Forbes | Fixing Health Equity and Access: Is Collaboration the Answer?

The industry is experiencing large gaps in care and patient access amidst ongoing labor shortages – all of which are hindering health equity programs. Learn more about how not-for-profit health systems can band together to enact real change from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien.


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Forbes | How Health Care is Evolving to Combat Labor Shortages

With the health care workforce crisis in full swing, the industry requires more agile and innovative solutions if it hopes to forge a sustainable path forward. Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien.


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PRESS RELEASE | Sullivan Cotter Holdings, Inc. Acquires Lotis Blue Consulting

“When we offer Lotis Blue services in conjunction with our portfolio of companies, we create synergistic services for health care and other not-for-profits that supports business transformation at all levels,” said Ted Chien, President and CEO, Sullivan Cotter Holdings, Inc.


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FLSA: Increase in Salary Threshold for Exemption Status

The US Department of Labor recently announced that the salary threshold for exemption status will increase to $1,128/week. While the proposed ruling is not yet final, enactment is likely. As a result, organizations should start considering the impact of the rule and how to address it.


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The FTC’s Ban on Noncompete Clauses

In this article, SullivanCotter provides initial guidance for health care organizations to consider – including an overview of the Final Rule, potential implications on employment arrangements, and steps to take as they develop action plans to move forward.


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Revisit RN Workforce Strategies to Address Re-energized Unions Amid Worker Shortages

SullivanCotter’s Cathy Loose was recently featured in Healthcare Business Today to discuss how leaders can be more proactive in ensuring the right compensation programs and rewards are in place for all nurses.


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Forbes | The Labor Crisis is Derailing Health Care Transformation

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.


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PRESS RELEASE | Health Care Organizations Deploy Cost-Cutting Initiatives as Labor Costs Grow

As labor expenditure remains high due to ongoing health care workforce challenges, many hospitals and health systems are reevaluating the size and shape of their employee populations to offset rising costs and create a more affordable and sustainable workforce architecture. Learn about key findings from SullivanCotter’s 2023 Workforce Metrics Benchmark Survey.


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PRESS RELEASE | Median Hourly Rates Up by Over 5% for Health Care Employees

Learn about emerging trends in employee compensation - including base hourly pay increases, internal minimums, premium pay and more - from SullivanCotter's 2023 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey Report.


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Proactive Workforce Planning: Grounded in Data

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.


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INFOGRAPHIC | 2022 Workforce Metrics Benchmark Survey

Utilizing data from SullivanCotter’s 2022 Workforce Metrics Benchmark Survey – which includes information on 10 job families, 6 career level stages, and 3 demographic groupings – organizations can reevaluate their employee workforce planning and distribution efforts to help offset rising costs and create a more sustainable workforce architecture.


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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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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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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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PRESS RELEASE | SullivanCotter Welcomes Cathy Loose to Lead Employee Workforce Practice

SullivanCotter, the nation’s leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of total rewards programs, workforce solutions, and technology and data products for the health care industry and not-for-profit sector, is pleased to announce the addition of Cathy Loose as a Managing Principal and Practice Leader of the Employee Workforce Practice.


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PRESS RELEASE | SullivanCotter’s Not-for-Profit Practice Welcomes Amanda Wethington

With nearly 20 years of experience delivering comprehensive workforce compensation and performance solutions across a number of industries, Amanda leverages data-driven insights to help organizations align total rewards, recognition, and talent management programs. She works to solve the unique challenges that not-for-profit organizations face in the attraction, retention, and motivation of high-caliber talent.


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PRESS RELEASE | SullivanCotter Launches Suite of Health Care Benchmarking Solutions

Powered by SullivanCotter's proprietary survey data and research, Benchmarks360TM is a suite of intelligent, web-based products that enables health care organizations to analyze and visualize workforce compensation and clinical productivity.


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PRESS RELEASE | Darrell J. Cira Joins Employee Workforce Practice

With over 25 years of experience advising large and operationally complex organizations outside of and within health care, pharmaceuticals and other life science industries, Darrell is a nationally recognized workforce rewards and career frameworks thought leader and consultant.


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Financial Investment News | Study Reveals Compensation Levels for Nonprofit Investment Staff

Performance-based compensation continues to be a key component of pay for investment staff at private foundations and university endowments.


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