Health care organizations are under pressure to ensure proper staffing and continuity of care to support the communities they serve. In addition to determining the right number and type of clinicians, organizations must also monitor potential retirements and reductions in clinical productivity levels to help inform succession planning needs.

Without a stable and engaged workforce, health care organizations are limited in their ability to truly transform. Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien, on how organizations can address the ongoing labor crisis.

As health care organizations seek to improve access, quality, service, and affordability, developing a strategy to integrate, optimize and engage the growing advanced practice provider (APP) workforce across all specialties is essential. With the latest optimization and utilization benchmarking data, organizations can establish a comprehensive APP workforce strategy and prioritize critical areas of opportunity. Consider the following specialty-specific insights into Family Medicine when evaluating your APP workforce.

Learn more about median TCC increases for physicians and APPs by major specialty grouping over the past five years.

Learn more about work expectations, models of care, billing practices and more for APPs within Inpatient Cardiology.

Learn more about work expectations, models of care, billing practices and more for APPs within Outpatient Cardiology.

In an article published by the American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals, SullivanCotter outlines how health care organizations can effectively monitor, measure and achieve pay equity.

2023 survey results show larger increases for primary care, medical and surgical specialties (each at 5%) and modest growth for hospital-based specialties (2.5%) for both base and total cash compensation (TCC).

Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) continue to play a critical role in enhancing patient access, lowering the cost of care, and addressing the growing physician shortage.

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SullivanCotter recently surveyed National APP Advisory Council and Large Clinic® Group members to capture the most current and relevant CRNA pay practices.

To support the achievement of the Triple Aim goals, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set forth a plan to shift Medicare’s reimbursement methodology from a volume-based system to a value-based system.

SullivanCotter, the nation’s leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of rewards programs and workforce solutions for the health care industry and not-for-profit sector, has made adjustments and enhancements to its Provider Needs Assessment (PNA) services to better help hospitals and health systems as they build strategic workforce plans to support service line expansions, care team development, and population health initiatives, while managing for optimal cost and efficiency

A comprehensive performance assessment and improvement plan should be considered if your organization is not meeting the objectives of the Quadruple Aim, lacks an effective physician leadership structure, or requires adjustments to physician compensation to help drive desired outcomes.

A comprehensive review of current compensation practices can serve as the foundation for driving performance in an increasingly complex operating environment.

Featured in Fierce Healthcare, SullivanCotter’s President and CEO, Ted Chien, outlines the importance of utilizing robust data and benchmarks to build a more resilient workforce model that helps support the delivery of high-quality care and enhance financial sustainability.

Market pressures continue to test the financial sustainability of health care organizations nationwide. To succeed in a rapidly evolving marketplace, health systems, medical groups and physicians must work together to develop a more intentional and comprehensive affiliation strategy to help drive performance and improve outcomes.

With the appointment of Zachary Hartsell as the firm's APP Market Leader and the addition of new consulting talent Lacey Buckler and Hadley Powless, SullivanCotter continues to build out a team of highly specialized experts and industry leaders in APP workforce compensation, utilization, care delivery and workforce planning.

Health care organizations are in an ongoing workforce crisis, and they continue to struggle with high turnover, employee burnout, wage pressure and other recruitment and retention challenges – all of which have driven up the cost of labor, increased the competition for talent, and forced organizations to consider the relationships between workforce design, talent, compensation, and performance management.

Struggling to understand the recent changes to split/shared billing and how it will affect physician and APP workflow? View a timeline of past and upcoming changes to help properly plan for and address the pending modifications.