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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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    • Children's Hospitals
    • Academic Medical Centers
    • Ambulatory Surgery Centers
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    • Behavioral Health
    • Cardiovascular
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    • Coordinated Imaging
    • Neuroscience
    • Oncology Consulting Services
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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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    CASA 2022 Annual Conference and Exhibits
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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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Jesse Balok

Principal

Minneapolis

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  • Strategy
  • Performance Transformation
  • Finance

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Education

University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management

Master of Business Administration

Fort Lewis College

Bachelor of Science in Biology

As a firm, we had worked for this one client for several years, and I had been involved for more than three years in helping the organization get ready to move to a new hospital. After holding hundreds of meetings with hundreds of physicians and staff and developing performance standards, work flows, and department manuals, move day came, and I was present in the command center in the new hospital. Over 14 hours, 127 patients were moved, but I remember only one: a little boy who flatlined more than once that day. And after all the other patients had been transported to the new hospital, a team of 40-plus people—including the CEO, executive team, clinical staff, EMS staff, transporters, and movers—was still waiting for this little guy to stabilize and make his way to his father who was waiting for him. When he arrived, safe and sound, there was not a dry eye in the room. Right then, I realized why I love this job.

Jesse is a seasoned healthcare adviser with more than 18 years of experience leading executive leadership through strategic initiatives and facility and operational transformations. With a focus on the care continuum and overall patient experience, Jesse has ushered in 25 new facilities to better prepare providers for the future of care delivery. Healthcare executives in today’s ever-changing industry climate value his ability to anticipate their needs and deliver pragmatic, consistent results.

Jesse specializes in large-scale transformations that promote new organizational and operating models for healthcare providers. His clients encompass academic medical centers, such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Penn Medicine, and Rush University Medical Center; pediatric hospitals, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; health systems, such as Kaleida Health and Mission Health; and public hospitals, such as Eskenazi Health. Jesse’s engagements involve programmatic definition, market assessment, campus master planning, asset rationalization, functional and space programming, new facility activation and transition planning, and operational redesign and process improvement in inpatient and ambulatory environments. In his work, he has impacted $14.2 billion in capital planning for 30 million square feet (2.8 million square meters) and 12,000 beds.

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BlogOverview Of The Healthcare Facility Development Continuum Web
October 11, 2019

The Healthcare Facility Development Continuum: An Overview

Healthcare facilities are integral to communities and their overall well-being. As facilities have e

BlogThe Impact Of A Shifting Care Environment On Healthcare Facility Operators Web
October 02, 2019

The Impact of a Shifting Care Environment on Healthcare Facility Operators

As healthcare changes there will be a substantial impact on the physical assets used to deliver care

WebinarsWebinar Activation And Transition Planning 10 18 19 Web
September 23, 2019

An Introduction to Healthcare Facility Activation and Transition Planning

Activation and transition planning is one of the most important and exciting phases of the facility

EventsHcdx Nov 2019 Web
March 04, 2019

Healthcare Design Expo + Conference

ECG is a proud exhibitor at the 2019 Healthcare Design Expo + Conference in New Orleans, LA.

WhitepapersTransformational Drivers In The Health System Of The Future Web
February 11, 2019

Transformational Drivers in the Health System of the Future

While there are many perspectives and publications on the “Hospital of the Future,” few, if any, pro

WhitepapersWhitepaper Key Imperatives For Children’S Hospitals In The Decade Ahead 1200X630
November 06, 2018

Key Imperatives for Children’s Hospitals in the Decade Ahead

From an understanding of the market context for children’s healthcare in the recent past, we present

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Fcap Planning In Uncertainty Web
November 17, 2020

Hospital Inpatient Unit Planning: Preparing for an Uncertain Future

As the conventional hospital’s role evolves, leaders are faced with the unique and exciting challeng

Article If You Build It Full Size
December 01, 2015

If You Build It, Will They Come? Positioning Physical Assets for Population Health

Nothing quite captures the simultaneous permanence and uncertainty of the choices healthcare provide

Using Observation Beds To Care For Short Stay Patients Web
December 07, 2021

Using Observation Beds to Care for Short-Stay Patients

Experts warn that more hospital beds will sit empty as payers push for care to be provided in less c

Creating The Future Of Healthcare Facilities Web
March 31, 2021

Creating the Future of Healthcare Facilities: Development, Design and Construction

ECG principal Jesse Balok was a featured speaker on a panel discussion at the Bisnow Digital Summit,

Webinar Activation And Transition Planning 10 18 19
October 31, 2019

An Introduction to Healthcare Facility Activation and Transition Planning

Opening a healthcare facility is a complex process. It takes a diverse set of stakeholders working

Observation Beds For Short Stay Patients Web
June 13, 2018

Using Observation Beds to Provide Care for Short-Stay Patients

If inpatient utilization is trending downward, why are many hospitals scrambling to find additional

Microhospitals 650 X380 Web
April 11, 2018

Should Microhospitals Be a Part of Your Health System’s Strategy?

The rising cost of care, short-term hospital visits, and a need to quickly serve burgeoning populati

Blog 10 Questions Full Size
January 19, 2017

10 Questions Hospitals Should Ask During Activation Planning

Thinking about opening a new hospital? Here's what you need to know.

Hfse 2021 Event Web
March 24, 2021

Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo

Join many ECG experts at the upcoming Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo in Austin, Texas. ECG

Houston Health Care Conference Mar 2021 Web
February 18, 2021

The Future of Houston Health Care

Please join ECG's Facility & Capital Asset Planning practice, at the Future of Houston Health Care D

Hcdx Nov 2019 Web
March 04, 2019

Healthcare Design Expo + Conference

ECG is a proud exhibitor at the 2019 Healthcare Design Expo + Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Event Healthcare Design Expo And Conference November 2018 Web
July 27, 2018

Healthcare Design Expo + Conference

Join ECG at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference.

Webinar Activation And Transition Planning 10 18 19 Web
September 23, 2019

An Introduction to Healthcare Facility Activation and Transition Planning

Activation and transition planning is one of the most important and exciting phases of the facility

Transformational Drivers In The Health System Of The Future Web
February 11, 2019

Transformational Drivers in the Health System of the Future

While there are many perspectives and publications on the “Hospital of the Future,” few, if any, pro

Whitepaper Key Imperatives For Children’S Hospitals In The Decade Ahead 1200X630
November 06, 2018

Key Imperatives for Children’s Hospitals in the Decade Ahead

From an understanding of the market context for children’s healthcare in the recent past, we present

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