With median total cash compensation (TCC) up by 4.5% over last year for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) across all major specialty categories – primary care, medical, surgical and hospital-based – this year’s results reflect a dynamic market requiring organizations to develop more competitive approaches to advanced practice provider (APP) compensation.

A critical cornerstone of effective CRNA recruitment and retention strategies is the establishment of competitive compensation packages and desirable practice environments aligned with evolving CRNA preferences and market trends.

SullivanCotter Holdings, Inc., the nation’s leading human capital information management holding company for health care and not-for-profits/tax-exempt organizations, announces several important new hires within its Shared Services leadership team.   

SullivanCotter’s 2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey includes data from nearly 700 organizations on more than 100,000 individual APPs from across the country - providing health care organizations with critical compensation market data, information on key APP workforce practices, and insight into emerging industry trends.

With risk-based contracting and value-based reimbursement at top of mind, many hospitals and health systems re-evaluating their panel management and patient care delivery strategies in an effort to better support the achievement of system-wide population health goals.

Featured in Becker's Hospital Review, Zachary Hartsell discusses recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule and how the modifications pertaining to reimbursement for split/shared visits has the potential to alter the existing workflow of physicians and APPs.

Due to recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule regarding modifications to billing for split/shared visits, many physicians and advanced practice providers are facing significant workflow changes.

The acquisition of Clinician Nexus deepens the firm’s technology talent and enables the creation of two separate entities focused on serving different needs within the health care industry and not-for-profit sector. SullivanCotter will continue to offer market-leading consulting and advisory services while Clinician Nexus will provide workforce and compensation management technology as well as automated workflow solutions designed to support each stage of the clinical workforce lifecycle ꟷ from planning and training to measuring, rewarding, and driving performance.

As a leader in his field, Mike has spent more than 30 years consulting and educating boards and senior executives on a myriad of human capital matters such as leadership development, compensation, succession planning, change management and more. He is also a widely published author specializing in leadership excellence and organizational design and leverages years of experience in his research-based approach with clients.

Zachary Hartsell joins BESLER's Hospital Finance Podcast to discuss revised conditions for submitting split/shared visits for reimbursement

Wayne is an accomplished senior consulting leader with a distinguished history of managing high-quality medical operations and utilizes more than 20 years of direct health care industry experience in his work with clients.

SullivanCotter enhances PPMT™ portal to improve ease of access, engagement and usability for physicians and advanced practice providers

Learn more about how organizations are addressing the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule changes with insight from SullivanCotter's recent pulse survey

Learn more about split/shared visits and the impact and opportunity of recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule

As health care organizations look for ways to better utilize and retain their clinical workforce, effectively measuring and projecting advanced practice provider productivity is imperative.

Featured in McDermott Will & Emery's popular e-book series, SullivanCotter highlights important items for both the Human Capital and Compensation Committees to consider as health care organizations move forward with planning in 2022 and beyond.

As health care organizations nationwide continue to increase the size of their advanced practice provider workforce, market interest in and need for data-driven intelligence to help recruit, retain, and engage this critical provider group is growing. Learn more from SullivanCotter's 2021 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey.

As the advanced practice provider (APP) workforce continues to evolve, many health systems and medical groups are developing intentional, consistent operating models for APP utilization. Consequently, APP leader roles have emerged to help oversee day-to-day clinical operations, support workforce planning initiatives, and drive overall APP strategy at the executive level.

Struggling to understand the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule changes to split/shared visits? SullivanCotter breaks down the recently announced rule, how it affects health care organizations, and what steps need to be taken moving forward in 2022.

PPMT’s fall product release includes new configurability options for its already powerful benchmarking capabilities, including the ability to select months for productivity benchmarks and identify and benchmark physicians who specialize in multiple service areas.