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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.

In an article published by the American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals, SullivanCotter outlines how health care organizations can effectively monitor, measure and achieve pay equity.

Market pressures continue to test the financial sustainability of health care organizations nationwide. To succeed in a rapidly evolving marketplace, health systems, medical groups and physicians must work together to develop a more intentional and comprehensive affiliation strategy to help drive performance and improve outcomes.

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?

As health systems evaluate changes to the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule, they must be aware of the impact on Medicare reimbursement, reported wRVUs, and provider compensation plans forspecialties most likely to be affected.

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.

A critical cornerstone of effective CRNA recruitment and retention strategies is the establishment of competitive compensation packages and desirable practice environments aligned with evolving CRNA preferences and market trends.

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.

With risk-based contracting and value-based reimbursement at top of mind, many hospitals and health systems re-evaluating their panel management and patient care delivery strategies in an effort to better support the achievement of system-wide population health goals.

Featured in Becker's Hospital Review, Zachary Hartsell discusses recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule and how the modifications pertaining to reimbursement for split/shared visits has the potential to alter the existing workflow of physicians and APPs.

Due to recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule regarding modifications to billing for split/shared visits, many physicians and advanced practice providers are facing significant workflow changes.

Zachary Hartsell joins BESLER's Hospital Finance Podcast to discuss revised conditions for submitting split/shared visits for reimbursement

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!