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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 faculty survey offers market-specific compensation, production, and benefits information ...

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    Aligning Physicians and Enhancing the Value of Imaging Services

    By optimizing radiology services, health systems can achieve measurable, sustainable improvements in their operational and financial performance. Transitioning from unorganized,

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    Coordinating a Contract Approach for Improved Governance and Integration for the Anesthesia Service Line

    When optimally structured, anesthesia services lead measurable and sustainable improvements to a health system’s operational and financial performance. By transitioning from

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    Preparing Your Public Hospital for Success During a Downturn

    Deleveraging and reducing costs through automation and operational efficiencies should be priorities of public hospitals, and efforts should focus on sustainable solutions that generate long-term value.

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    ECG Summary of March 2023 MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy

    MedPAC’s outstanding recommendations focus on many of the issues it noted in the most recent report—the need to fully account for MA coding intensity, improve encounter data ...

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    APP Compensation Planning Trends: Responding to Current Market Dynamics
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Justin Kessler

Senior Manager

Chicago

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Education

Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Master of Business Administration

Washington University in St. Louis

Bachelor of Arts in Biology

Justin has more than 14 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is accomplished in providing IT strategic advisory services to large health systems, academic medical centers, and community hospitals. He is an accomplished strategic adviser with a reputation for delivering pragmatic, objective, and actionable guidance to his clients. Justin has extensive expertise in IT strategic planning, IT department assessments, post-merger IT integration, vendor selections, and modeling and analysis in total cost of ownership and benefits/return on investment. He is a proven team leader who is committed to driving growth and maximizing client success.

Justin’s engagements have been primarily with AMCs, health systems, and community hospitals. As a frequent adviser in information system strategic planning and vendor selection engagements, Justin has deep expertise in the healthcare IT marketplace, with current knowledge of all major technology and EHR and ERP vendors in the acute and ambulatory settings, as well as many niche systems and vendors in analytics, interoperability, and population health. He recently developed an Epic Connect program and pricing model for a community health system, helped establish a strategic IT plan for a state medical school, and supported the development of a laboratory information system strategy for a leading academic health system.

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BlogEnterprise Contract Lifecycle Management System Web
July 29, 2020

Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management Systems: An Effective Option to Reduce Cost and Operational Waste

Many healthcare providers have not yet to invest in technologies that reduce nonlabor costs. Using C

BlogData Integrity Web
September 26, 2018

Healthcare and Technology Challenges Regarding Data Integrity, Collection, and Reporting

Healthcare is at a crossroads with regard to data, analytics, and reporting. While healthcare has hi

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September 24, 2014

Think Small: Mining Little Data

The operational visibility produced by everyday "little data" — when leveraged properly — provides p

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Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management System Web
July 29, 2020

Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management Systems: An Effective Option to Reduce Cost and Operational Waste

Many healthcare providers have not yet to invest in technologies that reduce nonlabor costs. Using C

Data Integrity Web
September 26, 2018

Healthcare and Technology Challenges Regarding Data Integrity, Collection, and Reporting

Healthcare is at a crossroads with regard to data, analytics, and reporting. While healthcare has hi

Think-Small Mining-Little-Data 2
September 24, 2014

Think Small: Mining Little Data

The operational visibility produced by everyday "little data" — when leveraged properly — provides p

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