INFOGRAPHIC | Value-Based Performance Measures
Optimize reimbursement by aligning physician compensation more closely with value-based payer incentives. Learn more from our latest infographic!
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.
Optimizing Clinician Affiliation to Drive Strategy and Performance
Maintain effective relationships and foster greater engagement with clinicians to support long-term system sustainability.
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.
Is the U.S. Health System Status Quo Sustainable?
As hospitals and health systems continue to address dynamic market, workforce, and operational challenges, ensuring financial sustainability is necessary. This can be found in the orchestrated confluence of strategically aligned and rationalized service portfolios, performance metric and incentive alignment, clinical workforce design, and performance optimization.
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.
How Dayton Children’s Hospital Transformed Its Approach to Clinical Workforce Planning
Dayton Children's Hospital recently partnered with SullivanCotter to conduct a comprehensive Provider Needs Assessment. In this case study, we highlight how organizations can utilize clinical supply and demand data to develop a well-informed 'master plan' for recruitment and hiring decisions.
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.
Succession Planning and the Role of a Dynamic Provider Needs Assessment
Health care organizations are under pressure to ensure proper staffing and continuity of care to support the communities they serve. In addition to determining the right number and type of clinicians, organizations must also monitor potential retirements and reductions in clinical productivity levels to help inform succession planning needs.
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.
INFOGRAPHIC | 2023 Physician and APP Compensation Trends
Learn more about median TCC increases for physicians and APPs by major specialty grouping over the past five years.
ARTICLE | Assessing Pay Equity
In an article published by the American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals, SullivanCotter outlines how health care organizations can effectively monitor, measure and achieve pay equity.
Market Drivers for Value-Based Primary Care Physician Compensation Models
To support the achievement of the Triple Aim goals, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set forth a plan to shift Medicare’s reimbursement methodology from a volume-based system to a value-based system.
SullivanCotter Provider Needs Assessment Services Help Match Clinical Resources with Localized Demand
SullivanCotter, the nation’s leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of rewards programs and workforce solutions for the health care industry and not-for-profit sector, has made adjustments and enhancements to its Provider Needs Assessment (PNA) services to better help hospitals and health systems as they build strategic workforce plans to support service line expansions, care team development, and population health initiatives, while managing for optimal cost and efficiency
The Governance Institute | Academic Health Focus
A comprehensive review of current compensation practices can serve as the foundation for driving performance in an increasingly complex operating environment.
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.
Physician-Hospital Affiliation Strategies
Market pressures continue to test the financial sustainability of health care organizations nationwide. To succeed in a rapidly evolving marketplace, health systems, medical groups and physicians must work together to develop a more intentional and comprehensive affiliation strategy to help drive performance and improve outcomes.
INFOGRAPHIC | Split/Shared Billing – Change Management
Struggling to understand the recent changes to split/shared billing and how it will affect physician and APP workflow? View a timeline of past and upcoming changes to help properly plan for and address the pending modifications.
INFOGRAPHIC | 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Changes
Does your organization understand how changes to the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule may affect wRVU productivity in different specialties and settings - including hospital inpatient and observation, emergency services and skilled nursing facilities?
Physician Fee Schedule: 2023 Changes
As health systems evaluate changes to the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule, they must be aware of the impact on Medicare reimbursement, reported wRVUs, and provider compensation plans forspecialties most likely to be affected.