Pharmacy Quality Alliance – Medication safety measures like Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines (COB) and Polypharmacy: Use of Multiple Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults (Poly-ACH) require a different approach to quality improvement.
Unlike traditional adherence measures, timing is critical. Health plans must identify emerging medication risk and intervene before potentially dangerous medication overlap occurs—and before the opportunity to impact measure performance has passed.
In a guest blog for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), AdhereHealth CEO, Kempton Presley, explores practical strategies Medicare Advantage plans can use to get ahead of medication safety risk, including:
- Continuous monitoring to identify emerging medication overlap
- Dynamic risk stratification to prioritize intervention
- Coordinated, provider-first engagement
- Member education grounded in behavioral science
- Layered interventions that become more intensive as risk increases
View Kempton’s guest blog on PQA
Published: September 15, 2026
