Featuring data from SullivanCotter's 2025 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey, Modern Healthcare highlights how health care organizations are adopting new strategies to compensate employees and save on costs.

Data from SullivanCotter's 2025 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey reflects ongoing labor market pressures and the need to remain competitive in recruiting and retaining talent.

Should not-for-profit health care organizations compensate board members? As governance challenges grow more complex, many nonprofit boards are exploring director pay programs to help attract and retain the right talent.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is expected to have a dramatic impact on many health systems across the country. While much of the focus has been on the impact of Medicaid eligibility reductions and other revenue implications, a change to the tax code may increase compensation costs for many health systems.

Finding and keeping the right executive talent is critical – but it's not easy! Featuring data from SullivanCotter and insights from our experts, Modern Healthcare explores how health systems are staying competitive.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is expected to have a dramatic impact on many health systems across the country. While much of the focus has been on the impact of Medicaid eligibility reductions and other revenue implications, a change to the tax code may increase compensation costs for many health systems.

With participation from more than 90% of the nation’s largest 200 health care organizations, these surveys represent one of the most comprehensive sources of health care compensation and workforce benchmarks available.

Your clinical workforce is critical to achieving the goals of value-based care. For many health systems, however, this strategy falls apart at the contract, compensation, and incentive level. Learn more from SullivanCotter's Ted Chien on how to adapt!

The health care industry is experiencing a critical gap in expertise as operations grow more complex and executives retire or step away. As a result, succession planning is a pressing challenge that many leading health systems in the U.S. are struggling to address. Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien.

Reward high performers, manage team performance, and set appropriate work expectations with reliable APP productivity data. Watch the latest video in our series to learn more from our experts.

For more than 30 years, SullivanCotter has provided critical benchmarks and comprehensive total compensation information, analyses, and research to the nation’s top hospitals and health systems.

Struggling to recruit and retain registered nurses? Dive deeper in to the latest compensation and pay practices benchmarks from SullivanCotter to learn more about annual increases, base pay by region, pay structures and more.

SullivanCotter's Sarah Kasner recently sat down to discuss the future of CRNA compensation and how organizations can compete more effectively for talent as demand continues to place upward pressure on pay.

What is the best way to align your APP workforce with system-wide goals? SullivanCotter's Hadley Powless explains have a well-defined APP leadership structure can help to ensure that all APPs are integrated into existing initiatives that focus on quality of care, patient outcomes, and operational efficiency.

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.

With the advanced practice provider (APP) workforce in high demand, median total cash compensation (TCC) continues to grow across all specialty categories. Learn more about annual increases in compensation from SullivanCotter's 2024 APP Compensation and Productivity Survey.

SullivanCotter's Dave Hesselink recently sat down with Modern Healthcare to discuss how employers are getting more creative – beyond just increasing pay – to attract and retain physicians in a competitive marketplace.

Results from SullivanCotter's 2024 Health Care Management and Executive Compensation Survey show that median base salaries grew by 5.2% – reflecting the high demand for executive talent.

Although median total cash compensation (TCC) continues to increase, it has returned to historical average growth of 3.5% following a year of significant increases in 2023. Learn more about changes in TCC, base salary, and wRVU productivity as reported in SullivanCotter's 2024 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey.

Attracting and retaining executive talent in today's market is no easy feat. Many organizations are paying higher salaries, reassessing incentives, and investing more in key positions to stay competitive. Learn more from Modern Healthcare's annual executive compensation feature.