LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Shedding light on health care equity and transparency is the reason dozens of speakers will convene in Kentucky this week at the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative conference.

What You Need To Know

  • Kentuckiana Health Collaborative is a nonprofit coalition of businesses and health care stakeholders 

  • KHC will host their 9th annual conference on March 29 in Louisville 

  • Dozens of speakers and topics will be covered, including health policy in Kentucky, pharmacy transparency and more

Local and national health care officials will take part, including chief medical officers from the Centers for Disease Control, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield and more.

For 20 years, the nonprofit Kentucky Health Collaborative has teamed up with health care executives, employers and community members for more fair health care in Kentucky and southern Indiana. 

The collaborative’s president and CEO, Jenny Goins, says the conference couldn’t come at a better time for the state and country. She’s calling for health care industry leaders, employers and nonprofit organizations to attend and learn better decision making and improvements for health care. 

“And we’re all coming at this—what some might call and I would also agree—crisis in our country related to understanding data and being transparent with that data,” Goins said. “Not just about cost. Cost is extremely important, especially on the employer and the employee community member side. But how do we make sure we have high quality but affordable and equitable health care? People that should attend are people who are interested in learning more but also taking action.” 

Kentuckiana Health Collaborative will host their 9th annual conference starting Wednesday, March 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Olmsted on Frankfort Avenue.

Dozens of speakers and topics will be covered, including health policy in Kentucky, pharmacy transparency, how to act on race and ethnicity in benefit design and enhancing quality and equity in health care.

Goins says even if you can’t attend, it’s great to look over health care plans and even contact medical advocates that can help improve equity to health care.

The official public health emergency in response to COVID-19 will end on May 11 this year. According to Gov. Andy Beshear, some Kentuckians receiving Medicaid will lose their coverage but could be considered for another form of affordable health care.

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