KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Meet Me at the Crossroads: Intersecting Quality and Pharmacist-Provided Care

MICAH COST, PharmD, MS

This session will discuss the role of quality measurement in value-based care design; describe the impact of medication adherence measures in the Medicare Star Ratings program; articulate the relationship between pharmacy performance measures and pharmacy practice advancement; & outline opportunities for pharmacists and pharmacy professionals to reduce gaps in care and improve patient access and health equity. 

Micah Cost, PharmD, MS, is the CEO of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). A seasoned health care association executive, Cost leads PQA’s work to improve medication safety, adherence and appropriate use.

Previously, Cost was executive director of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), representing pharmacists and pharmacy professionals across all practice settings in the state. Cost previously served in a variety of roles, including board president of the Alliance for Patient Medication Safety, chair of the American Pharmacists Association’s Policy Committee, a board member of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, and president of the Tennessee Society of Association Executives.

Cost earned his doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy and a master’s degree in pharmaceutical outcomes and health policy from the University of Florida.