Primary care providers are an essential part of the healthcare ecosystem, often serving as an entry point for people seeking healthcare, managing the day-to-day health needs of the people that they care for, and coordinating and referring to specialty care as needed. Access to affordable, high quality, and equitable primary […]
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Welcoming Opportunities for Change with Milestone KHC 10th Annual Conference
The KHC has convened healthcare stakeholders to discuss pressing trends, challenges, and opportunities related to healthcare quality, affordability, and equity at our Annual Conferences since 2015. As our tenth consecutive convening, the 2024 Annual Conference will mark an important milestone for the KHC. While planning for this milestone event, the […]
Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Kentucky: The Role of KHC’s Consolidated Measurement Reporting
The Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set (KCHMS) was established in 2018 as a mechanism to collect and monitor healthcare quality measures in Kentucky and Kentuckiana. The current KCHMS is a set of 42 primary care measures that were developed with the intent to align measurement efforts in the Commonwealth towards […]
Value-Based Care to the Rescue: Improving Health Outcomes and Restoring Physicians’ Passion for Medicine
(Note: This guest blog post was written by Misha Rhodes, MD, Chief Medical Officer, KY and IN, CenterWell Senior Primary Care) I remember the idealistic view I had of the medical profession when I was in med school. Like most of my classmates, I saw the practice of medicine as […]
Mid-Year Strategic Plan Review Concentrates KHC’s Work in Three Focus Areas
The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative’s staff recently met to review the 2023-2025 Board-approved strategic plan to determine the best path forward to implement the plan and fulfill KHC’s mission. Like others in the healthcare industry, along with employers and community members, we recognize that maternal health, obesity, and mental health in […]
The Cost of Giving Birth in Kentucky
FAIR Health recently released the Cost of Giving Birth Tracker, an interactive tool which provides median in-network and out-of-network costs for cesarean and vaginal deliveries in each state. The tool differentiates the charge amount (charge to an uninsured patient or out-of-network) and the allowed amount (fee negotiated between insurance plan […]
Preventing HPV-Attributable Cancers in Kentucky
A recent study found that late-stage cervical cancer is on the rise, particularly among Black women in the Southern United States. The study found that women in the U.S. South of all races were less likely than women in other areas of the U.S. to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus […]
Employers and Coalition Leaders Convene at National Alliance Summits to Discuss Wellbeing, Healthcare Value, and Innovation
On June 27, Jenny Goins, Kentuckiana Health Collaborative (KHC) President and CEO, and Natalie Middaugh, KHC Director of Programs and Health Strategies, traveled to Nashville, TN to attend the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions’ Leadership Summits. The Leadership Summits are an annual convening of employers, healthcare business coalition leaders, […]
KHC Releases “Reimagining Diabetes Care Through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration,” a Final Report on the Diabetes Learning Collaborative
From 2022-2023, the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative led the Diabetes Learning Collaborative (DLC) and Patient Voice Project – initiatives focused on how to reimagine diabetes care through multi-stakeholder collaboration. The DLC was formed to engage healthcare purchasers, providers, and payers together to implement interventions to optimize the prevention and management of […]
