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 8, 2021, 8:00 am – 10:30 am
Community Health Forum: High Quality Cardiovascular Care
May 25, 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Too Close for Comfort: An Exploration of Racism and Sexism in Healthcare
News & Updates
Call for Public Comment: 2021 Updates to KY Core Healthcare Measures Set
Modifications are being made to the Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set (KCHMS), and healthcare stakeholders throughout the Commonwealth are invited and encouraged to review and comment on those submissions during a public comment period that will run through June 10. The core measures set was first developed and released in 2018 through […]
Building Bridges to Better Health During National Public Health Week
This week marks National Public Health Week (NPHW). Organized annually by the American Public Health Association, NPHW works to educate the public, policymakers, and practitioners on public health issues facing our country. Amid a pandemic, it is apparent now more than ever the importance of public health. This year’s campaign […]
KHC Member Spotlight: Dr. Derek Mydlarz
Get to know Dr. Derek Mydlarz, the Global Executive Director/Chief Medical Officer for GE Appliances and a member of the KHC’s Board of Directors.
Reflecting on a Year of Beginnings and Endings on the Anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s Death
A year ago today, Breonna Taylor’s life ended, when she was killed in her Louisville home; the same day I left to travel to my mom’s to begin the end of her life as she knew it. Two days before that, the WHO organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic […]
