The KHC’s three main organizational strategies are to improve healthcare quality, make healthcare more affordable, and build equitable healthcare communities. As an organization, we have long understood that transparency of information is critical to achieving those strategies. One aspect of transparency relates to hospital costs. This month the KHC hosted […]
Measurement
Transparency Studies and Tools Reveal Variation in Quality, Safety, Price
The KHC’s three main organizational strategies are to improve healthcare quality, make healthcare more affordable, and build equitable healthcare communities. As an organization, we have long understood that transparency of information is critical to achieving those strategies. This spring, a variety of studies and tools with important information about healthcare […]
Fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Announced; KHC Joins Regional Leader Program
The Leapfrog Group, a non-profit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of healthcare, recently announced the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. This is the first Hospital Safety Grades release since the KHC joined the Leapfrog Regional Leader program this summer. Regional Leaders are Leapfrog’s voice in […]
Purchasers Establish Priorities Based on the Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set
For the first time, Kentucky employers purchasing healthcare benefits have aligned behind a set of core measures to drive improvements in prevention, behavioral health, and chronic disease care, with a focus on cost, utilization, and experience. The new Purchaser Priorities are taken from the latest Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set […]
Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set Expands to 42 Adult and Pediatric Primary Care Measures
After a spring of deliberations by committees, the Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set (KCHMS) 2021 update has been finalized, increasing the number of core measures from 38 to 42. The final vote resulted in the removal of one measure, addition of six measures, and a handful of changes in “standard” […]
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 […]
Call for Applications – 2021 KY Core Healthcare Measures Set Committees
The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative is filling rosters for the selection of the 2021 Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures set (KCHMS), a core healthcare measures set for Kentucky’s primary care providers, with the ultimate goal of aligning the priorities of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurers. The KCHMS was first released in June […]
Community Reports Highlight Improvements in Quality Metrics, but the Effects of COVID-19 on Primary Care Remain to be Seen
In April, the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative sent private reports to nearly 450 group practices throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Soon after, the KHC released its annual community reports, featuring highlights of where the community performs well and where there are gaps in care. On Thursday, the KHC held a webinar […]
Kentuckiana Health Collaborative Releases Community Measurement Reports, Collects Data on Opioid Prescribing
The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative is pleased to release the 2018 Community Measurement Reports, which also includes opioid prescribing data as part of the KHC’s partnership with the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE). For the last 15 years, the KHC has led the way in healthcare quality measurement and transparency through […]
