positions in Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.  Orlando is a certified PQA and TQA advisor and helps support the Pork industry's efforts to maintain a safe, high-quality supply of pork. Prior to joining PIC, Orlando worked in the restaurant industry and owned and managed a restaurant in Stillwater, Okla. As a speaker, Orlando has delivered international talks, workshops and webinars in Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, and the U.S.Orlando's topics have to do with employee development, engagement, and retention. Orlando's activities include membership in the Knights of Columbus, the Shelby County Nicaragua Partners, and St. Michael Parish. He is also an active contributor to the National Pork Board, the Iowa Pork Producers Association, and the National Pork Producers Council. As a certified PQA Plus and TQA advisor he helps support the Pork industry's efforts to maintain a safe, high quality supply of pork. TCTS Global is a consulting firm that helps companies involved in agriculture and food related industries bridge the communication and training gaps with Latin American and global talent. As TCTS Global bridges these gaps, companies meet their need of highly qualified and professional talent. Their services help companies achieve their production improvement goals and offer a solution to the growing demand for qualified talent.Since 2001, TCTS Global has expanded into other areas related to leadership development, training and cultural experiences. Since 2008, they have been developing talent with thier Professional Enhancement, Leadership development, and Cultural Exchange programs.TCTS Global Mission:To develop talent...We live our mission on a daily basis by focusing on having a positive imEnergrow's oilseed pressing system helps farmers CRUSH their feed costs.The easy way to make fresh, home-grown, high-quality meal + expeller-pressed oil, right on the farm. The fully automated, turnkey CRUSH-Pro is easy to set up and run 24/7.Learn more at - https://agr.fyi/energrow Sponsored by Tractors and Troubadours:Your weekly connection to agriculture industry newsmakers, hot-button industry issues, educational topics, rural lifestyle features and the best in true country music. Brought to you by Rural Strong Media.Listen now at https://ruralstrongmedia.com/tractors-and-troubadours/Subscribe to North American Ag at https://northamericanag.com

In this month's episode, Amanda Ryan, PharmD, BCGP, CPHQ, the director of Education for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), discusses a new PQA program to teach pharmacy and other health professions students the basics of quality measurement and strategies to improve medication safety, adherence and appropriate use. Ryan leads the strategic direction of PQA's educational activities. Before joining PQA, Ryan served for six years as the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Qsource, a nonprofit healthcare quality improvement and information technology consultancy. She also has six years of long-term care pharmacy experience, where she oversaw the pharmacy‘s continuous quality improvement program and provided education to nursing home staff.

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.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance Chief Engagement Officer Richard Schmitz joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about how pharmacists can get the most out of PQA's Social Determinants of Health Resource Guide.Schmitz explains that the guide focuses on seven key barriers that patients face and that pharmacists can work with their patients to address these barriers by providing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) services detailed within the guide.More info available at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance website 

The PQA Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Resource Guide profiles 20 real-world SDOH services that are promising for improving the quality and safety of medication use. Created by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), the guide focuses on SDOH screenings, referrals and interventions conducted by or involving pharmacists or pharmacies. The guide covers services that address seven SDOH barriers, and many of the initiatives profiled address multiple barriers: Cost of Medications   Cultural or Literacy Barriers   Decent, Safe and Affordable Housing   Food Security   Screening for Unmet Needs   Social Isolation   Transportation  This is the first resource guide that catalogues pharmacist and pharmacy-centered SDOH services. The guide provides health care professionals with ideas and examples of SDOH services they can implement and was designed to be widely used in many different settings. The guide provides information on each service's location, scale, target population, care setting, intervention and outcomes.  LINK HERE: https://pharmacypodcast.com/2022/02/25/pqa-social-determinants/ PQA welcomes feedback on the guide and suggestions on SDOH services which can be highlighted in future editions. You can submit feedback and interventions for consideration below.  This activity was supported by an independent medical education grant from Merck & Co. and by Humana, whose mission is to help people achieve lifelong wellbeing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PQA Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Resource Guide profiles 20 real-world SDOH services that are promising for improving the quality and safety of medication use. Created by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), the guide focuses on SDOH screenings, referrals and interventions conducted by or involving pharmacists or pharmacies. The guide covers services that address seven SDOH barriers, and many of the initiatives profiled address multiple barriers: Cost of Medications   Cultural or Literacy Barriers   Decent, Safe and Affordable Housing   Food Security   Screening for Unmet Needs   Social Isolation   Transportation  This is the first resource guide that catalogues pharmacist and pharmacy-centered SDOH services. The guide provides health care professionals with ideas and examples of SDOH services they can implement and was designed to be widely used in many different settings. The guide provides information on each service's location, scale, target population, care setting, intervention and outcomes.  LINK HERE: https://pharmacypodcast.com/2022/02/25/pqa-social-determinants/ PQA welcomes feedback on the guide and suggestions on SDOH services which can be highlighted in future editions. You can submit feedback and interventions for consideration below.  This activity was supported by an independent medical education grant from Merck & Co. and by Humana, whose mission is to help people achieve lifelong wellbeing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast it's a special edition as the government publishes its response to Phillip Augar's Post-18 review of fees and funding. We dive into what has been (and hasn't been) announced, think through some of the implications for universities and students, and consider the politics of everything from the Lifelong Loan Entitlement to freezing fees. And there's also an interesting announcement on PQA. With Debbie McVitty, Wonkhe's Editor; Jim Dickinson, David Kernohan and Sunday Blake, Wonkhe's Associate Editors; and presented by Mark Leach, Wonkhe's Editor in Chief.

In November, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) announced a collaboration aimed at developing a patient-centered outcomes research agenda to improve social determinants of health screenings and interventions in pharmacy settings. The year-long project received funding from the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program and will feature an in-person workshop held in conjunction with the PQA Annual Meeting in May. To learn more about this initiative, why it is needed, and how it will be carried out, The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) spoke with Melissa Castora-Binkley, PhD, the senior director of research at PQA and Rebekah Angove, PhD, vice president for patient experience at PAF. In this episode of Managed Care Cast, Castora-Binkley and Angove discuss why pharmacists are in a unique position to help address social determinants of health and the importance of incorporating patients' perspectives into research agendas.

Susan Holt is the Chief Growth Officer for Plato Testing, a software testing service that hires and trains people with indigenous backgrounds. She also acts in the same role for their sister company PQA. She has been part of Plato Testing's growth from a single office to five offices across Canada over the past five years. Throughout the growth of the company, there have been decisions that have contributed to Plato's ability to provide quality software testing, and build up the skills of their employees. In addition, they have provided opportunities for employees to become limited partners in the company and receive some of the benefits that ownership provides. For more information on Plato Testing, visit platotesting.com --- You can continue the conversation by joining SocialEconomyConnect.com. Social Economy Connect is a free mutual support platform for practitioners, social entrepreneurs, co-op members and developers and third sector supporters to discuss issues and solutions with a focus on social outcomes in the economy. Resources: http://www.platotesting.com/about Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PLATOtesting/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/platotesting LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plato-testing/ --- For more information about Strategy Made Simple, and to learn about social enterprise visit strategymadesimple.ca Contact Matthew: Twitter: @MatthewRempel Email: matthew@strategymadesimple.ca Written, hosted, recorded, and edited by: Matthew Rempel Music provided by: Envato

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Pharmacy Quality Alliance CEO Micah Cost about the future of medication quality measurement and his vision for PQA going forward.This episode coincides with the 2021 PQA Annual Meeting May 11 – 13, 2021. 

Todd Sega is the Senior Vice President of Development and Strategy at Pharmacy Quality Solutions, or PQS, which is a company specialized in performance management solutions for pharmacies. Todd joined us in this episode to talk about value-based pharmacy services, and the current landscape of precision medicine and what types of quality measures might be developed in response to these changes.  Show Notes: To ensure high quality of care, Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) develops performance management solutions for pharmacies that help identify areas for operational enhancement, rebates, and financial programs. Todd shares insightful trends being seen within community pharmacies. 1:28 – History of PQS and quality measures 4:15 – PQS’s current role 7:30 – The relationship between community pharmacies and health plans before PQA was created 8:00 – Pharmacy services administrative organizations (PSAOs) 9:26 – The evolving “bridge” between community pharmacies and health plans 12:00 – Todd’s background 18:30 – The PQS Industry trend report 24:00 – Preparedness of pharmacies and payers to transition into outcome-based quality measures 25:24 – The correlation between adherence to antidepressant medication and other medications 26:56 – The focus of payers on mental health outcomes 29:35 – The opportunity for pharmacogenetics in community pharmacy 32:56 – Quality measures needed for the adoption of pharmacogenetics 35:08 – Impact of COVID-19 on the future of community pharmacies 38:40 – Hear more from Todd

Levan discusses the myths of PLG and how to effectively implement it across your product, marketing and sales teams.PEOPLEGuest: Sam Levan, CMO & Cofounder, MadKudu, a lead scoring platform that helps you optimize your marketing by predicting expected revenueHost: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup SidekickTAKEAWAYSBe very clear on the type of PLG motion you want (e.g. self-service, land & expand); it's difficult enough implementing just one.Redefine the role of sales in PLG, so there's no friction.TIMELINE01:09 – Can you provide us an overview of MadKudu? Our goal is to make every startup and marketer successful. Many CEOs don't trust their marketing team, often because the leads aren't qualified. The problem is marketers today don't have enough visibility into where the quality leads are in the funnel. We mostly help B2B SaaS startups.02:35 - What is Product Led Growth (PLG)? It's somewhat opposite of sales led growth, which makes the product available after you buy it. With PLG, you need a product as the main driver of revenue.03:22 - Why is PLG hot right now, even though the concepts have been around for sometime? For the past decade, we've seen freemium, free trials and so on. What's changed are financial successes (e.g. Zoom, Slack, Notion, InVision). Investors now see this as a fantastic, financial machine, growing from nothing to a billion dollar valuation.05:20 - What are some myths about PLG? PLG sounds great but it's a lot harder to make it work. It's not all self-service; there three sales models: low-touch credit card sale, land & expand (e.g. Slack) and more traditional models (e.g. content is for inbound leads with follow-up sales) -- companies must be clear on the sales model.07:15 - Does this mean you don't need sales people anymore? Absolutely not; you do need sales people if you're selling to the enterprise. Even companies that claim they don't have sales people, actually do (e.g. masked as product specialists). 08:20 - How do you achieve the virality that companies such as Slack and Zoom have? One of the mistakes product-led companies make is forgetting their customers. They have great analytics/dashboards (e.g. retention). When companies claim they are not getting the growth (e.g. activations), you have to remove the noise in all the signups by segmenting your leads (e.g. students versus buyers).10:30 - What are some of the metrics that you look at? You have to pick your metrics carefully, since they become your northstar. PQL and PQA (product qualified leads and accounts) are two we look at. These matter because generating revenue is a team effort. For example, when leads come in, sales people start calling the leads even if the leads aren't any good -- you have to identify the qualified leads to see which prospects are ready to begin having a conversation. It's important to have that agreement between product, marketing & sales on when a lead is qualified -- essentially a SLA between these teams. 13:55 - What are your thoughts on funnels versus flywheel charts? It's understanding the customer journey, different personas (buyers, users, stakeholders). The flywheel should include buyers and users, not just users.15:00 - Takeaways (see above)

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Vice President, Performance Measurement Lisa Hines, PharmD to find out how PQA develops quality measures. Hines also explains what are quality measures, who they are made for and why they are important.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks new hosted measures in EQuIPP with Zac Renfro, PharmD, Brittany Boyd, MHA, CPhT, and Cora Eilders, MHA, on the PQS Quality Corner Show. The groups specifically reviews PQA measures: Polypharmacy Use of Multiple Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults, Polypharmacy CNS Active Medications in Older Adults and Use of Opioids at High Dosage in Persons without Cancer.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, interviews John A. Galdo, Pharm.D., M.B.A., BCPS, BCGP (Jake), Director, Education and Program Development at PQA about their new Medication Use Quality CE program on the PQS Quality Corner Show.

Medication access barriers and nonadherence significantly impact medication underuse in the United States. This issue is estimated to cost the country’s healthcare system between $100 billion to $290 billion annually, as patients who underuse medication are more likely to have complications, which can result in costly health care utilization. Recently, The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) announced 2 research grants funding studies of patients’ real-world medication access barriers. Leveraging the framework devised by the PQA and NPC released in March 2019, researchers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Rhode Island will investigate this problem and release their findings in 2021. Oral anticancer therapies have become popular alternatives to more traditional care, such as chemotherapy. However, research shows that adherence to oral anti-cancer therapies can range from 20% to 100%. Several factors contribute to medication non-adherence and access barriers. To learn more, we spoke with Ami Vyas, PhD, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice, specializing in health outcomes research, at The University of Rhode Island.

Recorded for release w/c 30th March 2020   This week we find out about The Lost Youth Foundation from Chris Titley, Alex Ohm tells us about his online gigs, Jean Martyn joins us from the Netherlands for a chat, PQA let us know about their Virtual academy, Shaun Moore share his latest self penned music and Ewan Baggott of EAB skills chats about what is going on in the social networks. 

I share my take on the traditional idea of PQA as well as suggestions for personalizing other input activities with whole class and individual questions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

PQA #6: We Are Never Cured Nor Immune Well my friends, over the last 2 weeks I have experienced a few events that are worthy of any discussion on recovery or nicotine Quit. Demonstrations that even after 670 plus days of quit, the addiction remains a clear and present danger to each of us. We are never cured nor immune. ——- LISTEN UP FOR MORE! ARE YOU READY TO QUIT? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dan-reeves8/support

Join Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Quality Programs, Jesse McCullough, PharmD and Nick Dorich, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Relations for episode two of a podcast series Quality Corner that explains "How are Quality Measures Developed and Maintained?" In this episode PQS discusses an overview of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and where quality measures are utilized. There is also talk about the opportunity for pharmacy in using quality measures.

Sharing some things that are going on lately as I approach my 50th birthday, talked a little about my home incarceration experience, about my 2017 trip to Japan, nicotine quitting and a few other rambling thoughts. We have some super cool guests coming up over the next few weeks, so stay tuned, also PQA #2 has been been included which speaks to having a Quit Plan - Keep your eyes open and your ears to the wind :-) Subscribe! Like! Share! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxWlFjnErnCToptCvNKs2A/ https://spiritualunderground.org https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualUnderground/ https://instagram.com/spiritualunderground4u?r=nametag DTM Woodwork: http://dtmww.net https://www.facebook.com/dtmwoodwork/ https://instagram.com/dtm_woodwork?r=nametag Twelve Step Spiritual Recovery (TSSR) http://12stepspiritualrecovery.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dan-reeves8/support

The three banned bandito’s of nicotine quit picked up the microphones and chatted on a Saturday morning, discussions were primarily around Billy’s Quit journey, but also about quitting nicotine in general and what fun we used to have as we battled what was, and is still considered the Nic Bitch. The three of us met on a nicotine quitting website and our story is partially told here, and also in Episode 126 in Jim's Story. Somehow, nearly two years later, the three of us remain nicotine free and still in almost daily contact. Some bonus material includes a little story time, and the first of what I hope is many PQA’s (Public Quit Announcement), written and produced by Jim. Subscribe! Like! Share! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxWlFjnErnCToptCvNKs2A/ https://spiritualunderground.org https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualUnderground/ https://instagram.com/spiritualunderground4u?r=nametag DTM Woodwork: http://dtmww.net https://www.facebook.com/dtmwoodwork/ https://instagram.com/dtm_woodwork?r=nametag Twelve Step Spiritual Recovery (TSSR) http://12stepspiritualrecovery.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dan-reeves8/support

We chat with Susan Holt about her experience running for office. She shares lessons learned, opportunities, and challenges that she and others face. We dig into the recently raised issues of sexism at the Fredericton City Council, we chat about her new role with PQA and Plato Testing, and we talk about a number of systemic changes needed to get more people with diverse experiences elected. Still need your t-shirt? Visit femmewonk.com/buy

As the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe gets under way, Ewan introduces Paul Levy to the team, Paul Levy talks to the team behind the new PQA venue, and friend of the parish Ian Kendall has a traditional tale to tell.

Ulysses, NE pork producer Lukas Fricke has created an app that will not only help the pork producer with PQA, but the entire livestock industry.

Ulysses, NE pork producer Lukas Fricke has created an app that will not only help the pork producer with PQA, but the entire livestock industry.

Laura Cranston, R.Ph. - Chief Executive Office of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) - talks about the work of PQA and the National Quality Strategy which aims to make care delivery higher quality and more affordable to achieve healthier people and communities.  Key Lessons:  PQA plays an important role by convening key stakeholders and creating quality measures that are used by the payer community.  Pharmacists and student pharmacists can play an important role in PQA's work.  

And the secrets are out for the Pauline Quirke Academy in Harrogate… we’re hearing from parents whose children attend on what PQA is REALLY like. https://www.strayfm.com/news/family/2424779/this-could-boost-your-childs-confidence/

 Lisa R. Erwin is President of The E2 Group, LLC a managed markets consulting company that specializes in Medicare Part D clinical program strategic and operational expertise with a strong focus on Quality and Star Ratings.  She also serves as VP of Clinical Strategies for Aventria/Pinnacle Health Communications, a managed market agency. A common theme of Ms. Erwin's 30-year pharmacy career encompassing long-term care, managed-care and hospital pharmacy has been a focus on improving the quality of medication utilization in the senior population. Most recently, Lisa held the position of Senior Director, Medicare Clinical Quality for Catamaran, a pharmacy benefit manager based in Schaumburg, Illinois. In her role at Catamaran, Lisa directed the company STAR ratings strategy and developed analytic and clinical intervention programs with an emphasis on close health plan client collaboration. She also has served as Pharmacy Director for Medicare Business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a provider of PDP and MAPD offerings. As Vice President, Clinical Operations for Omnicare, Inc., the largest institutional pharmacy provider in the United States, she oversaw the implementation of clinical and health management initiatives which were which were uniquely designed to serve 1.2 million residents of skilled facilities, assisted living and other institutions in 48 states.  Erwin is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and has been credentialed as a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy. She has served as a member of the ASCP Task Force on Medication Therapy Management and the Editorial Advisory Board for The Consultant Pharmacist journal.  Lisa held the position of co-chair of Stakeholder Advisory Panel (SAP-B) for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) in 2015 and currently is an appointed member of the Measure Update Panel (MUP) for PQA. 00:00 What is MTM and why is Medication Therapy Management making a resurgence? 02:30 MTM as an effort to improve outcomes for patients. 03:25 Engagement side vs. Hospital side. 05:15 Why MTM is such an arduous process. 06:20 “Who gets paid?” 06:50 The blurred lines in the reimbursement discussion. 08:30 “No one has figured out how to measure the outcome.” 10:35 “Why should we do this AND pay for it?” 13:00 The number of Comprehensive Medication Reviews needed for an average Star Rating. 14:00 The two signals coming out of CMS. 19:20 How the pieces of MTM fit together. 22:25 The Pharmacist's role in MTM. 26:45 The five or six quality measures causing your health plan the most money/pain.

Lisa R. Erwin is President of The E2 Group, LLC a managed markets consulting company that specializes in Medicare Part D clinical program strategic and operational expertise with a strong focus on Quality and Star Ratings.  She also serves as VP of Clinical Strategies for Aventria/Pinnacle Health Communications, a managed market agency. A common theme of Ms. Erwin's 30-year pharmacy career encompassing long-term care, managed-care and hospital pharmacy has been a focus on improving the quality of medication utilization in the senior population. Most recently, Lisa held the position of Senior Director, Medicare Clinical Quality for Catamaran, a pharmacy benefit manager based in Schaumburg, Illinois. In her role at Catamaran, Lisa directed the company STAR ratings strategy and developed analytic and clinical intervention programs with an emphasis on close health plan client collaboration. She also has served as Pharmacy Director for Medicare Business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a provider of PDP and MAPD offerings. As Vice President, Clinical Operations for Omnicare, Inc., the largest institutional pharmacy provider in the United States, she oversaw the implementation of clinical and health management initiatives which were which were uniquely designed to serve 1.2 million residents of skilled facilities, assisted living and other institutions in 48 states. Erwin is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and has been credentialed as a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy. She has served as a member of the ASCP Task Force on Medication Therapy Management and the Editorial Advisory Board for The Consultant Pharmacist journal.  Lisa held the position of co-chair of Stakeholder Advisory Panel (SAP-B) for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) in 2015 and currently is an appointed member of the Measure Update Panel (MUP) for PQA. 00:00 Lisa Erwin explains what PBM stands for, and what Pharmacy Benefit Managers do.02:00 Stacey and Lisa “follow the dollar”.02:45 Achieving access in pharma.03:15 How rebates work in pharma.07:45 “Total cost of care matters.”12:30 How PBMs acquire medical claims information.16:00 How PBM star ratings work.21:00 How PBMs assist plans with adherence.23:15 What PBMs need from stakeholders.25:50 How PBM incentives are aligned with pharmaceutical companies, despite a distinct separation of the two.29:00 The lack of conversations around digital resources for PBMs.30:00 Lisa offers her advice on the trend of relying on retail pharmacists.33:00 “Retail pharmacy needs to rise to the challenge.”33:40 A new vertical in pharma.34:30 “PBMs are viewing themselves more and more as having an impact on the health of a member.”

Pharmacy Professionals: Do you understand the Five-Star Quality Rating System?   CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and to help identify areas about which you may want to ask questions.   We talk with Samuel Stolpe, PharmD who is the Director, Quality Initiatives for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA, Inc.).  In this role he leads PQA's effort in capturing the voice of the patient in PQA's measure development process through the Patient Advisory Panel.  He also is responsible for the launch of the Adult Immunization Task Force as well as research and demonstration projects which show the value of PQA's performance measure set.    http://pqaalliance.org/ Sam Stolpe, PharmDDirector, Quality StrategiesPharmacy Quality Alliancesstolpe@PQAalliance.org703-690-1987 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pharmacy Professionals: Do you understand the Five-Star Quality Rating System?   CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and to help identify areas about which you may want to ask questions.   We talk with Samuel Stolpe, PharmD who is the Director, Quality Initiatives for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA, Inc.).  In this role he leads PQA's effort in capturing the voice of the patient in PQA's measure development process through the Patient Advisory Panel.  He also is responsible for the launch of the Adult Immunization Task Force as well as research and demonstration projects which show the value of PQA’s performance measure set.    http://pqaalliance.org/ Sam Stolpe,

00:10 Mark is the VP of Operations for Pharmacy Quality Solutions. In his role he oversees product development and product solutions. 00:25 What Pharmacy Quality Solutions is: A joint venture between the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and CE City. 1:00 Pharmacy Quality Alliance is a non-profit organization focused on medication use and quality measure development. 1:45 Examples of PQA measures that rate pharmacists. 2:30 Examples of PQA as a multi stake-holder organization. 3:15 PQA looks for areas opportunity where measurement could help lead to improvement in patient care, service utilization, etc. 3:50 CE City is a for-profit technology company that supplies PQS with the structure needed for building company services. 4:45 The creation of Pharmacy Quality Solutions: Mark started working with PQA five or six years ago while he was working for Highmark. Mark saw the opportunity to use CE City to connect health plans and pharmacies, met his partner, Annette Boyer, at CE City, and together they worked with Rite Aid and Highmark to start the project that eventually led to Pharmacy Quality Solutions. 7:00 Pharmacy Quality Solutions is about standardizing the management of performance information in the pharmacy space. 9:00 The relationship between Health Plans and Pharmacies: often it is varied, but typically the relationships in the past have been transactional in nature, and primarily focused on pharmacies dispensing medications. 9:50 How do you interact with your pharmacy network beyond a transaction? How do you derive clinical performance value out of the relationship between health plans and pharmacies? The solution can be a win-win for both sides. 11:00 How plan data is used in order to make sure that the information being gathered is adherent and beneficial to both health plans and pharmacies. 13:25 Database integration between Highmark and Rite Aid was made simple with the assistance of CE City. 14:45 How this information looks at a pharmacist level. 16:20 The demonstration project results with Highmark will be published in August. 17:00 The project saw improvements across the board, and in some categories, improvements in all cost medical utilization. 17:20 Mark's jump from a Highmark employee to helping start Pharmacy Quality Solutions. 22:45 The importance of giving a product and a service. 23:15 “There is more to the engagement than a platform or the software as a service. You want to make sure that you deliver a good service for your customers.” 23:40 EQuIPP is a multi-tenant, performance information management platform. 24:00 EQuIPP allows pharmacies to build hierarchies using the performance data after it has been processed at a plan level.  A chain pharmacy can then see how its performance looks at each level of the organization. 24:30 EQuIPP presents this data in a very simple, very intuitive way that allows clients to see exactly what they want to know. 24:45 What PQS results look like at a ground level. 25:30 How PQS takes EQuIPP and makes it more accessible to PQS clients. 27:00 Pharmacy Quality Solutions' EQuIPP data for clients on the plan-side is primarily driven by Medicare plans. 27:40 Moving forward, Mark sees a lot of interest in the quality rating system associated with the exchange products. 28:20 System for consistency: How Pharmacy Quality Solutions makes sure that pharmacists in plan areas are using EQuIPP. 29:50 “There has to be an engagement strategy on the plan side and there has to be an engagement effort on the pharmacy side.” 30:25 “I'm willing to spend money for improvement, given the return that I'm getting.” 30:50 What QRS stands for: Quality Rating System, and what it is exactly. 31:00 What happens after a pharmacy hires Pharmacy Quality Solutions. PQS works to gather plans that are actively invested in their clients' networks. 33:20 Pharmacy Quality Solutions works with roughly five out of six pharmacies in the country; they are approaching a connection with upwards of 50,000 pharmacies. 34:30 PQS has a critical mass for plans. They manage about 11 million lives to-date, a number which will likely double in the next four months. 35:40 PQS does not have a prescriber aspect of the company at this point, but there is talk. 37:40 “There is a synergy of incentives.” 39:00 The future may hold a more active engagement between pharmacies and physicians as patient adherence becomes more important. 39:30 Mark can be reached by email at mconklin@pharmacyquality.com and through http://www.pharmacyquality.com/  or https://www.EQuIPPp.org/professional.aspx . He can also be reached on twitter @MHConklin