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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INFOGRAPHIC | 2022 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey

To help organizations address the impact of recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule, SullivanCotter’s 2022 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey Report includes two sets of benchmarks based on wRVU values from both the 2020 and 2021 schedules.


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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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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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Valuation of Management Services and Management Services Organizations

As health care consumerism takes hold, technology evolves, and the industry continues to prioritize value-based care delivery, the definition of “work” for physicians has changed — and the ways in which physicians are compensated have evolved as well. An often-overlooked form of physician compensation, however, is the benefits received through Management Services Organizations (MSOs) and Management Services Agreements (MSAs).


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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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INFOGRAPHIC | Physician Workforce Trends in Pediatric Hospitals

Pediatric hospitals continue to face physician workforce recruitment and retention challenges due to unprecedented labor shortages, pay compression, burnout, retirements and increased competition for physician leadership talent.


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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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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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PRESS RELEASE | Aimee Greeter Joins Physician Workforce Practice

As a consultant advising clients in the health care industry for over 14 years, Aimee works with private physician practices, community health systems and academic medical centers in the U.S. that are undergoing significant change. She provides strategic planning, physician affiliation and pay equity advisory services.


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2022 Physician Fee Schedule: Understanding Changes to Split/Shared Visits

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.


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PRESS RELEASE | Enhanced Benchmarking Capabilities Added to SullivanCotter’s Provider Performance Management Technology™

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.


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ARTICLE | Key Agenda Items for Board Committees

SullivanCotter’s Kathy Hastings, Executive Workforce Practice Leader, and Tim Cotter, Managing Director, have contributed two chapters to a newly published e-book from McDermott Will & Emery entitled, Key Agenda Items for Board Committees: A Briefing for Governance and Executive Leadership.


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