The Need for Competitive APP Compensation Programs

Featured in a recent article from RevCycle Intelligence, data from SullivanCotter's 2022 APP Compensation and Productivity Survey highlights the need for more dynamic compensation practices for nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). 


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Hiring Gains Alone Won’t Solve the Health Care Workforce Crisis

Health care is in the midst of an ongoing workforce crisis as the demand for care is outpacing the supply of labor. To help fortify the nation's health care system by building a sustainable pipeline of future talent, Ted Chien, SullivanCotter's President and CEO, discusses how hospitals and health systems can meet this challenge through smarter technology, resilient teams, and excellence in leadership.


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Advanced Practice Providers: Highest Paid Specialties and Regions

Utilizing data from SullivanCotter's 2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey, Becker's Hospital Review has listed the top 20 highest-paid specialties for both nurse practitioners and physician assistants. It also shares median total cash compensation by region.


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PRESS RELEASE | APP Survey Results Highlight Dynamic Market for Talent

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.


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CRNA Compensation: Supporting Recruitment and Retention

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.


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PRESS RELEASE | SullivanCotter Holdings, Inc. Expands Subsidiary Organizations with Strategic Leadership Hires

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.   


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INFOGRAPHIC | 2022 APP Compensation and Productivity Survey

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.


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Patient Panels and Provider Compensation

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.


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Becker’s Healthcare | Split/Shared Visits: Q&A with Zachary Hartsell

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.


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PODCAST | Shared Services Performed by 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.


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PRESS RELEASE | SullivanCotter Acquires Clinician Nexus

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.


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PRESS RELEASE | Pay Equity Expert Mike O’Malley Joins SullivanCotter

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.


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PODCAST | Submitting Split/Shared Visits for Reimbursement

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


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PRESS RELEASE | Wayne Hartley Joins SullivanCotter to Help Expand Physician Workforce Advisory Services

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.


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PRESS RELEASE | Enhancing PPMT™ User Experience for Physicians and APPs

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


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INFOGRAPHIC | Pulse Survey Results: 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Changes

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


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INFOGRAPHIC | Split/Shared Visits

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


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INFOGRAPHIC | Advanced Practice Provider Productivity

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.


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E-Book | Key Agenda Items for Health Care Board Committees

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.


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INFOGRAPHIC | 2021 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey

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.


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