Partnering With Medical Groups & Physician Networks
Whether independent or system-owned, medical groups and physician networks need integrated workforce strategies that align compensation, performance, governance, and workforce analytics.
Contact Us to Get StartedMedical Groups Are Navigating Rapid Industry Transformation
A series of rapidly developing challenges are putting new pressure on medical group performance and sustainability. As clinical team models evolve, medical groups must also ensure compensation, productivity expectations, and governance structures keep pace.
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Competitive Physician Labor Markets
Evolving Reimbursement Models
New Access & Quality Demands
Partnering with SullivanCotter
Strengthening Medical Group Performance Through Workforce Alignment
As medical groups expand and evolve across primary care and specialty service lines—such as oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, and surgical services—leaders need a consistent approach to workforce strategy that can scale across diverse clinical models. To support expansion and transformation initiatives, leading medical groups are taking a more integrated approach to workforce strategy—connecting compensation, productivity, staffing models, and governance to improve performance and sustain financial results.
SullivanCotter combines deep physician compensation and productivity benchmarks with tailored advisory services to help medical groups assess workforce structure, manage labor costs, and align incentives with strategic priorities. Our work helps organizations strengthen recruitment and retention, optimize care team performance, and make informed decisions about future resource needs.
How We Help
For more than 30 years, SullivanCotter has combined proprietary benchmark data and independent advisory services to help independent and system-owned medical groups strengthen performance. Our work supports workforce decision-making at both the enterprise and service line level—helping leaders align strategy across primary care and specialty programs.
Operating Model & Strategy Alignment
Design organizations that support leadership effectiveness and strategy execution.
Organizational Design & Workforce Structure
Align roles, responsibilities, and capabilities to support organizational priorities and performance.
Job Architecture
Define roles, levels, and expectations to support clarity and consistency across the organization.
Workforce Compensation Benchmarking
Benchmark compensation against the market to assess competitiveness and inform pay decisions.
Compensation Design & Total Rewards
Design rewards that align with performance, retention, and medical group priorities.
Performance Analytics & Advisory Services
Develop incentives and goals that reinforce operating and strategic priorities.
Clinical Workforce Optimization
Optimize how physicians, APPs, and the broader care team work together—ensuring roles are aligned and operating at the top of their license.
Operating Model & Strategy Alignment
Design organizations that support leadership effectiveness and strategy execution.
Organizational Design & Workforce Structure
Align roles, responsibilities, and capabilities to support organizational priorities and performance.
Job Architecture
Define roles, levels, and expectations to support clarity and consistency across the organization.
Workforce Compensation Benchmarking
Benchmark compensation against the market to assess competitiveness and inform pay decisions.
Compensation Design & Total Rewards
Design rewards that align with performance, retention, and medical group priorities.
Performance Analytics & Advisory Services
Develop incentives and goals that reinforce operating and strategic priorities.
Clinical Workforce Optimization
Optimize how physicians, APPs, and the broader care team work together—ensuring roles are aligned and operating at the top of their license.
Partner with SullivanCotter
Through Co-Sourcing
SullivanCotter’s co-sourcing model provides embedded support within your HR and compensation function—delivering ongoing benchmarking, administration, and advisory expertise.
We work alongside your team to maintain operational continuity, strengthen governance, and ensure consistent, data-driven execution. Our approach helps organizations manage complexity while building long-term internal capability.
Learn MoreFeatured Surveys
SullivanCotter’s medical group–focused surveys deliver the workforce, compensation, and productivity intelligence leaders need to make informed decisions and benchmark performance against peer organizations.
Pulse on the Industry
Stay current with research and thought leadership from SullivanCotter on workforce analytics, operating models, retention drivers, and organizational alignment across academic medicine.
Our Full Capabilities
There’s Much More To SullivanCotter Than Just Compensation Data
Our Full Capabilities
There’s Much More To SullivanCotter Than Just Compensation Data
How does your health care workforce compare to its peers? At SullivanCotter, we deliver sophisticated analytics and actionable insights to help you evaluate your organization’s size, structure, cost, and performance — so you can make confident, data-driven decisions.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Workforce Metrics Benchmarking
Learn MoreYour system’s organizational design, operating models, and workforce structures are deeply interconnected. How can you ensure they’re all working in alignment to support strategy, performance, and care delivery? We partner with health care leaders to build dynamic and scalable solutions that adapt to evolving market demands.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Operating Model & Strategy Alignment
Organizational Design & Workforce Structure
Learn MoreYour people are your purpose. Design total compensation and rewards programs that attract, retain, and motivate the right talent. Using deep industry insight, proprietary benchmarking data, and tailored consulting, we partner with organizations to build competitive pay structures that balance workforce needs with overall financial imperatives.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Workforce Compensation Benchmarking
Compensation Design & Total Rewards
Fair Market Value & Commercial Reasonableness
Learn MoreSullivanCotter helps health care leaders improve workforce effectiveness and organizational performance by aligning strategy, structure, and talent. Through data-driven benchmarking and expert guidance, we enable organizations to optimize team effectiveness, support leadership development and succession planning, and accelerate change.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Performance Analytics & Advisory Services
Leadership Succession & Development
Physician Affiliation & Optimization
Learn MoreLet’s Architect Your Solution
Ready to explore new ways to support your medical group or physician network?
Contact SullivanCotter to get started.
