When it wrapped up its 2023 legislative session, the Kentucky legislature missed a vital opportunity to take an important step in tackling one of the most significant issues facing the Commonwealth, its vital business sector, and its working families: the high and rising cost of health care. Let’s start with […]
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Leapfrog Announces Kentucky’s Spring 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
Congratulations to the four Kentucky hospitals who scored an “A” on the Leapfrog Group spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grade release. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of healthcare. Find out how your hospital stacks up against others on #patientsafety […]
Enrollment for RAND 5.0 Hospital Price Transparency Study Now Open
The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative has partnered with the Employer’s Forum of Indiana and other employers and employer-led coalitions since RAND 2.0. Each year, as more and more employers, health plans, business coalitions and all-payer-claims databases submit data the information has become more robust. Enrollment for RAND 5.0 is currently open, […]
KHC Partners with UofL’s Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky to Release a New Issue Brief: “Improving the Health of Kentuckians: The Value of an All-Payer Claims Database”
KHC has partnered with the University of Louisville’s Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky to release a new issue brief, “Improving the Health of Kentuckians: The Value of an All-Payer Claims Database.” The brief explores the contributions that an All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) can make to advance population health in Kentucky and […]
PRESS RELEASE: Mental Healthcare Access and Quality Critical but Lacking per National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions and HR Policy Association Employer Survey
Press Release from the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative is a member of the National Alliance. WASHINGTON – April 25, 2023 – Only 31% of employers were satisfied with network access for behavioral health services according to a survey of 221 employers that provide health coverage […]
Spotlight: Get to Know KHC’s Newest Employee
Melissa Joined the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative as the director of Data Management and Innovation in early 2023. She is currently working on her PhD in Philosophy in Public Health Science with a specialization in health management and policy. Melissa’s role at the KHC involves engaging with all aspects of KHC’s […]
KHC 9th Annual Conference a Success
Thank you to all our attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors for making our 9th Annual Conference: Enhancing Quality, Affordability, and Equity Through Measurement and Transparency such a success. We had 190 registrants, exceeding our 2022 Conference. Almost 90% of attendees rated the conference Excellent or Very Good. Secretary Eric Friedlander, Kentucky […]
KHC Releases Policy Brief: “Unbridled Costs: The Economic Toll of High Hospital Prices in Kentucky”
The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative has released a new policy brief, “Unbridled Costs: The Economic Toll of High Hospital Prices in Kentucky.” Kentucky employers, workers, and families face rising healthcarecosts that undermine wages and employer competitiveness. Annualpremiums for employer-sponsored health insurance now exceed anastonishing $20,000 per family in Kentucky — a […]
KHC Member Spotlight: Josh Begley
Josh BegleyHumanaJob Title: Program Delivery LeadMember of KHC for: I am in my 1st year; KHC Board Member I support our In Home Wellness Assessment program which includes supporting clinicians completing in home visits with our most vulnerable members across the country and ensuring they have the services and resources […]
