Workforce Compensation and Performance Improvement Resources

APPs remain one of the fastest growing workforces in health care. Understanding trends in APP compensation and pay practices is a key step in attracting, engaging and retaining this important provider group.

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.

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.

The demand for advanced practice providers continues to grow, and health care organizations nationwide must understand how to effectively integrate, optimize and engage this increasingly important provider group while operating within the framework of federal and state laws, regulations and accreditation standards.

As the health care industry adapts to new payment and care delivery models, value-based compensation is becoming increasingly more complex. With data reported from nearly 50 participating organizations, the following highlights from SullivanCotter’s 2015 Provider Performance Incentive Survey offer unique insight into emerging performance trends, quality measures and incentive design practices.

With nearly 170 participating organizations providing information on more than 1,300 individual call panels, the Physician On-Call Pay Survey provides hospitals and health systems with the data they need to address complex call pay issues related to contract negotiations, fair market value, strategic call pay design and more.

The demand for advanced practice clinicians continues to grow as health care organizations focus more on population health, access, quality and cost-effective care. This infographic highlights emerging pay practices and trends in compensation for this increasingly important provider group.