KHA is now accepting applications for the Annual KHA Quality Awards. Please see the application for the full details. The application deadline has been extended until May 30. Awards will be presented at the KHA Annual Convention Awards Luncheon in Covington.

More details on the award and on past recipients are available on the KHA website at http://www.kyha.com/kha-quality-award.

If you have any questions, please contact Bud Warman at KHA (bwarman@kyha.com).

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently shared information on several funding opportunities for health care providers with KHA. See below for more information and to apply for the grants.

Telehealth Network Grant Program Link: HRSA- 20-036 Application deadline: 4/13/2020

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP). The funding opportunity is aimed towards promoting rural tele-emergency services with an emphasis on tele-stroke, tele-behavioral health and tele-emergency medical services (Tele-EMS). This will be achieved by enhancing telehealth networks to deliver 24-hour emergency department (ED) consultation services via telehealth to rural providers without emergency care specialists. Tele-emergency is defined as “an electronic, two-way, audio/visual communication service between a central emergency health care center (tele-emergency...

KHA is now accepting applications for the Annual KHA Quality Awards. Please see the application for the full details. The application deadline has been extended until May 30. Awards will be presented at the KHA Annual Convention Awards Luncheon in Covington.

More details on the award and on past recipients are available on the KHA website at http://www.kyha.com/kha-quality-award.

If you have any questions, please contact Bud Warman at KHA (bwarman@kyha.com).

In collaboration with the Department for Medicaid Services (DMS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE) is offering Pharmacies, Eligible Providers (EPs), Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) the opportunity to apply for a mini-grant to offset the vendor fees associated with connecting to KHIE.

The Provider Assistance Program was created to help Pharmacies, EPs, EHs and CAHs in rural areas of the state to mitigate the challenges associated with interoperability. The objective is to relieve a degree of the financial burden a health care facility experiences which hinders engagement in Public Health and Clinical Data Registry reporting as well as Health Information Exchange.

Applicants are required to be located in the state of Kentucky and considered an EP, EH or CAH (as defined by CMS) or a licensed pharmacy. If approved, EHs and CAHs may be awarded up to $15,000 and Pharmacies and EPs may be awarded up to $8,000. Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until all grant funds are depleted. Incomplete applications...

The KHA Annual Volunteer Conference will be held May 8 in Lexington as part of the KHA 90th Annual Convention. This is a great opportunity for hospital volunteers/auxilians, directors of volunteer services and gift shop managers to be honored and have the opportunity to learn from their cohorts from across the state.

Each year, the KHA Committee on Volunteer Services recognizes outstanding volunteer programs across the state. The Fifteenth Annual “KHA HANDS Awards” (Helping Accomplish Noteworthy Duties Successfully) will be presented at the Auxiliary Luncheon during the KHA Convention.

This year's Convention will also see the introduction of a new award to honor student volunteers. In collaboration with the Kentucky Hospital Committee on Volunteer Services and statewide Kentucky hospital auxilians and volunteers, the Kentucky Hospital Association presents the Carol Walters Teen Volunteer Scholarship Award.

Applications for both awards (available in the 2019 Volunteer Award Packet)...

KHA is now accepting applications for the Annual KHA Quality Awards. Please see the application for the full details. Applications are due on March 29. Awards will be presented at the KHA Annual Convention Awards Luncheon in May in Lexington.

More details on the award and on past recipients are available in the Safety and Quality section of the KHA website, www.kyha.com.

If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Cobb at KHA (ecobb@kyha.com).

KHA is now accepting applications for the Annual KHA Quality Awards. Please see the application for the full details. Applications are due on April 7. Awards will be presented at the KHA Annual Convention Awards Luncheon in May in Lexington.

More details on the award, and details on past recipients is available in the Safety and Quality section of the KHA website, www.kyha.com.

If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Cobb at KHA (ecobb@kyha.com).

KHA is now accepting applications for the Annual KHA Quality Awards. Please see the application for the full details. Applications, including full payment are due on April 1. Awards will be presented at the KHA Annual Convention Awards Luncheon on May 13 in Lexington.

If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Cobb at KHA (502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542 or via email at ecobb@kyha.com).