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    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 surveys offer market-specific data composed of compensation, production, and benefits ...

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    ECG Surveys

    • Physician and APP Compensation Survey
    • Pediatric Subspecialty Physician and APP Compensation Survey
    • Faculty Physician and APP Compensation Survey
    • Medical Group Cost and Infrastructure Survey
    • Risk-Based Contracting and Physician Compensation Survey
    • Physician Benefits and Perquisites Survey
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    Behavioral Health Strategy and Crisis Center Development

    Dignity Health–St. Rose Dominican Hospitals (DH-SRDH) engaged ECG as an advisory partner to support ongoing efforts to identify, evaluate, and design care workflows for behavioral

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    Improving Business Operations Processes

    In the process of addressing operational issues, ECG enabled Easterseals Northern California (ESNorCal), then known as Easterseals Bay Area, to transform its process improvement

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    Strategically Employing APPs in Ambulatory Care

    Healthcare organizations have been exploring ways to mitigate a gap in physician supply and demand in order to meet the increasing and shifting growth of needed care of an aging population.

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    Health Plan Valuation Part Three: Due Diligence Process

    Due to an increasing amount of consolidation among health plans, it is important not only to offer the correct purchase price but also to complete a thorough due diligence ...

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    Optimizing Ambulatory Strategy in a Consumer and Payer Driven Environment

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    2021 MPFS Final Rule: Executing Your Action Plan
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Catherine Ruppe, RN, CASC

Associate Principal

Seattle

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Services Expertise:

  • Strategy
  • Finance
  • Performance Transformation

Contact

cgruppe@ecgmc.com

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Education

St. Vincent’s School of Nursing

Registered Nurse

Sacred Heart University

Health Sciences Associates

Bentley College

Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Finance

Certifications

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) Certified Administrator Surgery Center

Catherine is a seasoned leader in surgical services and an expert in the development, administration, and operations of ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). Through her extensive experience in accreditation, licensing, and regulatory compliance, Catherine offers clients unmatched expertise and thought leadership at a time when care is increasingly shifting to the outpatient setting. Catherine has spent more than 30 years in surgical services nursing and management, 16 of which have been primarily focused on ASC development, management, and operations.

Before coming to ECG, Catherine was an executive director of ASC operations at Proliance Surgeons, where she collaborated with executives and provided leadership to the directors of its 22 orthopedic and multispecialty ASCs. In this role, Catherine was responsible for ASC development, operations, Medicare certification, licensure, and accreditation. Previously, she served as executive director of Proliance Highlands Surgery Center, an orthopedic practice and ASC; Overlake Surgery Center; and Redmond Surgery Center, during which time she oversaw the budget, inventory, and revenue cycle; investigated root cause analyses; implemented improvement interventions; ensured ASC regulatory compliance and current credentialing and privileging of licensed independent practitioners; and facilitated monthly board meetings. Before that, Catherine was a director at Proliance Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and she held various clinical and management roles at Children’s Hospital in Seattle.

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October 26, 2020

Total Hip Arthroplasty: CMS 2021 OPPS Proposed Rule

As part of a recent ruling, CMS has proposed adding 11 procedures to the ASC covered procedures lis

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April 17, 2020

COVID-19: Preparing for Elective Surgery in ASCs and the Implications on Health Systems

As the federal government and states begin planning for the resumption of normal activity, ASCs and

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April 06, 2020

ASCs Can Provide Hospital Services Under the Emergency COVID-19 Blanket Waivers

CMS has implemented emergency regulatory changes that provide ASCs with the flexibility to perform h

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Total Hip Arthroplasty Cms 2021 Opps Proposed Rule Web
October 26, 2020

Total Hip Arthroplasty: CMS 2021 OPPS Proposed Rule

As part of a recent ruling, CMS has proposed adding 11 procedures to the ASC covered procedures lis

Ascs Can Provide Hospital Services Covid Web
April 06, 2020

ASCs Can Provide Hospital Services Under the Emergency COVID-19 Blanket Waivers

CMS has implemented emergency regulatory changes that provide ASCs with the flexibility to perform h

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Preparing For Elective Surgery In Asc Web
April 17, 2020

COVID-19: Preparing for Elective Surgery in ASCs and the Implications on Health Systems

As the federal government and states begin planning for the resumption of normal activity, ASCs and

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