Four Ateb pharmacists appointed to PQA

Ateb yesterday announced its continued relationship with the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and the appointments of four Ateb pharmacists to PQA’s measure development teams and stakeholder advisory panels for 2015.

Ateb, a provider of pharmacy patient care solutions, has been a longtime member of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and a licensee of PQA Quality Measures.

“Once again this year, Ateb will play an important role in the measure developments of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance,” Frank Sheppard, founder and CEO of Ateb, said. “Ateb’s appointments to the PQA measure development teams, as well as contributions to the stakeholder advisory panels, reflect the outstanding reputation of Ateb’s pharmacists and Ateb’s commitment to the industry. These measures developed by the PQA teams are used for Star Ratings, and our pharmacies and healthcare payers will greatly benefit from Ateb’s ongoing alignment with the PQA.”

Ateb pharmacists appointed to the PQA teams for 2015 were:

• Mark Gregory appointed to Team 3: MTM-Part D: Use of Patient Satisfaction Survey following CMR Completion 
• Robb Ayshford appointed to Team 5: Primary Medication Non-Adherence (PMN) – For Health Plans
• Rebecca Chater appointed to Team 6: Hospital and/or ED Utilization Related to ADEs
• Bob Mernar appointed to Team 9: MTM-Part D: Specific Drug Therapy Problem (DTP) Resolution