Staff Services

Please use the listing below to find a KHA staff member that can assist you in the appropriate service you need. Each staff member's name is a link to their e-mail address. To contact by phone, just dial 502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542 (in Kentucky) and ask for the staff member by name.

Staff Listing by Department
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

 

A

Accreditation

 

Deborah Campbell

Accreditation Committee  

Deborah Campbell

Advocacy

 

Jim Musser

Address Changes, Membership

 

Tammy Wells

Administrators, Position Changes

 

Tammy Wells

Advance Directives

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Affinity Partner Program

 

Pam Kirchem

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

 

Jim Musser

Agencies, Federal

 

Jim Musser

Allied Association Support Services

 

Pam Kirchem

Ambulance Diversion

 

Jerrod Wright
Richard Bartlett

American College of Healthcare Executives

 

Pam Kirchem

American Hospital Association    
  • Annual Survey
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Dues Collection
 

April Smith

Americans with Disabilities Act

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Applications for Membership

 

April Smith

Association Headquarters Building

 

John Tyson

Auxiliaries/Volunteers

 

Kris Allen

Awards Committee

  Emily Gaddie

B

Bills, Federal and State

 

Jim Musser

Bioterrorism

  Jerrod Wright

Board of Medical Licensure

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Board of Nursing

 

Deborah Campbell

Board of Nursing Home Administrators

 

Deborah Campbell

Board of Pharmacy

 

Jessica Covington

Board of Trustees, KHA

 

Emily Gaddie

Board Self Assessment

 

Melanie Landrum

Bylaws, KHA

 

Emily Gaddie

Bylaws Committee

 

Emily Gaddie

C

CGS

 

Melanie Landrum

CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

 

Nancy Galvagni

CRNA Insurance Coverage

 

Lisa Hyman

Center for Rural Health

 

Bud Warman

Certificate of Need

 

Jim Musser

Committees, KHA

 
  • Awards Committee
 

Emily Gaddie

  • Bylaws Committee
 

Emily Gaddie

  • Certificate of Need Committee
 

Jim Musser
Nancy Galvagni

  • Data Advisory Committee
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Executive Committee
 

Emily Gaddie

  • Finance and Budget Committee
 

April Smith

  • Hospital Reimbursement Committee
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Legislative Committee
 

Jim Musser
Nancy Galvagni

  • Medicaid Technical Advisory Committee
 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Nominations and Credentials Committee
 

Emily Gaddie

  • Quality Committee
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Strategic Planning Committee
 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Volunteer Services Committee
 

Kris Allen

Community Health Needs Assessment

 

Melanie Landrum

Confidentiality of Information

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Congress, United States

 

Jim Musser

Consent Policies

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Constituency Forums, KHA

   
  • Home Health
 

Claire Arant

  • Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
 

Claire Arant

  • Physician Leadership
  Deborah Campbell
  • Post Acute Care
 

Claire Arant

  • Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency
 

Claire Arant

  • Rehabilitation Hospital
 

Claire Arant

  • Small, Rural and Critical Access Hospital
 

Bud Warman

Controlled Substance Regulations

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Convention

 

Claire Arant
Kris Allen

Corporate Compliance

  Kim Schwoeppe

Cost Reports, Medicare/Medicaid

 

Rosmond Dolen

COVID-19

  Deborah Campbell

Credentialing Services

 

Rosmond Dolen

Critical Access Hospitals

 

Bud Warman

Cybersecurity

 

Matt McDonald

D

Daily Update

  Ginger Dreyer

Data Services

 

Melanie Landrum

Department of Health and Human Services

 

Jim Musser

Department of Insurance

  Kim Schwoeppe

Disaster Readiness

  Jerrod Wright

Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment (DSH)

 

Carl Herde

Districts, KHA

 

Claire Arant

Dues, KHA/AHA

 

April Smith

E

Economic Importance Report

 

Ginger Dreyer
Maik Schutze

Education Services/Seminars

 

Tammy Wells

Claire Arant

Emergency Preparedness

 

Jerrod Wright

EMTALA

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Events

 

Kris Allen
Claire Arant

Executive Committee

 

Emily Gaddie

F

Federal Government

   
  • Justice
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Legislation
 

Jim Musser

  • Regulations
 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

  • Finance/Reimbursement
 

Rosmond Dolen

G

Government Relations

 

Jim Musser

Governor’s Office

 

Nancy Galvagni

Grants

 

Melanie Landrum

H

Health Care Policy

 

Jim Musser

Health Care Reform

 

Nancy Galvagni

Health Maintenance Organizations

 

Nancy Galvagni

HIPAA

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Hospital-Acquired Infections

 

Rochelle Beard

Hospital Preparedness

 

Jerrod Wright

Hospital Rate Improvement Program (HRIP)

 

Carl Herde

Hospital Rate Improvement Program (HRIP) Quality Measures

 

Melanie Landrum

Hospital Report Cards

 

Nancy Galvagni

Hospital Strategic Planning

 

Nancy Galvagni

Hospital Technical Advisory Committee

 

Nancy Galvagni

House of Delegates, KHA

 

Emily Gaddie

HQIC IPRO Improvement Project

 

Casey Franklin

I

Indigent Care

 

Melanie Landrum

Infection Prevention

 

Rochelle Beard

InfoSuite

 

Melanie Landrum

Insurance - Billing Issues

 

Rosmond Dolen

Insurance Payment

 

Rosmond Dolen

Insurance Programs, KHA Solutions Group

  Kim Schwoeppe
  • Life and Health
 

Lisa Hyman

  • Property and Casualty
 

Lisa Hyman

IPOP

 

Melanie Landrum

Insurance Reform

 

Nancy Galvagni

Intergovernmental Transfer

 

Rosmond Dolen

J

Joint Commission Surveys

 

Casey Franklin

Joint Commission Educational Programs

 

Tammy Wells
Claire Arant

K


KASPER

  Kim Schwoeppe

KCHIP (Children’s Health Insurance)

  Nancy Galvagni

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

  Jim Musser

Kentucky Board of Nursing

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky General Assembly

 

Jim Musser

Kentucky House of Representatives

 

Jim Musser

Kentucky Hospital Insurance Company (KHIC)

 

Kim Schwoeppe
Lisa Hyman

Kentucky Hospital Research & Education Foundation

 

Melanie Landrum

Kentucky Hospital Service Company of Kentucky, LLC

 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Accounting
 

April Smith

Kentucky Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

 

Lisa Hyman

Kentucky Nurses Association

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky Pharmacists Association

 

Jessica Covington

Kentucky Rising Stars

 

Casey Franklin

Kentucky Senate

 

Jim Musser

Kentucky Sepsis Consortium

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship (KYSOS)

 

Emily Henderson
Stacy Allen
Marilyn Connors
Shanna Jaggers
Mary Beth Ecken

Key Legislative Contacts/Grassroots

 

Jim Musser

KHA Daily Update  

Ginger Dreyer

KHA Data Center

 

Melanie Landrum

  • InfoSuite
 

Melanie Landrum

  • IPOP (Inpatient/Outpatient) Data Collection
 

Melanie Landrum

  • KHA Board Assessment
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Longitudinal Analysis
 

Melanie Landrum

KHAPAC

 

Bud Warman

KHA Solutions Group

 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Accounting
 

April Smith

  • Affinity Partner Program
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Professional and General Liability Claims
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Risk Management
 

Lisa Hyman

KY IPOP  

Melanie Landrum

KY SOS  

Emily Henderson
Stacy Allen
Marilyn Connors
Shanna Jaggers
Mary Beth Ecken

L

Legal Issues

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Legislation, Federal and State

 

Jim Musser

Legislative Committee

 

Jim Musser

Legislative Research Commission

 

Jim Musser

Licensure, Hospital

 

Nancy Galvagni

Licensure Boards

 

Deborah Campbell

Lieutenant Governor’s Office

 

Nancy Galvagni

Living Wills

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Long-Term Care Issues

 

Claire Arant

M

Malpractice Reform

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Media Relations

 

Ginger Dreyer

Medicaid Program

 

Rosmond Dolen

  • DRGs
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • DSH
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Managed Care
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Payment
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Regulations
 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

  • Waivers
 

Rosmond Dolen

Medical Records

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Medical Staff Bylaws

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Medicare

 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Advantage
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • DSH
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Health Policy (Federal & State)
 

Jim Musser

  • Payment
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Regulations
 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

  • Wage Index
 

Rosmond Dolen

Meetings Calendar

 

Tammy Wells

Membership

   
  • Applications
 

April Smith

  • Directory
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Information
 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Services (KHA)
 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Services (KHA Solutions Group)
 

Nancy Galvagni

Mental Health Parity

 

Nancy Galvagni

N

National Practitioner Data Bank

  Kim Schwoeppe

News Media Relations

 

Ginger Dreyer

O

Opioid Stewardship

 

Emily Henderson
Stacy Allen
Marilyn Connors
Shanna Jaggers
Mary Beth Ecken

Orientation Session for New CEOs

 

Nancy Galvagni

P

Patient Protection/Patient Rights (Federal & State)

 

Nancy Galvagni

Patient Safety Organization (PSO)

 

Lisa Hyman

Patient Safety/Quality

 

Casey Franklin

Political Action Committee

 

Bud Warman

Press Relations, Statements, Comments

 

Ginger Dreyer

Pricing Data

 

Melanie Landrum

Pricing Transparency

 

Melanie Landrum

Professional Liability Issues

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Prompt Payment

 

Nancy Galvagni

Provider Tax

 

Rosmond Dolen

Psychiatric Services

  Claire Arant

Public Relations

 

Ginger Dreyer

Publications

   
  • COVID Daily Update
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Economic Importance Report
 

Ginger Dreyer
Maik Schutze

  • Facts Book (Kentucky Hospital Statistics)
 

Ginger Dreyer
Maik Schutze

  • Kentucky Trustee
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • KHA Daily Update
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Legislative Bulletin
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • MCO Performance Report
 

Rosmond Dolen

  • Membership Directory
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Volunteer Newsletter
 

Shayla Broughton

Q

Quality Improvement

 

Casey Franklin

QIO

 

Melanie Landrum

Quality Outcome Data Reports

   
  • CAH Databook
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Medicare Hospital Acquired Conditions Data
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Medicare Readmissions Data
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Medicare Value Based Purchasing Data
 

Melanie Landrum

R

RAC-Recovery Audit Contractors

 

Rosmond Dolen

Regulations, Federal

 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

Regulations, State

 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

Rehabilitation Services

 

Claire Arant

Reimbursement Committee

 

Rosmond Dolen

Reimbursement Issues

 

Rosmond Dolen

Research

 

Jim Musser

Risk Management Services

 

Lisa Hyman

Rural Benchmarking

 

Bud Warman

S

Salary Information

 

Melanie Landrum

Salary Surveys

 

Melanie Landrum

Sepsis Consortium

 

Deborah Campbell

Small and Rural Issues

  Bud Warman

Societies (General) Selected Staff as Indicated

   
  • American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
 

Pam Kirchem

  • APIC (Association of Healthcare Professionals)
 

Rochelle Beard

  • HIMSS (Bluegrass Chapter)
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Kentucky Academy of Healthcare Attorneys
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Kentucky Association for Health Care Quality
 

Casey Franklin

  • Kentucky Association of Healthcare Purchasing and Materials Management
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Kentucky Chapter, HFMA
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Kentucky HIMA
  Melanie Landrum
  • Kentucky Hospital Gift Shop Managers Association
 

Tammy Wells

  • Kentucky Nurses Association
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Occupational Therapy Association (KOTA)
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Organization of Nurse Leaders (KONL)
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Physical Therapy Association
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Society for Directors of Volunteer Services
 

Kris Allen

  • Kentucky Society for Health Care Risk Management (KSHRM)
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Kentucky Society for Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing (KSHPRM)
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Kentucky Society of Health System Pharmacists
 

Jessica Covington

  • Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers (KSHE)
 

Pam Kirchem

Sponsorships

 

Kris Allen

State Data Reporting

 

Melanie Landrum

State Health Plan

 

Nancy Galvagni

Swing Beds

  Bud Warman

T

Third Party Administrator Service

 

Kim Schwoeppe

340B Program

 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

Tort Reform

 

Kim Schwoeppe
Jim Musser

Trauma System

 

Richard Bartlett

Trustee Tools

 

Ginger Dreyer

U

Umbrella/Excess Insurance

 

Lisa Hyman

United States (U.S.) Congress

 

Jim Musser

United States (U.S.) House of Representatives

 

Jim Musser

United States (U.S.) Senate

 

Jim Musser

Utilization Review

 

Nancy Galvagni

V

Volunteers

 

Kris Allen

W

Website

 

Ginger Dreyer

Withholding Treatment

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Workers’ Compensation Regulations

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Workforce Data

 

Melanie Landrum
Maik Schutze

Workforce Development

 

John "J.P." Hamm