Committees & Forums
Committees
Accreditation Committee
Staff: Casey Franklin
The Accreditation Committee routinely addresses current trends pertaining to accreditation guidelines and recent hospital survey experiences. Members stay up-to-date on the latest survey standards, guideline updates, and tools and tactics that can be used to improve survey readiness and the quality of their performances.
Certificate of Need Committee
Staff: Jim Musser and Donna Little
The purpose of the Certificate of Need (CON) Committee is to make recommendations on changes to the State Health Plan and Kentucky’s CON laws. The Committee reviews requests for changes to the State Health Plan from other KHA committees and forums and makes recommendations to the KHA Board.
Food is Medicine Committee
Staff: Morgan Bray
Kentucky’s Food Is Medicine (FIM) initiative is building a coordinated statewide model that aligns hospitals, agriculture, and community partners to improve health outcomes while strengthening local food economies. With practical, repeatable pathways—spanning procurement, produce prescriptions, medically tailored meals, and workforce and community programs—we’re scaling proven approaches that support Kentuckians’ health and the long-term economic stability of growers.
Hospital-Owned EMS Committee
Staff: Jerrod Wright and Donna Little
The purpose of the KHA Hospital-Owned EMS Committee is to bring together representatives of hospital-owned emergency medical services (EMS) to discuss issues impacting those services and to provide information in response to legislative requests.
Hospital Reimbursement Committee
Staff: Rosmond Dolen
The purpose of the Hospital Reimbursement Committee is to review and advise KHA on financial policy, including legislation, regulation and policies related to Medicare, Medicaid and commercial reimbursement.
Legislative Committee
Staff: Jim Musser
The purpose of the Legislative Committee is to assist the KHA staff in developing both state and federal legislative priorities and recommend those positions to the KHA Board.
Nurse Staffing Committee Consortium
Staff: Deb Campbell
This committee focuses on maximizing the ability of staff nurses to have input into decisions about staffing plans and models. Using a collaborative model and an “all teach, all learn” approach, nurse leaders work towards the goal of enabling the staff at the bedside who are the closest to patient care to share their experience and expertise. The members of the consortium will support improved nurse well-being and promotion of joy in work. At the same time, this effort is designed to promote patient safety and improve outcomes for both employees and patients. There is a focus on evidence-based interventions and use of collective knowledge of successful shared decision-making models to meet these goals.
Pharmacy Committee
Staff: Jim Musser and Donna Little
The purpose of the Pharmacy Committee is to advise KHA on legislation, regulations, policy and reimbursement issues that impact hospital and health system pharmacies including issues related to the 340B program.
Statewide Data Committee
Staff: Melanie Landrum
The purpose of the Statewide Data Committee is to assist KHA staff in analyzing and developing the KHA data collection program and recommend future data projects.
Supply Chain/ Material Managers Committee
Staff: Casey Franklin, Jerrod Wright, and Jessica Covington
The KHA Supply Chain Committee addresses recent recalls and shortages in medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, and discusses legislative or regulatory changes that can impact materials management processes. Through these discussions, members maintain situational awareness of critical events and share thoughts on best-practice behaviors to mitigate negative impacts and maximize the efficiency of their departments.
Workforce Committee
Staff: John “J.P.” Hamm and Melanie Landrum
The purpose of the Workforce Committee is to provide statewide leadership on hospital and health care workforce planning including the development of recommendations for workforce strategies to address supply, training, recruitment, retention, resiliency and workplace violence.
Workplace Violence Committee
Staff: Kayla Williams and Melanie Landrum
The Workplace Violence Prevention Committee will review aggregate statewide workplace violence incident data submitted by participating hospitals to identify trends and guide strategic next steps. The committee will use these insights to help improve prevention efforts and strengthen workplace safety initiatives across Kentucky hospitals.
Workgroups and Forums
Patient Transport Work Group
Staff: Donna Little
The purpose of the Patient Transport Work Group is to evaluate Kentucky’s emergency medical transportation system and make recommendations for improvements to assure prompt response to medical emergencies and patient transport.
Physician Leadership Forum
Staff: Deb Campbell
The Physician Leadership Forum brings together Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) to discuss policy issues that impact the clinical care of patients. The Physician Leadership Forum makes recommendations to the KHA Board on clinically related policy and legislative issues.
Post-Acute Forum
Staff: Claire Arant
The Post-Acute Forum brings together representatives of members providing post-acute care services including physical rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals and home health services to discuss cross cutting issues that impact coordinated post-acute care.
Psychiatric/ Chemical Dependency Hospital Forum
Staff: Claire Arant
All freestanding psychiatric/chemical dependency hospitals and acute care hospitals with inpatient psychiatric/chemical dependency units are invited to participate in the Psychiatric/Chemical Dependency Hospital Forum.
Small, Rural and Critical Access Hospital Forum
Staff: Bud Warman
All acute care hospitals under 100 beds in rural areas and all hospitals with the federal designation of Critical Access Hospital (CAH) are invited to participate in this Forum. The Forum meets quarterly and provides an opportunity to discuss topics specific to small and rural issues and topics specifically related to delivering care in a CAH.