INFOGRAPHIC | 2018 Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems Survey

View highlights from SullivanCotter's 2018 Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems Survey, which features data from over 2,300 organizations on more than 32,000 individual managers and executives.


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Modern Healthcare | Annual Executive Compensation Article

Featuring data from SullivanCotter's 2018 Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems Survey and insights from Kathy Hastings, Managing Director, and Tom Pavlik, Managing Principal


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John Putnam Joins SullivanCotter’s Executive Workforce Practice

John is an emerging leader in the field with more than a decade of health care consulting experience, and serves as a trusted advisor to many of the nation's top hospitals and health systems. He works closely with not-for-profit health care organizations to align executive pay, performance and talent strategy with overall business goals – helping clients to remain competitive, agile and adaptable in an increasingly complex marketplace


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PODCAST | Governing Health – Director Compensation in Nonprofit Health Systems

In a recent edition of McDermott Will & Emery's Governing Health Podcast Series, Tim Cotter joins Michael Peregrine and Ralph DeJong to discuss the evolving role of the nonprofit health system director and the use of compensation as a key recruitment and retention tool.


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Modern Healthcare | Higher Stakes: Boards Play Pivotal Role in Hospital Direction

SullivanCotter featured in Modern Healthcare to discuss the board's evolving role as hospitals and health systems navigate an increasingly consumer-driven marketplace for health care.


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Fundraising Talent Strategy in 2018 and Beyond

For some not-for-profits, fundraising professionals are considered the lifeblood of the organization, and the loss of key talent could mean a loss of momentum and/ or continuity in donor relationships. In developing a fundraising talent strategy for this year and beyond, organizations should consider proactive strategies to attract and retain high-performing and high-potential professionals, while also enhancing the capabilities of existing staff.


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PODCAST | Governing Health – Executive Compensation Trends Update

Tim Cotter, Chairman and Managing Director, discusses the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and other trends in executive compensation governance in McDermott Will & Emery's Governing Health Podcast Series


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CMS Star Ratings Highlight Need to Compare Performance by Hospital Type

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published its newest Star Ratings, designed to measure and report hospital quality. These ratings have provoked a number of questions and concerns as more than 3,600 hospitals - regardless of size, breadth of services, or geographic location - are benchmarked against a collective average.


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Using CMS Star Ratings to Drive Improvement at Specialty Hospitals

Using national benchmarks like the CMS Star Ratings can be a great way for specialty hospitals to help drive quality improvement, but only if they understand the nuances and complexities in the data and how to best analyze it.


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INFOGRAPHIC: Designing Health Care Executive Compensation

As health care undergoes unprecedented change and the marketplace for talent grows increasingly competitive, hospitals and health systems must design executive compensation programs that effectively support the organization’s talent management strategy.


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WEBINAR | A Board Imperative: Designing Executive Compensation to Drive Performance and Engage Leadership

View an on-demand recording of this recent webinar hosted by the Health Forum/American Hospital Association, where industry experts from SullivanCotter discussed how to effectively design executive compensation programs that support your organization’s leadership talent management strategy.


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Infographic: 2017 Health Care Executive Compensation Insights

Executive compensation programs are evolving to meet the needs of business transformation while providing compelling and sustainable rewards in an uncertain environment.


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Executive Compensation: C-Suite Pay Raises Target Transformational Leaders

New data and insights from SullivanCotter's 2017 Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems Survey highlighted in Modern Healthcare's annual executive compensation analysis.


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Infographic: Effective Governance of Executive Compensation

To help ensure the effective governance of executive compensation, SullivanCotter recommends developing a Compensation Committee Handbook –- a valuable resource that can be made available to all Committee members.


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Infographic: Executive Incentive Plan Design in Pediatric Organizations

As health care continues to evolve, pediatric hospitals and health systems face a unique set of challenges in the way they recruit, engage and retain key executive talent. Adapting to industry transformation and aligning executive incentive plan design and reward strategies with both the organization’s annual and long-term goals is critical, and requires a close review of health care industry norms and best practices.


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General Industry Influence on Executive Compensation in Not-for-Profit Health Care

Jose Pagoaga, Managing Principal, and John Collins, Principal, discuss general industry's growing influence on executive compensation in not-for-profit health care in the March edition of the Governance Institute's E-Briefings.


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Podcast: Health Care Executive Compensation Trends

In the most recent episode of the Governing Health Podcast Series, McDermott Will & Emery sits down with Tim Cotter, Chairman and Managing Director, SullivanCotter, to discuss the complexities of establishing CEO compensation as health care continues to evolve.


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Emerging Roles in Value-Based Health Care

As the health care industry continues its transition to value-based care, new roles and industry trends are having a large impact on the way in which executives are compensated.


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Executive Compensation: Pay for Performance Takes on New Meaning

Data from SullivanCotter's 2016 Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems Survey highlighted in Modern Healthcare's annual executive compensation analysis.


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Aligning Pay With Performance in Endowment Incentive Plans

In this new Compensation Insight, SullivanCotter presents some key findings from the 2015 Endowment and Foundation Investment Staff Compensation Survey and outlines best practices for aligning pay with performance, assessing incentive plan effectiveness and other key factors for boards to consider in the compensation decision-making process.


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