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    Featured Surveys

    Physician and APP Compensation Survey

    ECG Management Consultants continues to expand its surveys to include independent, integrated, and academic provider ...

    There is no more rigorous or accurate benchmarking resource for provider compensation planning. Our surveys offer market-specific data composed of compensation, production, and benefits information ...

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    Pediatric Subspecialty Physician and APP Compensation Survey

    The industry’s only compensation survey dedicated to understanding the unique data needs of the pediatric market.

    The industry’s only compensation survey dedicated to understanding the unique data needs of the pediatric market. Our survey provides an in-depth review of pediatric subspecialty market trends, ...

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    Faculty Physician and APP Compensation Survey

    Our faculty physician and app compensation survey specifically addresses the data needs of our academic partners in order to ...

    There is no more rigorous or accurate benchmarking resource for academic provider compensation planning.Our faculty survey offers market-specific compensation, production, and benefits information ...

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    ECG Surveys

    • Physician and APP Compensation Survey
    • Pediatric Subspecialty Physician and APP Compensation Survey
    • Faculty Physician and APP Compensation Survey
    • Advanced Practice Provider Compensation Survey
    • Medical Group Performance Survey
    • Value-Based Contracting and Physician Compensation Survey
    • Physician Benefits and Perquisites Survey
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    Hospitalist Program Restructuring & Performance Improvement

    ECG PARTNERED WITH an approximately 715-bed health system with two acute care hospitals. The system offers a broad range of healthcare services and supports a variety of community

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    Case Studies

    Telehealth Strategy and Business Planning

    CATHOLIC HEALTH (CHS) provides care to the Western New York region, which has a patient population of nearly 2.8 million.

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    Hospital-Employed Physician Owners in Ambulatory Surgery Joint Ventures

    As more health systems recognize the need to create a more substantial ambulatory surgery capability, executives should explore ASC joint ventures with employed surgeons.

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    Healthcare Upside/Down: Restoring the Spirit of Medicine

    Our guest on episode 40 of Healthcare Upside Down is Zak Holdsworth, CEO of Hint Health.

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    Getting to Total Brain Health: The Role of Innovation and Technology

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    Key Steps to Ensure the Business Office Captures Revenue Due from Commercial and Government Payers
    Provider Compensation Planning During a Crisis: Key Insights from ECG’s 2021 Physician and APP Compensation Survey
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Chris Collins

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Boston

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The George Washington University

Master of Health Services Administration

Chris previously led ECG’s Academic Healthcare Division and now serves as ECG’s president. He works with executive leadership and boards of AMCs, health systems, children’s hospitals, and related academic and community physician organizations. Chris and his team primarily focus on the organizational design and performance of an AMC’s clinical enterprise (adult and children’s teaching hospitals, faculty group practice, and affiliated community providers). He is credited with introducing a series of innovative approaches to the market that enable the component entities of an AMC to become more functionally integrated through the redesign of corporate, governance, management, and/or financial structures. He has a proven track record for leading large-scale, multiparty initiatives in politically charged environments that result in a more informed and responsive AMC that is better positioned to excel in today’s marketplace. He advises many of the highest-ranking academic health systems and children’s hospitals in the United States.

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EventsRueters Event Web
August 23, 2022

Reuters Total Health 2022

Join ECG president Chris Collins at the upcoming Reuters Total Health, October 20–21, in Chicago.

BlogTail Wagging Dog Webinar Web
February 10, 2022

The Tail Wagging the Dog: Physician Leadership in Health Systems

ECG president Christopher Collins discusses the importance of formally and consistently engaging phy

WebinarsWhat Does It Mean To Be An Amc Anymore Web
November 17, 2020

What Does it Mean to be an AMC Anymore?

This webinar will explore the emergence of modern AMCs and academic health systems, how the hospital

EventsAhla Academic Medical Centers And Teaching Hospitals Institute Web
January 22, 2020

AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute

ECG is a proud exhibitor at the AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute being

WebinarsWebinar Regional Expansion For Children’S Hospitals Without Ma
August 22, 2019

Don’t Grow It Alone: Expand Your Health System's Regional Footprint without M&A

Adult-focused health systems are looking for sustainable, shared-risk partnerships with established

BlogIs It Time To Abolish The Deans Tax Web
May 01, 2019

Is It Time to Abolish the Dean’s Tax?

In today’s market, we find that the dean’s tax is often misplaced and outdated, and it can be an im

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Childrens Hospitals In Population Health
October 05, 2018

Children's Hospitals' Role (and Responsibility) in Population Health

Population health is often discussed in the context of large, adult-focused healthcare systems, yet

Best Practices For Academic Partnerships 650 X380
May 24, 2018

Best Practices for Affiliation Agreements between Health Systems and Universities

This article discusses best practices for building and maintaining affiliation agreements between he

Finding Balance In Teaching Hospital Medical School Partnerships 650 X380 Web
March 30, 2018

Finding Balance in Teaching Hospital-Medical School Partnerships

Why have medical schools become more dependent on funding from teaching hospitals? Because all other

Article Gov Institute Amc M A Success Factors
April 14, 2017

Academic Medical Centers Active in M&A: Five Critical Success Factors

With academic medical centers engaging in higher levels of mergers and acquisitions, AMC leaders sho

15M01D21 ASC MCH National-Provider-Compensation-Production-and-Benefits-Survey
September 01, 2013

MMS Guide to Accountable Care Organizations: What Physicians Need to Know

This Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) publication provides detailed guidance on the issues that p

Financial-Challenges-of-Transitioning-Accreditation-and-Articulating-the-Value-o-GME
August 31, 2013

AMC Alignment – Bold Changes, Beginning With the Clinical Enterprise

Teaching hospitals, faculty group practices, and affiliated community physicians are not immune to t

Tail Wagging Dog Webinar Web
February 10, 2022

The Tail Wagging the Dog: Physician Leadership in Health Systems

ECG president Christopher Collins discusses the importance of formally and consistently engaging phy

Is It Time To Abolish The Deans Tax Web
May 01, 2019

Is It Time to Abolish the Dean’s Tax?

In today’s market, we find that the dean’s tax is often misplaced and outdated, and it can be an im

Ecg Blog Integrated Full Size
April 20, 2016

Placing a Premium on AMC Performance

If an academic health system is fundamentally more integrated, does it result in a better margin and

Rueters Event Web
August 23, 2022

Reuters Total Health 2022

Join ECG president Chris Collins at the upcoming Reuters Total Health, October 20–21, in Chicago.

Ahla Academic Medical Centers And Teaching Hospitals Institute Web
January 22, 2020

AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute

ECG is a proud exhibitor at the AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute being

Event Ahla Academic Medical Centers And Teaching Hospitals Institute Jan 2019 Web
December 14, 2018

2019 AHLA Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals Institute

ECG is a proud sponsor and exhibitor at the 2019 AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospital

What Does It Mean To Be An Amc Anymore Web
November 17, 2020

What Does it Mean to be an AMC Anymore?

This webinar will explore the emergence of modern AMCs and academic health systems, how the hospital

Webinar Regional Expansion For Children’S Hospitals Without Ma
August 22, 2019

Don’t Grow It Alone: Expand Your Health System's Regional Footprint without M&A

Adult-focused health systems are looking for sustainable, shared-risk partnerships with established

AAMC-cover-image-V1.1
November 09, 2015

Are Integrated Academic Health Systems Better?

The degree of integration between the clinical components of an academic medical center (AMC) has a

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