Press Release | SullivanCotter Expands Health Care Valuation Capabilities with Acquisition of Specialized Team from Huron
The addition of these specialists – including six experienced professionals with deep expertise in valuation services – significantly expands SullivanCotter’s capabilities and strengthens its ability to serve health care organizations across an increasingly complex regulatory, transactional, and investment landscape.
FORBES | Health Care Imperative: Aligning People, Processes, and Technology
The industry is navigating a period of sustained disruption. How can health care leaders pave the way for lasting progress? SullivanCotter's Ted Chien outlines how health systems must restructure for greater alignment across three foundational pillars.
Press Release | SullivanCotter and Lotis Blue Release 2026 Health Care Workforce Retention Study
For nearly 35 years, SullivanCotter has delivered critical compensation benchmarks to the nation’s top hospitals and health systems. Learn more about this year's survey suite!
The Science of Staying: The Next Chapter in Clinician Retention
Our new report entitled draws on feedback from more than 1,000 clinicians across 300+ health care organizations to provide the psychological drivers behind turnover and retention.
FORBES | Health Care Access, Labor, and Compensation Challenges
We know the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly alter the U.S. health care environment – but how can health care leaders prepare? Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien.
Press Release | Participation Open for 2026 Health Care Compensation Surveys
For nearly 35 years, SullivanCotter has delivered critical compensation benchmarks to the nation’s top hospitals and health systems. Learn more about this year's survey suite!
Press Release | Physician Total Cash Compensation Seeing Highest Increase This Decade
Data from SullivanCotter's 2025 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey showing how physician supply and demand imbalances are putting upward pressure on pay.
Modern Healthcare | Physician Compensation Trends: Sign-On Bonuses and Top Technology
Looking for the latest physician compensation trends? With data and insights from SullivanCotter, Modern Healthcare explores how health systems are attracting and retaining talent.
FORBES | How Health Care Leaders Can Respond to the OBBBA
We know the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly alter the U.S. health care environment – but how can health care leaders prepare? Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien.
How Health Systems Can Respond to the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’
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.
Press Release | SullivanCotter Releases Results for 2025 Health Care Compensation Surveys
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.
FORBES | Aligning Clinical Contracts with Value-Based Care
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!
Press Release | SullivanCotter Opens Participation for 2025 Health Care Compensation Surveys
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.
Forbes | Fixing Health Equity and Access: Is Collaboration the Answer?
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.
Modern Healthcare | Physician Compensation Trends: Housing Assistance, More Bonuses
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.
Press Release | Increases in Physician Compensation Return to Historical Annual Growth Levels
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.
Forbes | How Health Care is Evolving to Combat Labor Shortages
With the health care workforce crisis in full swing, the industry requires more agile and innovative solutions if it hopes to forge a sustainable path forward. Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien.
PRESS RELEASE | Sullivan Cotter Holdings, Inc. Acquires Lotis Blue Consulting
“When we offer Lotis Blue services in conjunction with our portfolio of companies, we create synergistic services for health care and other not-for-profits that supports business transformation at all levels,” said Ted Chien, President and CEO, Sullivan Cotter Holdings, Inc.
The FTC’s Ban on Noncompete Clauses
In this article, SullivanCotter provides initial guidance for health care organizations to consider – including an overview of the Final Rule, potential implications on employment arrangements, and steps to take as they develop action plans to move forward.
Forbes | The Labor Crisis is Derailing Health Care Transformation
Without a stable and engaged workforce, health care organizations are limited in their ability to truly transform. Learn more from SullivanCotter's President and CEO, Ted Chien, on how organizations can address the ongoing labor crisis.


















