Is the U.S. Health System Status Quo Sustainable?
As hospitals and health systems continue to address dynamic market, workforce, and operational challenges, ensuring financial sustainability is necessary. This can be found in the orchestrated confluence of strategically aligned and rationalized service portfolios, performance metric and incentive alignment, clinical workforce design, and performance optimization.
INFOGRAPHIC | APP Workforce Insights: Hematology Oncology
Your APP workforce is critical. Optimize your hematology oncology team with specialty-specific insight into work effort, billing practices, and more.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR | Struggling to recruit and retain your nursing workforce?
How is your organization addressing ongoing nursing shortages? Join our recent webinar hosted by the American Hospital Association to learn about developing a more holistic approach to recruitment and retention.
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.
Optimize span of control to help reduce the cost of labor
Is your organization struggling with evolving staffing models, redundant management layers, or job levels that are not clearly defined? Utilizing data-driven insight from our Workforce Metrics Benchmark Survey, SullivanCotter can help you organization to optimize span of control and align divergent staffing models.
Top 10 Considerations for Executive Compensation and Governance
What is your executive compensation strategy missing? SullivanCotter outlines ten important considerations for your Board’s Compensation Committee as oversee executive compensation and governance in a tight market for talent.
INFOGRAPHIC | Projected Impact Analysis: G2211 Add-On Code
Learn more about median TCC increases for physicians and APPs by major specialty grouping over the past five years.
How Dayton Children’s Hospital Transformed Its Approach to Clinical Workforce Planning
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.
FLSA: Increase in Salary Threshold for Exemption Status
The US Department of Labor recently announced that the salary threshold for exemption status will increase to $1,128/week. While the proposed ruling is not yet final, enactment is likely. As a result, organizations should start considering the impact of the rule and how to address it.
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.
INFOGRAPHIC | APRNs and the Magnet Recognition Program®
Establishing a high-functioning APRN workforce – with an effective leadership structure in place – can help your organization obtain Magnet designation. Utilize key workforce insights and data from recent SullivanCotter surveys to assist with clarifying APRN reporting relationships, properly defining APRN performance, and better understanding factors impacting turnover.
PODCAST | Governing Health – Board Compensation
In a recent episode of the Governing Health Podcast Series from McDermott Will & Emery, Bruce Greenblatt joins Michael Peregrine to unravel the complex landscape of board compensation within not-for-profit health care organizations.
Revisit RN Workforce Strategies to Address Re-energized Unions Amid Worker Shortages
SullivanCotter’s Cathy Loose was recently featured in Healthcare Business Today to discuss how leaders can be more proactive in ensuring the right compensation programs and rewards are in place for all nurses.
INFOGRAPHIC | APP Workforce Insights: Orthopedic Surgery
As health care organizations seek to improve access, quality, service, and affordability, developing a strategy to integrate, optimize and engage the growing advanced practice provider (APP) workforce across all specialties is essential.
INFOGRAPHIC | APP Workforce Insights: Hospitalist
As health care organizations seek to improve access, quality, service, and affordability, developing a strategy to integrate, optimize and engage the growing advanced practice provider (APP) workforce across all specialties is essential.
Succession Planning and the Role of a Dynamic Provider Needs Assessment
Health care organizations are under pressure to ensure proper staffing and continuity of care to support the communities they serve. In addition to determining the right number and type of clinicians, organizations must also monitor potential retirements and reductions in clinical productivity levels to help inform succession planning needs.
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.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Integrating Total Rewards Strategies to Drive Value
This article focuses on common total rewards challenges that many health care organizations encounter during an M&A transaction. Recognizing and addressing these opportunities will help minimize potential risks and deal-breakers, prioritize pre- and post-merger activities, and support a successful implementation process.
PODCAST | 2024 Priorities for the Board Compensation Committee
In this AHLA-sponsored podcast, we collaborate with legal expert Michael Peregrine to provide a blueprint for compensation committees to follow as they redefine their approach to executive compensation.
INFOGRAPHIC | APP Workforce Insights: Family Medicine
As health care organizations seek to improve access, quality, service, and affordability, developing a strategy to integrate, optimize and engage the growing advanced practice provider (APP) workforce across all specialties is essential. With the latest optimization and utilization benchmarking data, organizations can establish a comprehensive APP workforce strategy and prioritize critical areas of opportunity. Consider the following specialty-specific insights into Family Medicine when evaluating your APP workforce.