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

 

Bud Warman

American College of Healthcare Executives

 

Pam Kirchem

American Hospital Association    
  • Annual Survey
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Dues Collection
 

April Smith

  • AHAPAC
 

Bud Warman

Americans with Disabilities Act

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Applications for Membership

 

Bud Warman

Association Headquarters Building

 

John Tyson

Auxiliaries/Volunteers

  Tammy Wells

Awards Committee

   

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

 

Deborah Campbell

Board of Trustees, KHA

 

Hallie Wilson

Board Self Assessment

 

Melanie Landrum

Bylaws, KHA

 

Hallie Wilson

Bylaws Committee

 

Hallie Wilson

C

CGS

 

Jon Copley

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

Circle of Friends Political Action Committee

 

Bud Warman

Clinical Issues

 

Deborah Campbell

Committees, KHA

  Hallie Wilson
  • Awards Committee
   
  • Bylaws Committee
 

Hallie Wilson

  • Certificate of Need Committee
 

Jim Musser
Nancy Galvagni

  • Data Advisory Committee
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Executive Committee
 

Hallie Wilson

  • Finance and Budget Committee
 

April Smith

  • Hospital Reimbursement Committee
 

Jon Copley

  • Legislative Committee
 

Jim Musser
Nancy Galvagni

  • Medicaid Technical Advisory Committee
 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Nominations and Credentials Committee
 

Hallie Wilson

  • Quality Committee
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Strategic Planning Committee
 

Nancy Galvagni

  • Volunteer Services Committee
 

Tammy Wells

Community Health Needs Assessment

 

Melanie Landrum

Complaints

 

Cassie South

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
  Bud Warman
  • 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

 

Tammy Wells

Corporate Compliance

  Kim Schwoeppe

Cost Reports, Medicare/Medicaid

 

Melanie Landrum

COVID-19

  Deborah Campbell

Credentialing Services

 

Shea Lykins

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)

 

Jon Copley

Districts, KHA

 

Bud Warman

Dues, KHA/AHA

 

April Smith

E

Economic Importance Report

 

Ginger Dreyer

Education Services/Seminars

 

Tammy Wells
Claire Arant

Emergency Preparedness

 

Jerrod Wright

EMTALA

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Executive Committee

 

Hallie Wilson

F

Federal Government

   
  • Justice
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Legislation
 

Jim Musser

  • Regulations
 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

  • Finance/Reimbursement
 

Jon Copley

G

Government Relations

 

Jim Musser

Governor’s Office

 

Nancy Galvagni

Grants

 

Bud Warman

H

Health Care Policy

 

Jim Musser

Health Care Reform

 

Jon Copley
Nancy Galvagni

Health e-News

 

Ginger Dreyer

Health Maintenance Organizations

 

Nancy Galvagni

HIPAA

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Hospital-Acquired Infections

 

Rochelle Beard

Hospital Preparedness

 

Jerrod Wright

Hospital Rate Improvement Program (HRIP)

 

Carl Herde
Claire Arant

Hospital Rate Improvement Program (HRIP) Quality Measures

 

Melanie Landrum
Deborah Campbell

Hospital Report Cards

 

Nancy Galvagni

Hospital Strategic Planning

 

Nancy Galvagni

Hospital Technical Advisory Committee

 

Nancy Galvagni
Jon Copley

House of Delegates, KHA

 

Hallie Wilson

HQIC IPRO Improvement Project

 

Deborah Campbell

I

Indigent Care

 

Jon Copley

Infection Prevention

 

Rochelle Beard

InfoSuite

 

Melanie Landrum

Insurance - Billing Issues

 

Jon Copley

Insurance Payment

 

Jon Copley

Insurance Programs, KHA Solutions Group

  Bud Warman
  • Life and Health
 

Lisa Hyman

  • Property and Casualty
 

Lisa Hyman

IPOP

 

Melanie Landrum

Insurance Reform

 

Jon Copley
Nancy Galvagni

Intergovernmental Transfer

 

Jon Copley

J

Joint Commission Surveys

 

Deborah Campbell

Joint Commission Educational Programs

 

Tammy Wells

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)

 

Lisa Hyman

Kentucky Hospital Research & Education Foundation

 

Bud Warman

Kentucky Hospital Service Company of Kentucky, LLC

 

Lisa Hyman

  • Accounting
 

April Smith

Kentucky Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

 

Lisa Hyman

Kentucky Nurses Association

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky Pharmacists Association

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky Rising Stars

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky Senate

 

Jim Musser

Kentucky Sepsis Consortium

 

Deborah Campbell

Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship (KYSOS)

 

Emily Henderson
Stacy Allen

Key Legislative Contacts/Grassroots

 

Jim Musser

KHA Health e-News  

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

 

Bud Warman

  • Accounting
 

April Smith

  • Affinity Partner Program
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Professional and General Liability Claims
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Risk Management
 

Lisa Hyman

KY IPOP  

Melanie Landrum

KYSOS  

Emily Henderson
Stacy Allen

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

 

Jon Copley

  • DRGs
 

Jon Copley

  • DSH
 

Jon Copley

  • Managed Care
 

Jon Copley

  • Payment
 

Jon Copley

  • Regulations
 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

  • Waivers
 

Jon Copley

Medical Records

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Medical Staff Bylaws

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Medicare

 

Jon Copley

  • Advantage
 

Jon Copley

  • DSH
 

Jon Copley

  • Health Policy (Federal & State)
 

Jim Musser

  • Payment
 

Jon Copley

  • Regulations
 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

  • Wage Index
 

Jon Copley

Meetings Calendar

 

Tammy Wells

Membership

   
  • Applications
 

Bud Warman

  • Directory
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Information
 

Bud Warman

  • Services (KHA)
 

Bud Warman

  • Services (KHA Solutions Group)
 

Bud Warman

Mental Health Parity

 

Nancy Galvagni

N

National Practitioner Data Bank

   

News Media Relations

 

Ginger Dreyer

O

Opioid Stewardship

 

Emily Henderson
Stacy Allen

Orientation Session for New CEOs

 

Bud Warman

P

Patient Protection/Patient Rights (Federal & State)

 

Nancy Galvagni

Patient Safety Organization (PSO)

 

Lisa Hyman

Patient Safety/Quality

 

Deborah Campbell

Political Action Committee

 

Bud Warman

Press Relations, Statements, Comments

 

Ginger Dreyer

Pricing Data

 

Jon Copley

Pricing Transparency

 

Jon Copley

Professional Liability Issues

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Prompt Payment

 

Nancy Galvagni

Provider Tax

 

Jon Copley

Psychiatric Services

  Claire Arant

Public Relations

 

Ginger Dreyer

Publications

   
  • COVID Daily Update
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Economic Importance Report
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Facts Book (Kentucky Hospital Statistics)
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Health e-News (daily news clips)
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • MCO Performance Report
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Kentucky Trustee
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Legislative Bulletin
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Membership Directory
 

Ginger Dreyer

  • Volunteer Feedback
 

Shea Lykins

Q

Quality Improvement

 

Deborah Campbell

QIO

 

Deborah Campbell

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

 

Jon Copley

Regulations, Federal

 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

Regulations, State

 

Jim Musser
Donna Little

Rehabilitation Services

 

Claire Arant

Reimbursement Committee

 

Jon Copley

Reimbursement Issues

 

Jon Copley

Research

 

Maik Schutze

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
 

Pam Kirchem

  • APIC (Association of Healthcare Professionals)
 

Rochelle Beard

  • HIMSS (Bluegrass Chapter)
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Kentucky Chapter, HFMA
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Kentucky Hospital Gift Shop Managers Association
 

Tammy Wells

  • Kentucky HIMA
 

Melanie Landrum

  • Kentucky Nurses Association
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Occupational Therapy Association
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Organization of Nurse Leaders
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Physical Therapy Association
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
 

Deborah Campbell

  • Kentucky Society of Health System Pharmacists
 

Deborah Campbell

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

Ginger Dreyer

  • Kentucky Association of Healthcare Purchasing and Materials Management
 

Pam Kirchem

  • Kentucky Association for Health Care Quality
  Deborah Campbell
  • Kentucky Society for Health Care Risk Management
 

Kim Schwoeppe

  • Kentucky Society for Directors of Volunteer Svs.
 

Tammy Wells

Sponsorships

 

Claire Arant

State Data Reporting

 

Melanie Landrum

State Health Plan

 

Nancy Galvagni

Swing Beds

  Bud Warman

T

Third Party Administrator Service

 

Lisa Hyman

340B Program

 

Kim Schwoeppe

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

 

Tammy Wells

W

Website

 

Ginger Dreyer

Withholding Treatment

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Workers’ Compensation Regulations

 

Kim Schwoeppe

Workforce Data

 

Melanie Landrum

Workforce Development

 

John "J.P." Hamm