We solve big problems by engaging employers and healthcare stakeholders.
We believe healthcare is local and that a multi-sector collaboration approach provides the best opportunity for innovative, workable solutions to improve healthcare quality, cost and experience. Our collaborative is particularly useful in solving problems where multiple healthcare sectors can accomplish more together than alone.
Improve healthcare quality
A high value healthcare system has both high quality and reasonable pricing. It is the kind of care we want for our loved ones with equitable and exceptional outcomes that we can afford. The KHC is a community leader in healthcare measurement, quality and value work.
Make healthcare more affordable
The average employer spends $20,000 per year on healthcare for a family with the worker paying about a quarter of those premiums. Paying for the most expensive healthcare in the world does not get us better or safer care and strains government, businesses, and individuals’ budgets. Improving affordability requires employer engagement in addressing health, price, and waste in partnership with their health plans and providers.
Build healthier communities
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, according to the WHO. The KHC has worked on a variety of community health priorities over the years including obesity, chronic disease, tobacco, and diabetes. Our most recent initiatives have focused on opioid use disorder and COVID-19.
Upcoming Events
June 7, 2022, 8:00 am – 10:30 am
Community Forum: Achieving and Maintaining Blood Pressure Goals Through Technology
News & Updates
At Last: Annual Conference Attendees Meet in Person After Two Years of Virtual Events
How exciting to be back in person for the 2022 KHC Annual Conference. People were almost giddy being able to see each other in real life rather than just on a computer screen. And being able to remove the mask requirement for the event allowed us to see each other’s […]
KHC and KDPH Launch the Diabetes Learning Collaborative
In 2019, nearly 464,000 Kentuckians, or 13.3% of adults, had diabetes. This prevalence is almost double of the prevalence of adults with diabetes in Kentucky as of 2000, 6.5%. Furthermore, 11% of adults in Kentucky are at risk for developing diabetes. Kentucky ranks 4th nationally for the diabetes mortality rate. […]
KHC Member Spotlight: Jane Cheshire Gilbert
Jane Cheshire Gilbert Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky Job Title: Director of Retiree Health Care Which KHC committees have you participated in? Board of Directors Jane Gilbert is the Director of Retiree Health Care for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky (TRS) and has […]
Don’t Let a Good Pandemic Go to Waste: Reflections on the Last Two Years
In December 2019, the KHC was looking for a new office space, and one of the options we discussed as a team was going to a work-from-home arrangement. Under no uncertain terms, worried about my ability to be productive and avoid going completely insane from isolation like a scene from […]
