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Multi-State Managed Care Conference
2025-03-09 - 2025-03-11
Mark your calendars for the Multi-State Managed Care Conference on March 9-11, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. This event will include pertinent industry updates from various managed care experts and the opportunity to network with your peers from throughout the country. Registration opens in December and a full agenda will be available soon.

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KYSOS ED Bridge Webinar
2025-03-13 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville)
The KYSOS Emergency Department (ED) Bridge program will be presenting an educational webinar on March 13, 2025, from 11 am to 12 pm ET in conjunction with the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo). Guest speakers, Melissa Koncar, Robyn Helton, and Chris Garrison will describe the role of a Peer Support Specialist (PSS) and explain an ED Bridge program. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the KYSOS ED Bridge program and to help spread the word about the importance of peer support specialists in Kentucky’s emergency departments.
Please contact Mary Beth Ecken at mecken@kyha.com for details on how to join the meeting.

KHA Quality Conference
2025-03-17 - 2025-03-19
March 17-19, 2025
Marriott Lexington Griffin Gate Golf Resort & Spa
Lexington, Kentucky

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When it comes to providing the highest standard of care for patients and supporting the best possible outcomes for them, our Kentucky hospitals know that it’s not luck… it’s Quality! During the 2025 KHA Quality Conference, attendees will have the opportunity to draw inspiration and insights from vibrant guest speakers, engaging panelists, and collaborative discussions with other dedicated professionals from hospitals across the Commonwealth.

Questions? Please contact Casey Franklin, Associate Vice President of Quality and Health Professions, or Claire Riley, Director, Strategy & Program Development, at KHA.

KHA Sepsis Consortium Webinar: Beyond Race and Ethnicity: Advancing Health Equity Through Addressing Average Length of Stay and Readmission O/E in Sepsis Population with Limited English Proficiency
2025-03-26 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us for the March Ky Sepsis Consortium webinar which will be on an unusual day- Wednesday, March 26 due to our speakers’ conflict. It will be at the regular time of 1-2pm ET.
The speakers will do a deep dive into the innovative efforts at Providence Mission Hospital to promote health equity for patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). This session will highlight an innovative and patient-focused approach that has greatly improved patient care and outcomes, particularly for those diagnosed with sepsis.

Story of Impact: Discover how Providence identified a critical health disparity among sepsis patients and implemented a patient-centered, data-informed solution.
Innovative Strategies: Learn about the practical, straightforward steps taken to improve sepsis length of stay and reduce avoidable readmissions.
Scalable Solutions: Gain insights into how this approach can be adapted and applied to hospitals of all sizes and types.

The speakers will be:
Moojan Rezvan, MBA
Supervisor, Interpreter Services
Medical Interpreter, Farsi (Persian)
Providence Health Equity Fellow Alum
Providence Mission Hospital
Emily Cusick, RN
Sepsis Clinical Coordinator
Providence Mission Hospital

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

AVADE Hospital Home Health Care Safety Instructor Training
2025-03-27 08:00 - 2025-03-28 17:00
On March 27 – 28, KHA is partnering with a Joint Commission-accredited workplace violence prevention company, AVADE®, to offer a member hospital home health representative the opportunity to attend the Hospital Home Health Care Instructor Training Course in Workplace Safety. This offering is on a first come basis, so register early for this important educational session.

2-day Course
16 hours of Instruction
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This session will host 25 hospital representatives (one attendee per member home health hospital) or organization, who will receive FREE training ($1,300 value).
Training will be held at:
Norton Orthopedic and Hand Center
Norton Medical Plaza Two |9880 Angie’s Way, Suite 120 | Louisville, KY 40223
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Instructor: David Fowler
The AVADE® home health care program equips home health providers with specialized training to navigate the unique risks of working in clients’ homes, emphasizing personal safety, de-escalation techniques, and compliance with safety regulations. It covers strategies for situational awareness, domestic violence risk recognition, self-defense, and trauma-informed care, ensuring providers can safely and effectively manage challenging environments.
NOTE: Please wear clothing and shoes appropriate for PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
Questions? Please contact Claire Riley at criley@kyha.com.

KYSOS Webinar: Intersection of Eating and Substance Use Disorders - Trends in KY Youth
2025-04-09 12:00 - 13:00
This presentation by Dr. Nicholas Peiper will discuss eating disorders that co-occur with opioid use disorder and SUD as well as trends in Kentucky. Dr. Peiper is an Associate Professor at University of Louisville in the Dept. of Epidemiology and Population Health. Dr. Peiper will summarize the overlap between eating and substance use disorders in youth and shared risk factors. This webinar is Part I of a 2 part series and will focus on adolescents- Part II will focus on comorbid eating disorders and OUD/SUD in adults.
Please contact Mary Beth Ecken at mecken@kyha.com for details on how to join the meeting.

2025 SunRx Webinar Series: A 340B Regulatory Brief
2025-04-10 14:00 - 15:00
Join KHA Affinity Partner, SunRx, for an informative webinar featuring special guest, Amanda Nagrotsky, Senior Counsel at 340B Health on April 10 at 2:00 p.m. (ET).
The regulatory environment for 340B pharmacy is in a constant state of change, requiring eligible entities to be nimble and disciplined in the management of their program. The 340B program has undergone substantial transformation driven by restrictive policy updates from participating manufacturers, evolving and ever-changing government interpretations, and a surge of legal challenges.
In this session, SUNRx will share valuable insights for consideration in the management of your 340B pharmacy strategy.

Contract Pharmacy dispute.
Emerging Rebate Model activity
Preparing for the Future

Registration is required.

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*NOTE: This event is exclusively for 340B entities.

KHA Spring Listening Tour: Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center
2025-04-15 08:00 - 17:00
Join your colleagues for a special Spring Listening Tour as the KHA team travels around the state to connect directly with members!
This member-focused meeting is offered in person to allow for open discussion on new initiatives sponsored by the association, an interactive member discussion session, and a wrap-up report from KHA.

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April 29, 2025
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center
100 Medical Center Dr.
Hazard, KY 41701

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Please contact Claire Riley, MPH, Director, Strategy and Program Development for more information.

KHA Town Hall: HIPAA's New Reproductive Privacy Rule: Implementations and Enforcement
2025-04-15 15:00 - 16:00
Join KHA for a town hall meeting on HIPAA’s New Reproductive Privacy Rule: Implementations and Enforcement. In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights published the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Final Rule. The Rule became effective June 23, 2024, with a compliance date of December 23, 2024, for all but the Notice of Privacy Practices, which have a compliance date of February 16, 2026. Attendees will learn about the new Rule, and its requirements, ongoing developments with implementation of the Rule, and ongoing developments with enforcement of the new Rule.
This program has been approved by the Kentucky Bar Association for 1.0 hour of CLE credit.
Date: April 15, 2025 | 3:00 PM ET
Speaker: Wes Butler, Esq.
Attorney
Barrnett, Benvenuti & Butler
Target Audience: C-Suite, attorneys, risk managers, and health information management folks
For Zoom information, please contact Claire Riley at KHA at criley@kyha.com.

KHA Town Hall: Situational Awareness in the Healthcare Sector
2025-04-18 10:00 - 11:00
Join KHA for a Town Hall on Situational Awareness in the Healthcare Sector. This presentation will cover cyber and physical threats. Specifically, representatives from the FBI and CISA will discuss recent attack trends and issues all users should be aware of. CISA’s PSA will provide a physical security awareness brief with a focus on “See Something Say Something.”
Speakers: Supervisory Special Agent Jared Wells, FBI Louisville’s Cyber Squad
Colin Glover, Cybersecurity Coordinator, CISA
Micky Hatmaker, Kentucky’s PSA.
Target Audience: Healthcare providers and staff
For Zoom information, please contact Claire Riley at KHA at criley@kyha.com.

KHA Town Hall: KHA InfoSuite Physician and Ambulatory Outpatient Market Data
2025-04-22 15:00 - 16:00
Join KHA for a town hall meeting on Physician and Ambulatory Outpatient Market Data in KHA InfoSuite. HSG and the KHA data team will announce the physician and ambulatory outpatient market data and how to utilize the data within the KHA InfoSuite System. The data includes CMS Part B data, Commercial data for Physicians and Ambulatory facilities.
As a member of KHA, KHA InfoSuite is available to you as part of your membership.
Intended audience: CEOs, CFOs, Data and Analytic teams and Outpatient Leaders.
Speakers:
DJ Sullivan, Chief Growth & Delivery Officer, HSG Advisors
Melanie Landrum, SVP, KHA
Maik Schutze, Director, KHA
For Zoom information, please contact Claire Arant at KHA at carant@kyha.com.

Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Webinar
2025-04-24 13:00 - 14:00
Please join the Kentucky Sepsis Consortium April webinar on April 24 from 1-2 ET. We will be revisiting bundle compliance tools and event documentation as well as how to find and analyze gaps. Our speakers will be Deb Campbell, KHA VP of Clinical Strategy, Carrie Davis , Sepsis Coordinator at Baptist Corbin and Laura White, Performance Improvement Engineer at Med Center Health.

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

KHA Quality Webinar: When You Think You’ve Tried Everything: A New (and very candid) Conversation About Your CAHPS Journey
2025-04-28 14:00 - 15:00
We know what you’re thinking. You’ve “been there, tried that” with the Patient Experience (CAHPS) performances in your hospital, and yet you just can’t seem to move the needle on your scores. While none of us want to look at CAHPS as “just another box to be checked”, it can be hard to maintain your passion and engagement in your goals when you feel you’ve tried all you know to do. Join the KHA Quality Team for a candid conversation about the tricks, tips, and tactics that we have seen yield actual results in improving the patient experience—and by extension, their outcomes—in the domains measured by the universal HCAHPS fields. Registration is required- please click the link below.
Target Audience: Clinical leaders, quality leaders, physician leaders, therapists, nurses, technicians, aides, providers, case managers, discharge coordinators, population health professionals, and anyone who knows that a good patient experience simply isn’t optional.
Featured Speaker: Casey Franklin, RN, CPHQ, WCC, HACP-CMS Associate Vice President of Quality and Health Professions, Kentucky Hospital Association

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

KHA Spring Listening Tour: Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville
2025-04-29
Join your colleagues for a special Spring Listening Tour as the KHA team travels around the state to connect directly with members!
This member-focused meeting is offered in person to allow for open discussion on new initiatives sponsored by the association, an interactive member discussion session, and a wrap-up report from KHA.

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April 29, 2025
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville
Loman Trover Conference Room
200 Clinic Drive
Madisonville, KY

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Please contact Claire Riley, MPH, Director, Strategy and Program Development for more information.

KHA Town Hall: Overview of the Kentucky Alternative Recovery Effort (KARE) for Nurses Program
2025-04-29 15:00 - 16:00
Please join KHA for a town hall titled Overview of the Kentucky Alternative Recovery Effort (KARE) for Nurses Program presented by the Kentucky Board of Nursing. This town hall will review the KARE for Nurses Program while discussing the admission and monitoring requirements, employment provisions and what employers can expect when hiring a nurse in the KARE Program. Lastly, this presentation will share how the KARE participant is monitored including drug testing requirements, challenges and successes that the KARE participant may experience.
Speakers: Kelly Jenkins MSN, RN
Executive Director
Kentucky Board of Nursing
Melissa Haddaway
Kentucky Board of Nursing
Lisa A. Sosnin
Registered Nurse/Nurse Investigator/Case Manager Compliance Branch Kentucky Board of Nursing
Target Audience: Nurses, Physicians, Healthcare Employers, Healthcare Professionals, Human Resources, Administrators
For Zoom information, please contact Claire Riley at KHA at criley@kyha.com.

KHA Advocacy Team in Washington D.C.
2025-05-05 - 2025-05-07
Mark your calendars now for a fantastic advocacy opportunity. KHA will visit Washington, DC, May 5-7, and invites members to accompany the advocacy team to meet in person with Kentucky’s congressional delegation.
The AHA Annual Meeting will coincide with this trip and requires separate registration.
You can book your hotel now and start making plans to attend.
Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C.
901 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001 (202) 824-9200
Rate: $360 per night plus tax
Online Reservations
Reservation Deadline: April 3, 2025. Reserve your room early to ensure availability.

AHA Meeting Details and Registration

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Travis Burton at KHA (tburton@kyha.com).

KY SOS Webinar: Taming the Stigma Monster: Addressing the Impact of Long-standing Negative Perceptions of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on Patient Care and Policy
2025-05-06 12:00 - 13:00
Please contact Mary Beth Ecken at mecken@kyha.com for details on how to join the meeting.

KHA Quality Webinar: Caring with Compassion: Building Skills for Trauma-Responsive Care
2025-05-06 13:00 - 14:15
This educational offering is being issued exclusively to birthing hospitals that are members of the Kentucky Hospital Association, and is specifically geared toward health care professionals who provide care for infants with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). Guest speaker and subject matter expert Farrah Sheehan, MSN, RN, IBCLC, PMH-C, is a perinatal nurse educator, researcher, and consultant whose work focuses on respectful, equitable, and supportive care for all families; birth trauma recovery and prevention; and care for substance-exposed infants and their families. Farrah will share with us education regarding the impact of providing trauma-responsive care to families affected by SUD, and will use the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) model of neonatal care delivery to demonstrate how trauma-responsive care can improve the experience and efficacy of the care that is delivered.
This educational session offers 1.5 nursing contact hour credits.
For registration information, please contact Casey Franklin at cfranklin@kyha.com.

KHA Town Hall: How to Request Assistance During Times of Need
2025-05-06 15:00 - 16:00
Join KHA for a town hall on How to Request Assistance During Times of Need. This presentation will discuss the process on how to request items in your time of need and discussion on the Kentucky Hospital Mutual Aid Compact. At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will know the process of requesting equipment/supplies, understand the Kentucky Mutual Aid Compact, know the Healthcare Coalition that the hospital belongs to and who their contact is.
Speakers:
Kenneth Kik
HHP Manager
Emergency Preparedness & Response Branch, KDPH
Jerrod Wright
Director of Hospital Preparedness
Kentucky Hospital Association
For Zoom information, please contact Claire Arant at KHA at carant@kyha.com.

KHA Spring Listening Tour: Norton Orthopedic and Hand Center (Louisville)
2025-05-08
Join your colleagues for a special Spring Listening Tour as the KHA team travels around the state to connect directly with members!
This member-focused meeting is offered in person to allow for open discussion on new initiatives sponsored by the association, an interactive member discussion session, and a wrap-up report from KHA.

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May 8, 2025
Norton Orthopedic and Hand Center – Norton Medical Plaza Two
Norton Brownsboro Hospital
9880 Angie’s Way, Suite 102
Louisville, KY

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Please contact Claire Riley, MPH, Director, Strategy and Program Development for more information.

KHA Town Hall: Kentucky's Health Care Protection Felony Law and KHA's WPV Guide & Resources
2025-05-12 15:00 - 16:00
Join KHA for a town hall on Kentucky’s Health Care Protection Felony Law and KHA’s Workplace Violence Guide and Resources. This presentation will provide an overview of Kentucky’s new felony health care assault law that expands protection beyond the emergency department to the entire hospital, their doctor offices, and more. The presentation will, also, include KHA’s new workplace violence guide aimed to help hospitals with the new law and other resources.
Target Audience: hospital leaders, safety and security teams (including internal teams that review incidents), and HR
For attorneys and HR professionals, this free program has been pre-approved for 1.0 credit hour for CLE and toward recertification through SHRM and HRCI.
Speakers:
Wesley R. Butler, JD
Barnett Benvenuti & Butler, PLLC
JP Hamm
AVP of Workforce Development
Kentucky Hospital Association
This is a KHA Members-only webinar. Please register at the link below. You will receive a confirmation email containing your unique login information shortly after your registration has been approved.

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KHA Town Hall: Financial Conditions of Kentucky Hospitals
2025-05-13 15:00 - 16:00
Please join KHA for a special members-only Town Hall on the Financial Conditions of Kentucky Hospitals presented by Kaufman Hall. As in prior years, KHA has contracted with Kaufman Hall to prepare a report. This information is extremely useful to KHA in state and federal advocacy efforts in demonstrating the financial hardships facing Kentucky hospitals.
Kaufman Hall Managing Director Erik Swanson will discuss the current state of hospital finances, underlying health care trends driving hospital performance, and the connection between financial and operational performance.

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

KHA Health Care Workforce Summit
2025-05-19 | Central Bank Center, Lexington, Kentucky
KHA’s Health Care Workforce Summit will convene industry leaders to explore effective strategies for engaging hospital team members and local communities. Join in the collaboration and learn unique solutions for enhancing community engagement in health care. This conference is perfect for C-suite executives, education, and HR professionals and department leaders.
SHRM and HRCI continuing education credits will be applied for this event.
For more information, contact JP Hamm, JD at jhamm@kyha.com.

KHA 96th Annual Convention
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-21

KYSOS Motivational Interviewing Webinar: Part 1
2025-05-20 11:00 - 12:00
Please join the KYSOS team for a webinar presentation by Jeremy Byard on Motivational Interviewing. This will be the first of three webinars on this topic.
Please contact Mary Beth Ecken at mecken@kyha.com for details on how to join the meeting.

KHA Quality Webinar: Building a Just Culture That Lasts: A Quality Approach to Getting it Done
2025-05-22 10:00 - 11:00
When establishing a Just Culture in a hospital setting, it is not uncommon to run into roadblocks that impede progress and cause frustration and inconsistency. Join the KHA Quality team for an interactive discussion that will reveal tips and tricks for anticipating and circumventing those challenges while applying standard quality improvement processes to build the sustainable Just Culture that your hospital needs and deserves.
Target Audience: Hospital executive leadership, Directors, Coordinators, Managers, Providers, Clinical and non-clinical leaders.
Objectives: At the conclusion of this webinar, attendees will be able to define what a Just Culture encompasses in a hospital setting, list key barriers to establishing a sustainable Just Culture, and identify the ways a standard Quality Improvement Process can be employed to build a Just Culture from the ground up.
Featured Speaker: Casey Franklin- AVP Quality and Health Professions, Kentucky Hospital Association

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Webinar
2025-05-22 13:00 - 14:00
Please join our Kentucky Statewide Sepsis Consortium monthly webinar on May 22 from 1-2 ET. Our guest speaker will be Dr. John O’Brien who will share information on the topic of maternal sepsis in honor of Maternal Sepsis Awareness Week. Dr. O’Brien is professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Ky, is certified in maternal-fetal medicine and serves on the Kentucky Maternal Mortality Review Committee in partnership with the CDC.

KHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

KHA Town Hall: HB219 Sexual Assault Response Training Requirements
2025-05-28 14:00 - 15:00
Join KHA for a town hall on House Bill 219 which mandates sexual assault response training for all emergency department staff statewide. During our session you’ll hear from the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP) and their development of a comprehensive training for ED staff (including medical providers, nursing staff, billing/registration teams, etc.) to simplify HB219 compliance for hospitals. The team’s end goal is to create digestible video segments covering the core content of HB219 and make them easily accessible to hospitals.
Target Audience: Emergency Department managers, educators, physicians, nursing staff, billing/registration teams and hospital attorneys, CNOs, and risk management teams
Speaker:
Jenna Cassady
Staff Attorney
Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs
For Zoom information, please contact Lauren Wheatley at KHA at lwheatley@kyha.com.

KYSOS Motivational Interviewing Webinar: Part 2
2025-06-03 11:00 - 12:00
Please join the KYSOS team for a webinar presentation by Jeremy Byard on Motivational Interviewing (Part 2). This will be the second of three webinars on this topic.
Please contact Mary Beth Ecken at mecken@kyha.com for details on how to join the meeting.

KHA Town Hall: Emerging Threat of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in Hospital Water Systems
2025-06-03 15:00 - 16:00
During this session, attendees will examine the vital connection between hospital water infrastructure and patient safety and how learn how water systems can serve as reservoirs and a route of transmission for pathogenic organisms.
Target Audience: KHA members, clinical staff, and infection prevention clinicians.
Presenter: Dan Mueller, VP Sales, i3 Membrane
Learning Objectives:

Describe the phases of biofilm proliferation in hospital water systems.
Explain how biofilm formation promotes the survival of pathogenic organisms.
Discuss innovative strategies for addressing the challenges to patient safety posed by hospital water systems.

For Zoom information, please contact Lauren Wheatley at KHA at lwheatley@kyha.com.
