As technology advances in our lives, organizations explore how new capabilities can improve their business functions. Accounts Payable (AP) is one of the areas which can benefit greatly from technology and attention, ultimately transforming what was once viewed as a necessary business function into a revenue-generating strategy.

Many hospitals have some version of automation in their accounts payable, but often the program doesn’t live up to their expectations. It can be challenging to enroll suppliers, it may take too many IT resources and/or lackluster customer service isn’t enough.

When an AP solution stalls, it’s hard to imagine getting another one, but some organizations are finding that’s exactly what they need to do.

Having two AP solutions from different providers can provide some much-needed relief from the frustrations of an underperforming program. You can ask a provider to evaluate only the payments that aren’t already automated – giving them a smaller portion of the pie means they will give...

The 340B Prescription Card Program from SUNRx helps 340B entities pass along savings to patients. Eligible hospitals and clinics struggle to stretch their scarce resources to provide the crucial services their patients need while maintaining financial security. And while many patients they serve can’t afford to pay for high priced medications, it doesn’t have to be this way — a 340B program administered by SUNRx can help.

SUNRx’s 340B prescription card program provides a conduit for covered entities to pass along 340B savings to their patients. Because SUNRx is a wholly owned subsidiary of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), MedImpact Heathcare Systems, this 340B prescription card program is unique from others. SUNRx confirms 340B patient eligibility and applies its “lower of” cost calculation to find the lowest price available for the patient. This process is accomplished in real time when your patient presents...

Eligible hospitals struggle to stretch their scarce resources to provide the crucial services their patients need while maintaining financial security. And while many patients they serve can’t afford to pay for high priced medications, it doesn’t have to be this way — a 340B program administered by SUNRx can help.

SUNRx’s 340B prescription discount card program provides a conduit for covered entities to pass along 340B savings to their patients. Because SUNRx is a wholly owned subsidiary of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), MedImpact Heathcare Systems, this 340B prescription discount card program is unique from others. SUNRx confirms 340B patient eligibility and applies its “lower of” cost calculation to find the lowest price available for the patient. This process is accomplished in real time when your patient presents the 340B prescription discount card along with their prescription to the contract pharmacy....

KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner SUNRx provides comprehensive, auditable technology solutions and high-touch customer service with a hands-on approach to program implementation, contract pharmacy setup and ongoing program management. They offer:

User-Friendly Covered Entity & Contract Pharmacy Interface

Dashboard reporting, claim trends, utilization by pharmacy Cloud-based virtual inventory management solution Extensive Network of More Than 22,000 Contracted 340B Pharmacies

National and regional chains Independent pharmacies In-house hospital pharmacies Customer Service

Seamless implementation High-touch program management Dedicated account executive to each covered entity Dedicated account manager to each contract pharmacy For more information on how SUNRx can help your facility, contact Pam Kirchem...

While hospitals prefer to avoid temporary staffing, the use of travelers remains a viable solution when more traditional approaches are not successful.

Qualivis is a national provider of health care workforce solutions, specializing in supplemental staffing, but able to fill a broad spectrum of clinical and non-clinical positions through its nationwide network of more than 100 staffing agencies.

Qualivis simplifies the staffing process by offering one contract and one point of contact at no cost to the health care employer.

Qualivis is a Managed Service Provider (MSP), wholly owned by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA). For 15 years, they have been helping state hospital associations provide supplemental staffing for every clinical and non-clinical department.

Benefits include:...

Safety Net Hospitals struggle to stretch scarce resources to provide crucial services to their patients while meeting their bottom line. It doesn’t have to be this way. When managed compliantly, the 340B program does what it was intended to do: secure the financial future of safety net organizations who serve the nation’s vulnerable population. The 340B program can have a significantly positive impact for hospitals, their patients, and their communities if hospitals know how to administer and manage the program effectively.

By utilizing KHA Solution Group's Affinity Partner SUNRx as their 340B Administrator, safety net hospitals have the ability to tap into the benefits the 340B program can provide:

Increasing financial support that enables hospitals to provide better care

Improving patient outcomes

Helping the indigent/uninsured gain access to the discounted medications they need.

SUNRx’s uninsured discount prescription card program provides a conduit for safety...

On January 25, KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner Healthcare Staffing Services (HSS) officially changed its name and brand to Qualivis.

Qualivis is a national provider of health care workforce solutions, specializing in supplemental staffing and committed to quality, service and leadership in transforming the workplace culture to improve patient care.

The name “Qualivis” is a combination of three words that capture who they are, what they do and why they do it.

Quality – Their core mission is to provide outstanding health care team members to improve the patient experience and outcome, exemplify best practices in all facets of business operations and strive for excellence and continuous improvement in all that they do. Life – They provide solutions to give your team members more work-life balance and greater job satisfaction to improve retention and productivity. Qualivis provides flexible, supplemental staffing who...

Stay one step ahead by registering for a free, one-hour webinar to educate hospitals on how the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payment policy changes (finalized November 1, 2017) impact hospital 340B Pharmacy Programs.

The American Hospital Association’s Aimee Kuhlman and Molly Collins will speak for 10-15 minutes on what the AHA is doing to represent hospitals’ 340B interests at the federal level. The rest of the webinar will be on the impact of the CMS changes in 340B Pharmacy and the actions a hospital can take.

Brought to you by the Kentucky Hospital Association in conjunction with SunRx, a compliance-focused 340B Drug Discount Program Administrator



Title: Trends and Drivers in 340B

Who should attend: Directors of Pharmacy, Pharmacy managers, CFOs or others responsible for profit/loss of hospital 340B programs

Registration: https://sunrx.webex.com/sunrx/onstage/g.php?MTID=e897bea4765d949bcd93825c0c1a2bd87

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Make, manage and automate your hospital’s payments, from invoice capture and workflow approval to payment optimization, with CommerceVantage ® – a comprehensive suite of AP solutions.

Powered by Commerce Bank, a national leader in payments and revenue cycle management, CommerceVantage® combines the latest in accounts payable technology to create process efficiencies and revenue share opportunities with secure payment programs.

Eliminate paper invoices Enhance process efficiencies Gain real-time visibility into your payment process Earn monthly revenue share For more information, visit Commerce Bank’s CommerceVantage website or contact Pam Kirchem at KHA Solutions Group (pkirchem@kyha.com or 502-426-6220).

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Make, manage and automate your hospital’s payments, from invoice capture and workflow approval to payment optimization, with CommerceVantage ® – a comprehensive suite of AP solutions.

Powered by Commerce Bank, a national leader in payments and revenue cycle management, CommerceVantage® combines the latest in accounts payable technology to create process efficiencies and revenue share opportunities with secure payment programs.

Eliminate paper invoices Enhance process efficiencies Gain real-time visibility into your payment process Earn monthly revenue share For more information, visit Commerce Bank’s CommerceVantage website or contact Pam Kirchem at KHA Solutions Group (pkirchem@kyha.com or 502-426-6220).

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Make, manage and automate your hospital’s payments, from invoice capture and workflow approval to payment optimization, with CommerceVantage^® – a comprehensive suite of AP solutions.

Powered by Commerce Bank, a national leader in payments and revenue cycle management, CommerceVantage^® combines the latest in accounts payable technology to create process efficiencies and revenue share opportunities with secure payment programs.

• Eliminate paper invoices
• Enhance process efficiencies
• Gain real-time visibility into your payment process
• Earn monthly revenue share

For more information on how Commerce Bank can help your facility or system, please contact Pam Kirchem at KHA (pkirchem@kyha.com).

Make, manage and automate your hospital’s payments, from invoice capture and workflow approval to payment optimization, with CommerceVantage^® – a comprehensive suite of AP solutions.

Powered by Commerce Bank, a national leader in payments and revenue cycle management, CommerceVantage^® combines the latest in accounts payable technology to create process efficiencies and revenue share opportunities with secure payment programs.

• Eliminate paper invoices
• Enhance process efficiencies
• Gain real-time visibility into your payment process
• Earn monthly revenue share

For more information on how Commerce Bank can help your facility or system, please contact Pam Kirchem at KHA (pkirchem@kyha.com).

Kentucky hospital human resource directors, do you need access to Travelers in all clinical backgrounds? KHA Solutions Group partners with Healthcare Staffing Services, a subsidiary of the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) to help Kentucky hospitals with their staffing needs at NO COST to KHA members.

SCHA understands hospitals, and like KHA they work for hospital members’ interest. In fact, 13 state hospital associations, like KHA, use their travelers services.

Currently in Kentucky, there are 19 hospitals and/or health systems using Healthcare Staffing Services and that number is growing.

Schedule a quick conference call to ensure you are getting the best rate for your travelers, to learn more about their one vendor-neutral contract with over 100 agencies and find out how...

Cigna, leave management services provider to many KHA hospitals, is ranked among the top five carriers in market share in Group Disability, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration.1 As an industry leader, Cigna believes they understand the needs of their clients and develops innovative programs that bring value every day to help improve their customer’s overall health, well-being and sense of security. 

Cigna is an endorsed carrier of KHA Solutions Group. View the CIGNA brochure for additional details.

For more information, please contact Darlene Phillips at KHA (800-945-4542 or via email at dphillips@kyha.com).

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KHA Solutions Group has added the Patient Transition of Care platform from Sequentia Corporation as its latest partner in its Affinity Partner program. Sequentia’s web-based solution offers health care providers the system, tools and data necessary to fully optimize the patient transition of care process from “end to end” in the continuum of care. Beginning with patient admission into a hospital for acute care, the Sequentia system tracks, accelerates and enhances the patient journey into and through post-acute care, with any type of care provider that is required to deliver the best patient care outcome. Hospitals using the Sequentia platform can achieve significant operational and financial performance improvements.

Sequentia Corporation is a developer and provider of health care technology solutions, and the Sequentia TOC platform is a Certified Health...

The recent WannaCry ransomware attack that was reported to have infected more than 230,000 computers across the globe in a single day has left many businesses, especially those in health care, wondering if their data is at risk.

Join KHA Affinity Partner LBMC Information Security for a free webinar to learn more about how a robust risk assessment process can help your organization mitigate risks and keep your data secure. You will also get an exclusive, sneak peek at BALLAST – LBMC’s new, cloud-based risk assessment platform that completely automates the risk assessment process.

Automating the Risk Assessment Process

Thursday, June 29 2:00 p.m. (CT) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW





For more than a decade, LBMC Information Security has partnered with some of the leading companies in health care to perform thousands of risk assessments...

The threat of cyber attacks on hospitals is growing daily. Monitoring information security 24/7 can take a great deal of staff time and money. Information technology (IT) security professionals effectively detect and prevent intrusions into hospital networks providing hospitals with a peace of mind from potential threats. 

KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner LBMC Security Services are affordable and scalable for any size hospital to streamline security infrastructure while minimizing the operational overhead associated with managing the facility's environment.

LBMC Information Security is a leading IT security firm. Their team of security and audit professionals help clients build and maintain security programs that reduce risk, mitigate threats and maintain compliance. Further, they continually reach beyond security infrastructure and protection to help make each hospital's overall cyber security...

SUNRx is hosting a free webinar on 340B Audit Best Practices on Thursday, July 20 at 12:00 p.m. (ET). These webinars address specific topics of interest in 340B, and are part of the SUNRx Webinar Series available exclusively through KHA Solutions Group and other SUNRx partners.

Speaker Aaron Lott has extensive 340B audit experience and will be sharing current trends and drivers with regard to 340B audits that will help you position your hospital for optimal results. He is executive director of pharmacy services for Health Enterprises (HE). Lott specializes in services including pharmacy benefit management (PBM) and specialty pharmacy, 340B program implementation, auditing and education as well as implementation of provider-owned retail pharmacies and centralizing pharmacy services. 

This informative webinar event will discuss current trends and drivers in the world of 340B audits.

To register, visit https://sunrx.webex.com/sunrx/onstage/g.php?MTID=e34f739889625b5f8eaf4e07a3f2df0e6....

KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner SUNRx offers the easiest and most effective way for rural health providers to take advantage of the 340B opportunity. SUNRx helps hospitals and health centers:

Generate Revenue. Capture revenue from patients with third-party coverage, and generate $40 or more from each qualifying claim. Reduce costs. Reduce the cost of medications for eligible patients by half. Launch contract pharmacy networks. Hospitals do not need a 340B inventory, additional staff or an outpatient pharmacy. SunRx can build a seamless network of retail pharmacies to dispense 340B discount drugs. Improve patient care. Help patients save money on medications so they fill their prescriptions, go to the emergency room less often and have...

While many hospitals avoid temporary staffing, the use of travelers remains a viable solution when more traditional approaches are not successful. KHA Affinity Solutions Group Partner Healthcare Staffing Services is an important tool to manage traveler staffing and is available at no cost to KHA members. Healthcare Staffing Services also offers an online staffing management tool for posting and confirming open positions, scheduling and invoicing. Specific benefits of Healthcare Staffing Services include:

Single contract for all participating agencies Compliance audits No hidden fees Joint Commission certified agencies only No guaranteed hours required Compensation for non-qualified staff, no...

KHA Solutions Group has added the Patient Transition of Care platform from Sequentia Corporation as its latest partner in its Affinity Partner program. Sequentia’s web-based solution offers health care providers the system, tools and data necessary to fully optimize the patient transition of care process from “end to end” in the continuum of care. Beginning with patient admission into a hospital for acute care, the Sequentia system tracks, accelerates and enhances the patient journey into and through post-acute care, with any type of care provider that is required to deliver the best patient care outcome. Hospitals using the Sequentia platform can achieve significant operational and financial performance improvements.

Sequentia Corporation is a developer and provider of health care technology solutions, and the Sequentia TOC platform is a Certified...

KHA Solutions Group brings greater value to the membership by offering a shared services program that takes advantage of the Association’s collective negotiating strength. Solutions Group's Affinity Partner Program develops mutually beneficial relationships between hospitals and the private sector – relationships that are relevant, cost-effective and supportive of hospitals’ priorities.

One of the Program's partners, Commerce Bank is a leading financial services company and is offering ControlPay® AP Payments which automates payments to vendors and offers revenue share back to hospitals in the form of rebates. By automating vendor payments, hospitals save check writing time and expense. Revenue Share is volume driven based upon each hospital’s spending level and the aggregated spend of participating hospitals. As more hospitals partake and the volume grows, all will benefit with a higher revenue share percentage.

ControlPay...

KHA Solutions Group brings greater value to the membership by offering a shared services program that takes advantage of the Association’s collective negotiating strength. Solutions Group's Affinity Partner Program develops mutually beneficial relationships between hospitals and the private sector – relationships that are relevant, cost-effective and supportive of hospitals’ priorities.

One of the Program's partners, Commerce Bank is a leading financial services company and is offering ControlPay® AP Payments which automates payments to vendors and offers revenue share back to hospitals in the form of rebates. By automating vendor payments, hospitals save check writing time and expense. Revenue Share is volume driven based upon each hospital’s spending level and the aggregated spend of participating hospitals. As more hospitals partake and the volume grows, all will benefit with a higher revenue share percentage.

ControlPay...