Bev Beckman oversees management of Health Connections in Louisville, Ky. and Little Rock, AR.—an innovative community-based care transitions program focused on the most high-risk and high-cost patient population impacted by the social determinants of health. She is a registered nurse with more than 30 years of progressive experience in hospital and health care settings encompassing leadership in patient access/throughput, palliative care, case management, utilization review, and transitions of care programs. Recognizing her ground-breaking work to address health inequities, she was selected for the prestigious Disparities Leadership Program, graduating in 2012 and earning the “best in class” award for KentuckyOne Health. She was invited to serve as faculty for three subsequent DLP classes and to present to the 2015 Institute for Health Improvement annual conference.
Bev is an active member of Kentucky’s statewide task force working to develop a Community Health Worker Coalition. She has volunteered her expertise to support the implementation of a community-based outreach program for seniors living in a low-income neighborhood in Belize, garnering significant improvements for participants in just the first year.
Bev holds certifications in healthcare quality and case management and is a Lean Sigma Green Belt. In addition to her professional work, she is an active social outreach advocate in Louisville, serving on the board of the Family Community Clinic and the Northeast Family YMCA.