2024 Convention
KHA Ruby Anniversary
9:15 a.m. (ET)
Registration Opens
10:00 – 10:10 a.m.
Welcome
JP Hamm
Associate Vice President, Workforce Development
Kentucky Hospital Association
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Kentucky Board of Nursing – Education Enrollment and Licensure Workforce Data
Kelly Jenkins, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Executive Director
Kentucky Board of Nursing
The Kentucky Board of Nursing will present its latest data regarding student enrollment in nursing programs and the nursing workforce based on its annual license renewal survey. The data will provide insight into trends and help hospitals address recruiting and retention strategies.
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Engaging Future Health Care Professionals: K-12 and Beyond
James Glass
Vice President, Workforce Development/Marketing &
Public Relations
Pikeville Medical Center
Bart Darrell
Chancellor
HealthForce Kentucky
Jaclyn Graves
Director, External Operations
HealthForce Kentucky
HealthForce Kentucky and Pikeville Medical Center share their initiatives they have led to inspire careers in health care by providing wider access to the highest levels of instruction through technology and engaging community partners.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
HealthForce Tour
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Creating a Successful Student Nurse Investment at Norton Healthcare
Brittany Burke, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
System Director, Institute for Education and Development
Norton Healthcare
Creating a successful nursing workforce takes intentional investment in the student nurse. This session shares how offering both students and employees the ability to grow their careers, and follow their passion, is key to Norton Healthcare’s student nurse investment.
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Supporting Hospital Staff with Traumatic Events
Kimberley Denzik, MSN, RN
Director, Trauma Institute
UofL Health – University of Louisville Hospital
Lindsey K. Journey, MSW, LCSW
Employee Support & Wellness Manager
Institute of Staff Resilience, Wellness, and Mental
Well-being
Health care workers often witness traumatic events or become victims themselves. Responding quickly and thoroughly is necessary for the wellbeing of employees to help them personally and professionally, and improves teams knowing they have compassionate support when events occur.
3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Council on Postsecondary Education – Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund and Engaging Today’s Students
Leslie M. Sizemore, Ph.D, EdS, OTR/L
Associate Vice President, Workforce and Economic Initiatives, Council on Postsecondary Education
Overview of the Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund to improve support for health care students, including the application process, strategies for engaging and supporting college students, and the issues they face to continue their education.
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Discussion and Wrap-up
JP Hamm
Associate Vice President, Workforce Development
Kentucky Hospital Association
Monday, May 20 — 2024 KHA Convention Program
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
3.0 In-Person Credits
ACHE Session
Leading in a Changing Environment: Focus on Population Health
Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, FACHE
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Burroughs Consulting Network, Inc.
The current health care system is rapidly moving from a fragmented fee-for-service system that focuses on sickness toward a risk-based, capitated population health system that revolves around optimizing health. This drastic change requires new subpopulation business models and infrastructure to support it. This session will present case studies that show various ways in which organizations are making the necessary changes to move into a capitated population health environment, and share how to engage and align with physicians and key stakeholders to improve the health, experience, and per capita cost of defined subpopulations.
4:15 p.m.
Leadership Reception with KHA and ACHE
Join KHA and ACHE for a Leadership Reception after the ACHE session concludes. All attendees are welcome to network with their peers while enjoying a drink and hors d’oeuvres.
7:00 a.m.
Registration Opens
8:00 – 9:20 a.m.
Breakfast Keynote
The AI Advantage: Innovating for Financial Health, Workforce Stability, and Quality of Care
Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH
President
DocsNetwork Ltd.
While artificial intelligence (AI) offers amazing tools to enhance patient safety, improve quality, develop new therapies, and better manage costs, how AI is implemented will determine its level of success as it offers both great promise and peril.
Breakfast Keynote sponsored by: Stengel Hill Architecture
9:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys (KAHA) Legal Track
9:30 – 3:50 p.m.
Kentucky Organization of Nurse Leaders (KONL) Track
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session
Acute and Post-Acute Care Collaboration on Improved Patient Outcomes
Moderator:
Nancy Sehy, BSN, RN, CHPCA
Clinical Solutions Lead
PointClickCare
Panelists:
Barb Dam, RN, BSN
Care Transition Navigator
TriHealth Hospital System
Michelle Hoskins, RN
Director, Census Development, Corporate MDS, and Corporate Infection Preventionist
Baptist Life Communities
Care collaboration challenges in the acute and postacute care settings can prevent patients from achieving the best possible health care outcomes. This session will feature candid discussions of the challenges, opportunities, and stories of shared success among health care stakeholders.
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session
Culture CPR: Administer Immediately to Boost Employee Retention Now!
Jeff Whitehorn, MBA, LFACHE, ACC
Founder/Chief Executive Officer
Whitehorn Coaching & Consulting, LLC
Whether it’s the Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, or the Big Quit, high employee turnover has become one of the most powerful barriers to success for leaders and the teams they lead. This session focuses on identifying three critical strategies for Culture CPR, action steps leaders can take, and proven ideas to improve culture and increase employee retention.
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session
AHA Vitality Payer Scorecard – State of the State
Travis Gentry
Chief Executive Officer
Hyve Health
Russ Ranallo
Chief Financial Officer
Owensboro Health
A session to look at state and national payer performance metrics based on aggregate 837 claims and 835 remits, then a review and discussion of current and emerging trends in Kentucky and across the country.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break with Sponsors
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session
Key Market & Provider Metrics to Drive Strategic Service Line Growth
Travis Ansel
Chief Executive Officer
HSG Advisors
DJ Sullivan, MBA, MHA
Chief Strategy Officer
HSG Advisors
A session focused on how to measure and interpret key data analytics such as patient utilization of the care continuum, competitor market positioning, provider alignment, inpatient and outpatient market share, and physician practice dynamics.
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session
I-PASS: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Patient Safety and Averting Malpractice Claims
Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH
Chief of General Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital
Marshall Burkhart
Vice President, Client Engagement
I-PASS Patient Safety Institute
Theresa Murray
Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Transformation
I-PASS Patient Safety Institute
This session will discuss communication vulnerability to patient safety and the risk of communication lapses involving patient handoffs or transitions of care, and how implementing structured communication models is a viable and clinically proven strategy.
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) Panel
Moderator:
Rosmond Dolen, Esq.
Associate Vice President, Payor Relations & Health Finance Policy
Kentucky Hospital Association
Panelists:
Jeb Duke
Regional President, Kentucky Medicaid
Humana
Corey Ewing
Plan President and CEO
WellCare of Kentucky
Paige Franklin, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Aetna Better Health of Kentucky
Krista Hensel
Medicaid Chief Executive Officer
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kentucky
Leon Lamoreaux, MBA
Medicaid Market President
Anthem Kentucky Managed Care Plan, Inc.
Ryan Sadler, Esq., MBA
Kentucky Medicaid Chief Executive Officer
Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare
Medicaid managed care organization chief executive officers will discuss hospitals’ most pressing topics related to Medicaid Managed Care in Kentucky.
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session
Workplace Violence Prevention: Creating an Effective Plan
David Fowler
President
AVADE Personal Safety Training Inc.
This session aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of workplace violence prevention with an emphasis on leadership commitment, industry-specific training, and practical application through interactive sessions.
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 – 1:20 p.m.
KHA Awards Luncheon and the Installation of the 2024-2026 Chair of the KHA Board of Trustees
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session
Developing Provider “Scorecards” for Patient Leakage Measurement
DJ Sullivan, MBA, MHA
Chief Strategy Officer
HSG Advisors
This session focuses on using a combination of claims-based and internal data to analyze provider relationships to be the most impactful way to identify and remove access barriers, prioritize provider outreach, build closer physician alignment, and optimize your networks.
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session
Emergency Department Bridge Program: How to Successfully Establish a Bridge Program
Stephanie Whitaker
Addiction Treatment Navigator
Baptist Health Lexington
Tara Bevans, MA, BSN, RN
Addiction Disorder Nurse Coordinator
Baptist Health Lexington
Ryan Stanton, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Physician
Baptist Health Lexington
Brandon Thompson, APSS
Lead Recovery Coach
Voices of Hope
This session will provide Kentucky hospitals with an overview of an Emergency Department Bridge Program. Key stakeholders will speak to collaboration between a multidisciplinary team to connect patients to treatment, working alongside community partners.
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session
Jonathan Shell
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Snack Break with Sponsors
Bursting Bubbles & Shining Light: Understanding Critical Pharma Trends, Their Impacts, and How Health Systems Can Triumph
Jim Price, MBA
Principal
Progressive Healthcare, Inc
Kathy Korducki
PBM Specialist
Progressive Healthcare
Megan Mullany
VP of Client Management
AffirmedRx
Fundamental changes are rapidly coming to the pharmaceutical industry that will further pressure hospital costs and historical margins they may have earned under the 340B program. Learn more about these changes and how implementing a broader perspective of the pharmacy roles within the health system can help preserve and enhance margins.
Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) Panel Discussion
LaKisha Miller
Executive Director
Sara Tracy
Senior TPM Manager North Central Region
Ashely Hatfield
TPM Manager Eastern Region
Jacob McAndrews
TPM Manager South Central Region
Kentucky Chamber Foundation Workforce Center
KHA partners with the Kentucky Chamber Foundation’s Talent Pipeline Management program to engage the workforce for Kentucky hospitals. This panel will focus on what was learned from the KHA Health Care Workforce Summit’s presentations and share what the TPM team has learned regarding best practices throughout the state.
Martie Ross, JD
Consulting Principal/Director of Center for Rural Health Advancement
PYA, P.C.
Kathy Reep, MBA
Senior Manager, Consulting & Business Development
PYA, P.C.
KHA’s Ruby Anniversary Gala
Celebrate KHA’s 95th year of serving the hospitals of Kentucky at the KHA Ruby Anniversary Gala! The night will feature dinner, drinks, and dancing with live music by the Endless Summer Band. All convention attendees are welcome – make sure to indicate your plan to attend on the registration form.
Dress code: Elevated Cocktail Attire
Wednesday, May 22 — 2024 KHA Convention Program
7:30 a.m.
Registration Opens
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Dare to LeadTM
Natalie Johnson
Co-Founder & Chief Visionary
ViDL Solutions
Developed by renowned researcher and author Brené Brown, Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage-building program designed for the leaders of the future. This inspiring speech on vulnerability as a foundational skillset of courage focuses on the critical role self-awareness plays in Daring Leadership, how armor is the greatest obstacle in Daring Leadership, and how to embrace Daring Leadership so you can show up fully in the workplace and relate in a way that calls others to greatness.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
2.0 In-Person Credits
ACHE Session
Possibilities, Probabilities, and Creative Solutions: Breakthrough Thinking for Complex Environments
Kevin E. O’Connor, CSP
Consultant
Kevin E. O’Connor & Associates Ltd.
To go beyond traditional methods of problem-solving and generate new ideas, leaders must guide, inspire, and coordinate their teams to reach past creativity and attain sustainable innovation. This highly interactive seminar will present several nontraditional ways to spur innovative thought within your teams to help your organization achieve better results.
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Legal CE
No One Looks Good in Orange
William J. George, Esq.
System Corporate Counsel
CommonSpirit Health
Jared L. Sommers, MPH, CHC
Division Director Corporate Responsibility Officer
CommonSpirit Health
Catherine Lynn Allison, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
University of Kentucky/UK HealthCare
Noelle Holladay True, JD, CHC
Assistant Chief Compliance Officer
UK HealthCare
A panel of experts will provide insight from all aspects of hospital operations, a closer review of how legal and compliance work together, and the benefits of an integrated operation – when hospital operations and legal/compliance are properly aligned, there’s a decrease in risk and increase in operational effectiveness.
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Legal CE
AI in Health Care: Navigating Growth, Risks and Implementation
Shea Luna
Counsel
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Sarah Spurlock
Member
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
This presentation will provide a general overview of major types of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and a discussion of the growing use of AI in health care. Speakers will explore the legal and regulatory outlook for the use of AI, development and review of AI vetting processes, and risk considerations in adopting and utilizing AI.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
KHA Luncheon brought to you by ACHE
All Attendees Welcome
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
ACHE Board Meeting
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