Kentucky Hospital Association Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kentucky Hospital Association
The Kentucky Hospital Association Podcast highlights healthcare news, specific issues affecting KHA members, and KHA member hospitals and their achievements.
State Senator Craig Richardson joins the KHA podcast for a look back at the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly.
We are halfway through the 2026 KY General Assembly Session and Bryon Ellis, KHA Associate Vice President of Government Relations, joins the podcast to talk about the health care and hospital related bills that are making their way through the legislature.
University of Louisville professor of pediatrics and practicing neonatologist Dr. Lori Devlin joins the podcast along with KHA VP of Quality and Health Professions Casey Franklin to talk about Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome and the East, Sleep, Console care approach for affected infants.
KHA Senior Vice President of Policy and Government Relations Jim Musser joins the podcast to talk about the effects of Congress's HR1 on the Medicaid and health care landscape in Kentucky.
Connie White, Deputy Commissioner for Clinical Services for the KY Department for Public Health joins to talk about Maternal Care in Kentucky, strides being made in the state, and the partnership between KY's Hospitals and public health officials to provide comprehensive care to new and expectant mothers.
American Hospital Association Senior VP of Public Policy Analysis and Development Ashley Thompson joins the KHA podcast to talk about the AHA's new 'Cost of Caring' study. Learn more at https://www.aha.org/costsofcaring
KHA Senior Vice President of Policy & Government Relations Jim Musser joins the podcast to talk about the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly session, weighing the good, bad, and the work left undone.
KHA VP of Clinical Strategy Deb Campbell is back on the podcast to talk about sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and how KHA is working to help survivors heal and move forward.
Donna Little, KHA’s Associate Vice President of Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs, and KHA Trauma Director and Kentucky Trauma Advisory Committee Secretary Dick Bartlett join the podcast to talk about the Kentucky Trauma System and much-needed legislation that would help expand and enhance Kentuckians’ access to trauma care.
KHA Senior Vice President of Policy and Government Relations returns with a preview of the Congressional Lame Duck and the 2025 KY General Assembly and the new Congress.
KY State Supreme Court Justice Debra Lambert joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the intersection of the court and health care policy.
Karen Bradshaw from Russell County Hospital and Rosmond Dolen from KHA join the podcast to talk about Medicare Advantage. We cover what it is, the differences between Advantage and traditional Medicare, and some issues hospitals and patients have experienced with the plans.
KHA Associate Vice President for Government Affairs Travis Burton is sitting in as host. Travis talks to KY State Rep. Peyton Griffee about health care policy and his first term in the legislature.
Jessica Covington, KHA Quality Program Pharmacists, joins the show to talk about KHA's Hypertension Awareness Campaign
SOS International President and CEO Denise Sears joins the KHA podcast to talk about the work her organization does using out-of-date or excess health care supplies to help people in need across the nation and the globe.
On a special Olympics episode, Dallas Robinson, Kentuckian and former Olympian, joins the show to discuss his life as an athlete, the excitement of the Olympics, and the impact of elite-level sports.
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell joins the KHA Podcast to talk about the Food is Medicine initiative.
Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe drops into the podcast studio to talk her first term in the State Senate, AI, and more. Also, there's talk about Dolly Parton, submarines, and Tres lays down a firm ban on cricket talk.
Rep. Amy Neighbors joins the KHA podcast to talk about legislation to help Sepsis patients she sponsored and passed into law during the 2024 KY General Assembly session.
The KHA Advocacy Team joins the show to share a wrap-up of the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly session.
A discussion surrounding social drivers of health in Kentucky and what Kentucky's Hospitals are doing to identify and mitigate them with KHA Director of Quality and Health Professions Casey Franklin.
KHA Associate Vice President of Government Affairs Travis Burton joins the podcast to highlight the midway point of the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly session.
State Senator Stephen Meredith joins the podcast to talk about the 2024 session and what he sees on the horizon for the health care industry during the session.
Freshman legislator, Rep. Wade Williams joins the show to talk about his experiences in his first session in Frankfort and the upcoming 2024 session. He also talks about the importance of legislation imposing penalties for threatening or attacking hospital workers.
The final episode in a 3 part series focusing on the KY Statewide Opioid Stewardship program, this time focusing on outpatient programs.
Our look at the KY SOS program continues with a conversation with Pharmacists Emily Henderson and Mary Beth Ecken about the Emergency Department Bridge Program.
September is Sepsis Awareness Month in Kentucky and KHA wants you to know the warning signs and why sepsis is such a dangerous infection.
Our look at the KY SOS program continues with a conversation with Pharmacists Emily Henderson and Mary Beth Ecken about the Emergency Department Bridge Program.
Emily Henderson and Stacy Allen join the show for the first in a series focusing on the Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship Program.
KHA Associate Vice President, State Government Affairs Travis Burton joins the podcast to talk about Fancy Farm and the unofficial kick off of Kentucky's 2023 general election campaigns.
CHFS Inspector General Adam Mather joins the show to talk about the role of his office, the evolution of telehealth in Kentucky, and a primer on certificate of need.
Kentucky House Health Services chairwoman Rep. Kim Moser previews 2023 interim General Assembly meetings and the 2024 Session.
The debt ceiling, a special election, pride month, labor strikes, sports washing, and tv shows to stream, this show has everything to kick off a hot summer! Enjoy the show before Artificial Intelligence kills us all!
The KY Chamber's Sara Tracy joins the show to talk about the partnership between KHA and the Chamber's Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) program, which seeks to help hospitals understand and overcome the Kentucky’s workforce issues in the health care industry.
KHA Senior VP for Policy and Government Relations Jim Musser and Travis Burton, Associate VP of State Government Affairs join the show to talk about KHA's recent DC fly-in and discuss Kentucky's upcoming primary election. Also, Ginger previews next week's KHA convention.
Barbara Johnson from CorroHealth joins the podcast to talk about CMS rules on price transparency compliance.
KHA Sr. Vice President of Public Policy Jim Musser joins the podcast to wrap-up the 2023 KY General Assembly session and look ahead to 2024.
State Representative Danny Bentley joined the KHA podcast to talk about the 2023 KY General Assembly Session and what happened on the health care and hospital front. Also, in the KHA member highlight, we talk with representatives from Ohio County Health Care who operate the only clinic in the nation doing injections of the first drug approved to treat postpartum depression.
Erik Swanson of health care and higher ed consulting firm KauffmanHall joins the KHA podcast to talk about a study they have prepared for KHA outlining the financial health of the Commonwealth's hospitals.
Rep. Josh Bray joins the KHA podcast to talk about the midway point of session. Rep. Bray discusses HB 75, liability reform, and celebrates a major milestone for one hospital in his district.
Sepsis Survivor Darrell Raikes and KHA VP of Quality Deb Campbell join the podcast to talk about Sepsis Survivor Week and the KHA's Kentucky Sepsis Consortium
KHA Vice President of Economics and Policy Hal Clark joins the show to talk about the Medicare Wage Index and Medicare Advantage
State Representative Brandon Reed joins the KHA Podcast to talk about HB 75 which will continue to give Kentucky Hospitals access to federal dollars by using HRIP to supplement outpatient treatment. Also, Ginger Dreyer highlights KHA members who have recently been recognized for providing outstanding care.
As he prepares to depart the Kentucky State Senate, Sen. Ralph Alvarado joins the KHA podcast to talk about his time in office and as Chairman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, his proudest accomplishments, and what work he believes still needs to be done.
The KHA podcast debuts with hosts Ginger Dreyer and Tres Watson. Travis Burton, KHA's Associate Vice-President for State Government Affairs joins to recap the 2022 election and how it could affect hospitals and health care in Kentucky.