Pharmacy Quality Alliance adds 3 new board members

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The Pharmacy Quality Alliance announced Tuesday that it has added three members to its board. The new additions are Jason Ausili, director of pharmacy affairs for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS); American Medical Group Association (AMGA) chief medical and quality officer Dr. Jerry Penso; and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) EVP policy & research and membership Lori Reilly. 

 

Ausili is responsible for leading NACDS’ pharmacy quality efforts and representing chain community pharmacy representing chain community pharmacy member on the advancement of value and team-based care models. Penso, who is also president of AMGA’s foundation, leads learning collaboratives for best practices and the organization’s national hypertension campaign. At PhRMA, Reilly oversees its development of policy and legislative analysis, as well as research studies about health care issues that affect biopharmaceutical companies.

 

“I am pleased to have the opportunity work with these individuals who have a demonstrated commitment to PQA's mission of developing meaningful measures of appropriate medication use and patient safety that can drive overall patient outcomes, and enhance the patient experience,” PQA executive director Laura Cranston said. “Their combined expertise and unique backgrounds will provide the leadership and engagement necessary to continue to advance the appropriate uptake and implementation of performance measures in new and evolving models of care.”