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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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
INFOGRAPHIC | Split/Shared Visits
Learn more about split/shared visits and the impact and opportunity of recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule
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.
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.
ARTICLE | Key Agenda Items for Board Committees
SullivanCotter highlights ten important components of a health care organization's human capital strategy – namely people, process and technology practices.
Case Study | Optimizing Utilization of the Advanced Practice Provider Workforce
Learn more about how SullivanCotter partnered with Stanford Health Care to develop a comprehensive strategy and program to maximize utilization, support optimization and enhance engagement for its growing APP workforce.
How to Take Advantage of New Stark Law Compliance Regulations
SullivanCotter's Ron Vance, Managing Principal, recently joined a panel of experts to discuss changes to the Stark Law and how organizations can position themselves to best ensure compliance.
APPs: 2021 Evaluation and Management CPT Codes
SullivanCotter evaluates the impact of the 2021 E&M CPT code changes on advanced practice provider compensation productivity survey benchmarks
Q&A | Utilizing Technology to Engage the Clinical Workforce
SullivanCotter experts recently answered questions on utilizing technology to manage physician and APP workforce performance – helping to uncover emerging trends and best practices for high-performing hospitals.
Modern Healthcare | Physician Compensation Plateaus During Pandemic
SullivanCotter helps to evaluate how physician compensation evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic in a July 2021 edition of Modern Healthcare,
Clinical Workforce Technology Solutions | Webinar Series
To help health care organizations address increasingly dynamic clinical workforce requirements, SullivanCotter continues to strengthen our innovative suite of technology, survey and data products.