Optimize reimbursement by aligning physician compensation more closely with value-based payer incentives. Learn more from our latest infographic!

As organizations strive to meet patient demand, one premium pay practice that continues to receive attention is on-call pay. Establishing an effective call pay approach for advanced practice providers can help to support care coverage needs, improve patient access, and maintain effective throughput.

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.

The competition for APP talent is unprecedented and is placing upward pressure on compensation as organizations look to bridge the gap between higher patient volumes and limited access to care.

Dayton Children's Hospital recently partnered with SullivanCotter to conduct a comprehensive Provider Needs Assessment. In this case study, we highlight how organizations can utilize clinical supply and demand data to develop a well-informed 'master plan' for recruitment and hiring decisions.

SullivanCotter recently surveyed National APP Advisory Council and Large Clinic® Group members to capture the most current and relevant CRNA pay practices.

Health care organizations are in an ongoing workforce crisis, and they continue to struggle with high turnover, employee burnout, wage pressure and other recruitment and retention challenges – all of which have driven up the cost of labor, increased the competition for talent, and forced organizations to consider the relationships between workforce design, talent, compensation, and performance management.

Struggling to understand the recent changes to split/shared billing and how it will affect physician and APP workflow? View a timeline of past and upcoming changes to help properly plan for and address the pending modifications.

Does your organization understand how changes to the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule may affect wRVU productivity in different specialties and settings - including hospital inpatient and observation, emergency services and skilled nursing facilities?

Featured in a recent article from RevCycle Intelligence, data from SullivanCotter's 2022 APP Compensation and Productivity Survey highlights the need for more dynamic compensation practices for nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). 

Utilizing data from SullivanCotter's 2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey, Becker's Hospital Review has listed the top 20 highest-paid specialties for both nurse practitioners and physician assistants. It also shares median total cash compensation by region.

With median total cash compensation (TCC) up by 4.5% over last year for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) across all major specialty categories – primary care, medical, surgical and hospital-based – this year’s results reflect a dynamic market requiring organizations to develop more competitive approaches to advanced practice provider (APP) compensation.

SullivanCotter’s 2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey includes data from nearly 700 organizations on more than 100,000 individual APPs from across the country - providing health care organizations with critical compensation market data, information on key APP workforce practices, and insight into emerging industry trends.

Learn more about how organizations are addressing the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule changes with insight from SullivanCotter's recent pulse survey

Learn more about split/shared visits and the impact and opportunity of recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule

As health care organizations look for ways to better utilize and retain their clinical workforce, effectively measuring and projecting advanced practice provider productivity is imperative.

As health care organizations nationwide continue to increase the size of their advanced practice provider workforce, market interest in and need for data-driven intelligence to help recruit, retain, and engage this critical provider group is growing. Learn more from SullivanCotter's 2021 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey.

As the advanced practice provider (APP) workforce continues to evolve, many health systems and medical groups are developing intentional, consistent operating models for APP utilization. Consequently, APP leader roles have emerged to help oversee day-to-day clinical operations, support workforce planning initiatives, and drive overall APP strategy at the executive level.

This comprehensive survey contains data from nearly 700 organizations on over 84,500 individual APPs and represents nearly 20% of all practicing APPs nationwide. View highlights from the 2020 results to learn more about emerging trends in APP compensation, productivity and pay practices!

Learn more about how SullivanCotter partnered with Stanford Health Care to develop a comprehensive strategy and program to maximize utilization, support optimization and enhance engagement for its growing APP workforce.