A 2022 America’s Health Ranking report from the United Health Foundation ranked Kentucky 48th out of the 50 states in overall health outcomes. The ranking considered various measures in the domains of social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, and behaviors. In addition to the overall poor health outcomes […]
Events
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 […]
The Leapfrog Group, 4Kira4Moms to Keynote KHC Annual Conference Focused on Value and Equity
Join us for KHC’s 8th Annual Conference in person for the first time in two years at The Olmsted in Louisville, Kentucky on April 12 and 13. You’ll learn from national leaders, innovators, and disrupters as they map out the future of healthcare to achieve high quality, affordable, and equitable […]
KHC Annual Conference to Focus on Value, Equity
Despite the challenges created by the pandemic since early 2020, the last two years have set the stage for potentially the biggest shakeup in healthcare that we’ve ever seen. Providers, plans, purchasers, and consumers have been forced to rethink how healthcare is delivered. The KHC 6th Annual Conference is using […]
Correcting Race-Based Medicine in Chronic Kidney Disease
In the United States, 15% of the population is estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD). In Kentucky, CKD is the 8th leading cause of death, and in 2019, the CKD morality rates among the Black population was 26.4 deaths per 100,00 compared to 22.2 deaths per 100,000 for the […]
KHC Forum to Highlight Cardiovascular Care in the Commonwealth
We’re doing things a little differently for our June KHC Community Health Forum. Traditionally, our Community Health Forums, designed to educate healthcare stakeholders on emerging trends in healthcare transformation across the nation, don’t feature condition-specific programming. Topics such as racism, affordable healthcare, or driving health improvements through measurement alignment are […]
KHC Highlights Hospital Prices in Recent Forum
Last night’s “60 Minutes” broadcast featured a lawsuit over the consolidation of a large health system in Northern California, which used its monopolistic capabilities to drive up the price of healthcare. The segment included KHC friend and past conference speaker Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO for the Pacific Business Group on Health, […]
Hospital Price Study Reveals Kentucky Lower than National Rates but Disconnect Between Quality and Cost in Kentucky’s Hospitals
Prices paid by employers to Kentucky hospitals continue to be less than the national average but more than twice the rate paid to Medicare, while quality still lags behind the rest of the country, according to a national study released this month. RAND 3.0, the third in a series of […]
Driving Affordability Through Hospital Price Transparency
A Community Health Forum December 1, 2020 U.S. employers spend billions of dollars on healthcare services. However, a lack of information limits the ability of employers to monitor the prices negotiated on their behalf, to implement innovative insurance benefit designs, and to ensure insurers are negotiating favorable prices. If employers […]
