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SUMMARY:KHA Quality Webinar: Performance Improvement Tool Series Part 1-From Goals to Gold: SMART Steps to Performance Success
DESCRIPTION:Join the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) for an informative virtual series led by Quality Process Improvement Specialist\, Billie Delauder\, DNP\, MSN/RN\, CPHQ\, CPPS\, HACP-CMS\,CFPS\, as we explore how S.M.A.R.T. goals—Specific\, Measurable\, Achievable\, Relevant\, and Time-bound—can be strategically applied to help healthcare teams meet quality and safety metrics while transforming professional growth and patient care. You will also discover how structured goal-setting fosters clarity\, accountability\, and measurable improvement across healthcare teams. \n\nKHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nWhat You’ll Gain from This Series: \nThis series is designed to help healthcare professionals use goal setting as a practical tool to: \n\nAlign daily efforts with quality and safety expectations\nDrive measurable improvements in care delivery\nFoster accountability across teams\nSupport professional development and confidence\n\nSMART goals provide a clear framework for growth\, helping participants: \n\nBreak down complex quality and safety requirements into manageable steps\nTrack progress and stay motivated\nAlign successful outcomes with professional development plans\nBuild confidence through structured goal setting and milestone achievement\n\nWhether you’re just beginning your quality improvement journey or refining your approach\, this series will equip you with practical tools to stay focused\, organized\, and successful. \nTargeted Audience: Health care leaders\, quality/performance improvement teams and leaders\, patient safety officers\, risk management professionals\, clinical leadership\, physician and nursing leaders\, clinical educators training around quality and safety\, and other health care professionals. \nFeatured Speaker: Billie A. Delauder\, DNP\, MSN/RN\, CPHQ\, CPPS\, HACP-CMS\, CFPS\, earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in 2019 from Chamberlain College of Nursing.  With over 38 years of nursing experience\, including 18+ years in Performance Improvement (PI)\, she has held roles such as Senior Core Measure Abstraction Specialist and PI Supervisor. Her background includes emergency care\, medical-surgical care\, PI\, and safety services. She has also worked as an interim Nurse Administrator at American National University and as a Clinical Nursing Instructor at the University of Pikeville.  Currently\, she is a Quality Process Improvement Specialist for the KHA\, focusing on quality and safety measures to support our hospitals with process and procedure development.
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-quality-webinar-performance-improvement-tool-series-part-1-from-goals-to-gold-smart-steps-to-performance-success/
CATEGORIES:Quality
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SUMMARY:KHA Town Hall: Medicare Advantage Plans & Complaints to CMS: A Step-by-Step Guide
DESCRIPTION:During this session\, we’ll discuss the CMS compliant process for Medicare Advantage plans\, the Complaint Tracking Module\, how to fill out and submit the form\, the types of issues that can be submitted\, and what to expect in the process. \nTarget Audience: Physician advisors\, managed care contracting team members\, teams working in areas of prior authorization and post-acute transfers\, and revenue cycle leaders \nSpeaker: Richelle Marting\, JD\, MHSA\, RHIA\, CPC\, CEMC\, CPMA\, CPC-I\, Healthcare Reimbursement Attorney\, Marting Law\, LLC \nFor Zoom information\, please contact Lauren Wheatley at KHA at lwheatley@kyha.com.
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-town-hall-medicare-advantage-plans-complaints-to-cms-a-step-by-step-guide/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20251106T150000
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SUMMARY:KHA Town Hall: Local Food\, Local Impact: Advancing Hospital Procurement in Kentucky
DESCRIPTION:Please join KHA for a Town Hall on November 6 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET on Local Food\, Local Impact: Advancing Hospital Procurement in Kentucky. You might be familiar with Food Is Medicine as an approach\, but how do healthcare institutions operationalize local\, nutritious food in their foodservice and programming? In this webinar\, you’ll hear from FIM partners in state government and at a KY-based local food distributor\, who will share successful initiatives in Kentucky and provide guidance on how you can integrate local food procurement while navigating the realities of contracts and other factors. This is a members-only Town Hall and registration is required. \n\nKHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nIntended Audience: Hospital executives\, food service managers/contract managers\, dietetics and nutrition staff\, community health/relations specialist\, and patient advocates \nSpeakers:\nAnna Haas\, Director\, Local Food Connection\, What Chefs Want\nJim Walker\, Executive VP of Corporate Accounts\, What Chefs Want
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-town-hall-local-food-local-impact-advancing-hospital-procurement-in-kentucky/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:A Day for Infection Preventionists
DESCRIPTION:“Innovate\, Integrate\, & Prevent: The Future of Infection Control” \nCity Place Expo Center\n112 South 1st Avenue\nLa Grange\, KY  40031 \n\nClick here for more information
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/a-day-for-infection-preventionists-2/
CATEGORIES:Education,Quality
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SUMMARY:2025 TQIP Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference\nChicago\, IL \nClick here for more information
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/2025-tqip-annual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Trauma
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SUMMARY:KHA Fall Health Care Workforce Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Kentucky Hospital Association Fall Health Care Workforce Summit is set to be held in La Grange on Tuesday\, November 11! \nJoin industry leaders in this full-day learning experience with sessions on how hospitals can: \n\nFurther engage their team members to improve performance\nProfessionally develop future health care leaders\nHelp nurses in need through KBN’s Kentucky Alternative Recovery Effort (KARE)\nNavigate compliance issues when using AI for workforce needs\nManage top federal and state legal issues impacting human resources today\n\nThis conference is ideal for C-suite executives\, education and human resource professionals\, hospital attorneys\, and department leaders. \nKHA will apply for SHRM/HRCI and CLE credits for this summit. \nLocation: CityPlace Expo Center\n112 South 1st Avenue\, La Grange\, KY 40031 \nRegistration coming soon! \nFor more information\, contact:\nFall Summit Details\nLauren Wheatley\nDirector of Education & Events\nlwheatley@kyha.com \nWorkforce Initiatives\nJP Hamm\, JD\nAssociate Vice President\, Workforce Development\njhamm@kyha.com
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-fall-health-care-workforce-summit-2/
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:KHA Data Workshop: Understanding Kentucky Hospital Emergency Department Utilization Trends
DESCRIPTION:During this interactive session\, we’ll review discharge data from Kentucky Hospital Emergency Departments to better understand why utilization continues to increase every year. Participants will learn how to use service markers to identify hospital patient encounters involving emergency services\, analyze key patient characteristics that influence utilization pattern\, and use procedure codes to classify patient acuity levels. This is a members-only session\, and registration is required. \n\nKHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nTarget Audience: CFOs\, data/financial analysts\, planning and marketing\, clinical leaders and staff \nSpeaker: Maik Schutze\, Director for Health Information and Analytics\, Kentucky Hospital Association
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-data-workshop-understanding-kentucky-hospital-emergency-department-utilization-trends/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20251118T120000
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SUMMARY:KYSOS Webinar: From Prevention to Cure: Synergistic Benefits of Hepatitis C Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
DESCRIPTION:For information on how to join the webinar\, please contact Shanna Jaggers at sjaggers@kyha.com.
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kysos-webinar-from-prevention-to-cure-synergistic-benefits-of-hepatitis-c-care-for-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder/
CATEGORIES:KYSOS
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SUMMARY:KHA Town Hall: How ESF-8 activates and operates at the State EOC During Activations in Regard to Request from Hospitals
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will discuss the process of ESF-8 activation and coordination with hospitals during the request of items in your time of need.  At the conclusion of this presentation\, participants will know how ESF-8 operates at the state EOC and the coordination with request made from hospitals and know the Healthcare Coalition that the hospital belongs to and who their contact is. \nSpeaker:\nKen Kik\, Community Health & Medical Operations Manager\, Kentucky Department of Public Health \nFor Zoom information\, please contact Lauren Wheatley at KHA at lwheatley@kyha.com.
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-town-hall-how-to-request-assistance-during-times-of-need-2/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:KHA Quality Webinar: Building a Sustainable\, Evidence-Based Mortality Review Program
DESCRIPTION:Via  lecture and PowerPoint presentation\, this virtual offering will cover an array of topics\, including an intuitive and sustainable approach to establishing an evidence-based mortality review process\, strategies for prioritizing quality improvement efforts to enhance patient outcomes and safety\, and methods for leveraging data integration—such as linking Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to the Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES)—to streamline reviews and support data-driven decision-making. \n\nKHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nObjectives– At the conclusion of this offering\, attendees will be able to: \n\nDescribe a practical and sustainable approach to establishing an evidence-based mortality review process.\nExplain how to apply a strategic focus to effectively prioritize quality improvement initiatives.\nIdentify ways to supports meaningful outcomes through the development of a solid and enduring mortality review program.\n\nTarget Audience: Healthcare leaders\, directors and managers of quality/performance improvement\, healthcare and quality analysts and coordinators\, patient safety officers\, patient safety managers and specialists\, risk management professionals\, clinical leadership\, physician and nursing leaders\, compliance officers\, medical review and mortality review committee members\, clinical educators involved in training around quality and safety\, and other health care professionals. \nSpeaker: Branden Robertson MPH\, NR-P\, CPHQ\, CPHRM\, CPPS \nBranden Robertson is the Senior Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Carilion Clinic’s flagship hospital in Roanoke Virginia.  Here\, Branden manages the organization’s Patient Safety Evaluation System\, Patient Safety activities\, and partners with the Mortality\, Outcomes\, Stroke\, and Sepsis programs.  Branden is an adjunct professor at Radford University and Roanoke College and holds a Master of Public Health from Liberty University.  Branden is a certified professional in Healthcare Quality\, Healthcare Risk Management\, and Patient Safety.  Branden is a Nationally Registered Paramedic and has experience in Emergency Medical Services\, Law Enforcement\, Emergency Communications\, Risk Management\, Healthcare Quality\, and Project Management. \nBranden’s interests include creating strong\, sustainable solutions to modern day patient safety problems and educating the next generation of healthcare and public health professionals.  Branden is also passionate about innovative Root Cause Analysis and Action development\, improvement to patient outcomes\, and preventing in hospital mortality. \nContinuing Education Offering:  The Kentucky Hospital Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). KBN approval of a continuing nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. This educational activity is offered for 1.2 contact hours\, with offering number 5-0023-12-25-054\, expiration date 12/31/2025. No partial credit will be given. To receive credit\, participants must attend the entire educational offering\, provide their nursing license number\, and complete the offering evaluation. After the conclusion of this webinar\, a Survey Monkey evaluation link will be sent to attendees. Attendees will have a deadline of 11/26/2025 to complete the survey in order to receive the CEU certificate. Failure to complete any step in the process outlined above will result in non-issuance of CEU credit in accordance with KBN guidelines.
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-quality-webinar-building-a-sustainable-evidence-based-mortality-review-program/
CATEGORIES:Quality
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SUMMARY:KHA Quality Webinar: Beyond Sliding Scale: Modern Glycemic Management in the Hospital Setting
DESCRIPTION:The KHA Quality team wil be hosting Casey J. Metts\, PharmD\, the Pharmacy Clinical Manager at Baptist Health Richmond. This virtual presentation will be to discuss glycemic management in a small community hospital. This presentation will briefly review guideline recommendations for the management of diabetes in the inpatient setting\, review the upcoming CMS metrics on hypo- and hyperglycemia\, and discuss the implementation of an insulin dosing software in a small community hospital. \n\nKHA MEMBERS: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nTarget Audience: Healthcare leaders\, directors and managers of quality/performance improvement\, healthcare and quality analysts and coordinators\, patient safety officers\, patient safety managers and specialists\, clinical leadership\, pharmacists\, physician and nursing leaders\, clinical educators involved in training around quality and safety surrounding glycemia management\, and other health care professionals. \nPresented by Casey Metts\, PharmD\, Pharmacy Clinical Manager at Baptist Health Richmond \nCasey J. Metts\, PharmD serves as the Pharmacy Clinical Manager at Baptist Health Richmond and oversees clinical pharmacy practice at a small community hospital. Dr. Metts specializes in antimicrobial stewardship and clinical pharmacy leadership\, serving as the site leader for Baptist Health Richmond’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and co-chair of the Glycemic Management Committee. An active educator and mentor\, Dr. Metts leads multidisciplinary initiatives that improve patient care and medication safety. His leadership continues to advance evidence-based pharmacy practice within his community and across the Baptist Health System.
URL:https://www.kyha.com/event/kha-quality-webinar-beyond-sliding-scale-modern-glycemic-management-in-the-hospital-setting/
CATEGORIES:Quality
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