Provider Compensation Planning

Compensation planning is a delicate issue that can galvanize or fracture a health organization. So there is little margin for error when designing provider compensation plans.

Compensation is personal, for both providers and administrators, so it's no surprise that discussions about compensation planning are often complex and contentious. Yet when these conversations are facilitated properly and compensation plans are designed well, it is a powerful catalyst for rallying providers around shared goals of improving quality, productivity, and the overall patient experience.

Healthcare reimbursement models are transitioning from volume to value, and organizations are pursuing greater clinical and financial integration with physician partners. How health systems choose to respond to this transition and the compensation models they employ will significantly affect their ability to recruit and retain high-quality providers, align behaviors with organizational strategy, and ultimately thrive in a value-based world.

Our rich experience, combined with our proprietary research and benchmarking tools, uniquely positions ECG as the industry leader in compensation planning and incentive design. We possess the political sensitivity and technical skill to design plans that are embraced by providers, while our methodology ensures that the arrangements we propose are representative of your organization's culture, values, and business strategy.

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March 17, 2021

Compensation Documentation: How High-Performing Medical Groups Do It Right

We have found that the highest performing medical groups consistently do a great job with documenting their provider compensation to ensure it is accurate, timely, and accountable.

January 30, 2020

The Ongoing Evolution: The Primary Care Compensation Puzzle

ECG’s Amy Strauss and Jason Lee highlight the tactics innovative health systems are using to prepare and thrive under the future state of healthcare.

September 11, 2019

Should You Put Your Advanced Practice Providers on Physician-Type Compensation Plans?

Medical groups are wondering if the time has come to put their Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) on value-based compensation plans partially subject to performance and productivity measures. Could that be the right move for you?

April 10, 2019

Call Coverage Redesign Essentials

Within the last two years, hospital-based medicine reached its 20-year milestone as an acknowledged specialty, making it the perfect time for a look at how coverage was provided historically in hospitals, how it is provided in today’s healthcare environment, and how things will change in tomorrow’s value-based world.