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Quantifying the Cost of Advanced Practice Provider Turnover

SullivanCotter reviews several factors impacting APP turnover, presents a methodology for evaluating the related costs, and provides an effective framework for organizations to perform their own cost assessment.


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APP Compensation Programs Shifting to Address Growing Market Demand and Changing Models of Care

SullivanCotter recently released survey results indicating that advanced practice provider (APP) compensation programs continue to evolve as organizations recognize the roles APPs play in helping to achieve key organizational goals.


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INFOGRAPHIC | 2019 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey

View highlights from SullivanCotter’s 2019 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey, which features data from more than 560 organizations on nearly 74,000 individual physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other clinicians.


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INFOGRAPHIC | Advanced Practice Provider Productivity

As health care organizations look for ways to improve patient access and control costs, effectively measuring and projecting the clinical productivity of their advanced practice providers (APPs) is imperative.


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From Volume to Value: Managing Provider Performance

Managing provider performance and compensation has grown increasingly complex, and many organizations lack the proper tools and technology to support this process. To help uncover opportunities for improvement, we facilitated a series of focus groups with hospitals, health systems and medical groups ranging in size from 500 - 2,000 providers.


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INFOGRAPHIC | Unrestricted On-Call Pay for Advanced Practice Providers

Advanced practice providers (APPs) continue to be an important resource as organizations strive to meet patient demand. Developing an effective on-call pay approach for APPs helps to increase patient access and support care coverage needs, and understanding the data and benchmarks regarding this premium pay practice is critical.


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CASE STUDY | The Value of APPs in Driving Organizational Performance

Learn how SullivanCotter partnered with PCH to develop a comprehensive APP workforce and utilization strategy aligned with system-wide goals and objectives – helping to drive organizational performance while enhancing patient access, quality of care, and APP retention and satisfaction.


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HFMA | Advanced Practice Providers Optimize Efficiency and Improve Financial Performance

Featured in a recent edition of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s CFO Forum, learn how SullivanCotter partnered with Phoenix Children’s Hospital to develop a comprehensive APP workforce and utilization strategy aligned with organizational goals and objectives – helping to improve overall financial performance while enhancing patient access, quality of care, and APP retention and satisfaction.


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INFOGRAPHIC | 2018 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey

View highlights from SullivanCotter's 2018 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey, featuring data from more than 600 organizations on nearly 67,000 individual APPs.


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INFOGRAPHIC | APP Leadership Practices and Structures

Advanced practice providers (APPs) comprise one of the fastest growing workforces in the United States and are integral to effective and efficient health care delivery.


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Employers Choose Bonuses Over Raises

Data from SullivanCotter's Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey featured in the Wall Street Journal. The article highlights the increasing use of incentives over traditional raises in base pay.


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Q&A | What Comes After Physician Compensation Design?

SullivanCotter experts Dr. Mark Rumans, Chief Medical Officer, and Courtney Dutton, Principal, recently answered questions on physician compensation design and implementation - helping to uncover emerging trends and address some of the challenges health care organizations are facing today.


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INFOGRAPHIC: 2017 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey

View highlight's from the 2017 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Pay Practices Survey


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Infographic: Spotlight on Advanced Practice Provider Compensation

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.


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Compliance Risk Considerations with the Integration of Advanced Practice Providers

Featured in the American Health Lawyers Association's (AHLA) Health Care Transactions Resource Guide, SullivanCotter examines three regulatory requirements that must be met to help ensure compliance and mitigate risk when integrating advanced practice clinicians (APCs) into the care delivery team.


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Infographic: Integrating Advanced Practice Providers

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.


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Infographic: Advanced Practice Provider Compensation

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.


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The Emerging Role of the Advanced Practice Provider Leader/Manager

As the advanced practice clinician workforce continues to grow, health care organizations are creating leadership roles specific to this increasingly important provider group.


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Addressing APC and Staff Pay Disparities

The demand for advanced practice clinicians (APCs) has increased significantly, as have concerns about the impact of their base pay and incentives. Does your organization understand how APC compensation affects your bottom line?


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Advanced Practice Clinician Pay – What’s Happening and What’s Coming

According to SullivanCotter’s 2011 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey, over half (59 percent) of survey participants have increased the size of their APC workforce within the past 12 months. Of these, the average increase was seven APCs. Sixty-one percent of survey participants indicated that they plan to increase the size of their APC workforce in the next 12 months. Of these, the average increase will be six APCs.


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