Hospital-Based Physicians and APPs

This survey provides insights into compensation topics specific to hospital-based physicians and APPs with a focus on understanding work effort and related compensation structures.


Survey Highlights

  • More than 100 participating organizations
  • Clinical work effort standards
  • Off-site work expectations
  • Specialties reported in the survey include anesthesiology, critical care medicine, emergency medicine, hospitalist, neonatology, radiology and urgent care

Report Delivery

The work effort practices report is delivered via SullivanCotter’s web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite – providing users with self-serve analytics dashboards for their unique reporting needs.

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Gaining access to the right data is paramount. SullivanCotter’s proprietary survey data provide the intelligence and insights you’ll need to confidently navigate the compensation journey and make highly informed decisions.

2025 Hospital-Based Physician and APP Work Effort Practices Survey


2025 Survey Participation Is Open

Contribute to Gain Participation Privileges

Your participation ensures that your data are part of this valuable resource, providing you with robust, comprehensive information used by not-for-profit organizations across all market segments. In addition, participants receive exclusive, discounted pricing on valuable data and reports and early access to survey results.

Participation in our surveys is made easy through our online data collection tool

Non-health care organizations are welcome to participate in the survey on their client’s behalf; however, they are not eligible to purchase the report at the participant rate. Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing.

Reduced Pricing for Participants:

  • 2025 Survey Participants: Complimentary
  • Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $5,000
  • Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing

Key Dates:

Participation opens: August 5, 2025
Deadline for participation: October 31, 2025
Benchmarks publication: December 2025
Current status: Open for participation


Questions?

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact our Survey Team by phone at 888.739.7039 or by email at surveys@sullivancotter.com.

Preorder the 2025 Hospital-Based Physician and APP Work Effort Practices Survey

2025 Survey Costs:

  • 2025 Survey Participants: Complimentary
  • Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $5,000
  • Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing

Key Dates:

Survey data effective: January 1, 2025.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact our Survey Team by phone at 888.739.7039 or by email at surveys@sullivancotter.com.

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