The AQA was created to enhance the implementation of physician-level performance measurement, data aggregation, and reporting. The four founding organizations, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, America’s Health Insurance Plans, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, worked to create a multi-stakeholder collaborative committed to improving the quality and efficiency of care.

AQA’s work includes recommending performance measures to implement into the market, developing a framework to collect, share, and aggregate data across different payers, and establishing guidelines on how best to report quality data to consumers and the public.

“AQA strongly supports NPP and its vision to focus, align, and accelerate our efforts as partners in advancing quality improvement in care,” said Frank Opelka, AQA’s representative to the National Priorities Partnership. “Galvanizing the disparate parts of the healthcare system in a multistakeholder environment is a challenge the AQA recognizes and respects. The strategic direction that NPP brings to the process is key to successful reform. That’s what the National Priorities Partnership stands for, and that’s why this is such a promising movement.”

AQA strongly supports setting National Priorities to direct resources towards areas that will have the greatest impact in improving quality. AQA is committed to working with the Partners to identify activities that will support these Priorities.

For more information on AQA, please visit www.aqaalliance.org.