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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 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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    Case Studies

    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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    Case Studies

    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

    Who we work with

    • Health Systems
    • Physicians
    • Children's Hospitals
    • Academic Medical Centers
    • Ambulatory Surgery Centers
    • Payers

    Service Lines

    • Behavioral Health
    • Cardiovascular
    • Children's Health
    • Neuroscience
    • Oncology
    • Orthopedics
    • Women's Services
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    Let’s Make a Deal: Preparing and Executing Successful Payer Negotiations

    Standard payer negotiations are challenging enough: few provider organizations are looking to exacerbate this already complex situation.

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    Healthcare Executives’ Outlook on the US Healthcare System for 2021

    To develop a more complete outlook heading into 2021, ECG surveyed more than 80 C-suite leaders in late 2020 to understand their key areas of focus and what to expect for ...

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    ACCC 47th Annual Virtual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit
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    The Future of Houston Health Care

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    2021 MPFS Final Rule: Executing Your Action Plan
    Future Generations Will Value “Wellness” over “Healthcare”
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Kevin Forster

Principal

San Francisco

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Services Expertise:

  • Strategy
  • Finance
  • Performance Transformation

Contact

kforster@ecgmc.com

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Education

University of Washington

Master of Business Administration

Master of Health Administration

Emory University

Bachelor of Arts

Kevin leads ECG’s Strategy and Business Advisory Division, and his 20-plus-year consulting career has emphasized hospital strategic planning and business development, physician-hospital relationships, and detailed financial and operational assessments of medical groups/physician networks. As healthcare organizations attempt to position themselves to deliver care in a value-based environment, their leaders turn to Kevin and rely on his strong track record of implementing innovative solutions that foster integration among organizations, services, and clinical programs. Healthcare systems have engaged Kevin to address key strategic issues related to scale and strategic positioning, with matters ranging from acquisitions/partnerships to geographic expansion. Kevin also focuses on assessing, negotiating, and implementing physician-hospital relationships: strategic partnerships, alignment of financial incentives, coverage arrangements, and so forth. His work has helped health systems and medical groups develop integrated service lines and delivery models, while also positioning the organizations to better perform in a value-based environment.

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WebinarsCovid 19 Recovery Planning  Web
June 11, 2020

COVID-19 Recovery Planning for Independent Hospitals and Regional Systems

This discussion with independent hospital and regional system leaders addresses business planning fo

Articles7 Strategies For Thriving In A Post Covid 19 Market Web
April 28, 2020

Seeing Opportunities, Not Barriers: 7 Strategies for Thriving in a Post-COVID-19 Market

As healthcare organizations combat the COVID-19 surge, executives need to plan for what comes next.

BlogHospital Based Physician Web
April 23, 2019

Engaging Hospital-Based Physician Services to Drive Better Performance

Over the last decade, health systems have faced heightened demand to increase financial support in h

Webinars2018 Cost Survey 1200 X650 Webmeta
February 25, 2018

Physician Enterprise Performance Improvement Trends

Have you struggled to find appropriate benchmarks for the employed physician network in your organiz

Blog2018 Cost Survey 650 X380 Web
February 23, 2018

Join the 2018 National Medical Group Cost and Infrastructure Survey

Our medical group cost and infrastructure survey supplies participants with data, analysis, and insi

EventsEvent Amga Annual Meeting March 2018 Web
January 25, 2018

2018 AMGA Annual Conference

ECG is proud to be a continuing sponsor of the AMGA Annual Conference.We look forward to seeing ever

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7 Strategies For Thriving In A Post Covid 19 Market Web
April 28, 2020

Seeing Opportunities, Not Barriers: 7 Strategies for Thriving in a Post-COVID-19 Market

As healthcare organizations combat the COVID-19 surge, executives need to plan for what comes next.

Survive-or-Thrive-Becoming-a-Successful-Value-Based-Enterprise
July 15, 2015

Survive or Thrive? Becoming a Successful Value-Based Enterprise

Prevailing health systems and providers will be those that are designed to becoming value-based ente

Step-on-the-Scale-and-Achieve-Your-Mission-June-2015
May 18, 2015

Step on the Scale and Achieve Your Mission

Thriving value-based enterprises are optimally scaled.

Leveraging-Allied-Health-Professionals-in-Patient-Centered-Care-Models
July 31, 2013

Keys to Successful Physician Practice Acquisitions

The resurgence of hospitals acquiring physician practices is putting pressure on organizations to mo

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December 23, 2011

Employing Physicians: Strategic Imperative and Management Challenge

Creating a successful physician network is both a strategic endeavor and a management imperative. Th

Hospital Based Physician Web
April 23, 2019

Engaging Hospital-Based Physician Services to Drive Better Performance

Over the last decade, health systems have faced heightened demand to increase financial support in h

2018 Cost Survey 650 X380 Web
February 23, 2018

Join the 2018 National Medical Group Cost and Infrastructure Survey

Our medical group cost and infrastructure survey supplies participants with data, analysis, and insi

Framework-for-a-Value-Based-Enterprise
June 17, 2015

Value-Based Enterprise Conversation Series: Scaled

Healthcare executives and hospital boards are realizing they must build greater scale within their o

Event Amga Annual Meeting March 2018 Web
January 25, 2018

2018 AMGA Annual Conference

ECG is proud to be a continuing sponsor of the AMGA Annual Conference.We look forward to seeing ever

Covid 19 Recovery Planning  Web
June 11, 2020

COVID-19 Recovery Planning for Independent Hospitals and Regional Systems

This discussion with independent hospital and regional system leaders addresses business planning fo

2018 Cost Survey 1200 X650 Webmeta
February 25, 2018

Physician Enterprise Performance Improvement Trends

Have you struggled to find appropriate benchmarks for the employed physician network in your organiz

Evolving-Strategies
July 12, 2012

Evolving Strategies for Health System Physician Compensation and Performance Management

This webinar explores several important aspects of redesigning physician compensation plans that all

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July 16, 2015

Innovative Models in Managed Care

This presentation covers the national trends of movement toward value-based care and the five key do

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September 15, 2013

Structuring Physician Compensation: Building Alignment Through Incentives

This session reviews current trends in physician compensation methodologies that are quickly becomin

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May 05, 2013

Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Marketers

This presentation explores how health insurance exchanges will alter the entire dynamic of the healt

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January 24, 2013

Implementing an Alignment Strategy: Building an Integrated Cancer Program One Step at a Time

This session draws on the recent experiences of a five-hospital health system that decided to aggres

14M10D24 MVP JJM Six-Essential-Elements-for-Physician-Revenue-Cycle-Management
September 23, 2012

Developing a Medicare Reimbursement Strategy

This presentation examines the CMS payment models, evaluation factors, and ways to identify the opti

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September 20, 2012

Secrets of Successful Physician Practice Acquisitions

This presentation focuses on the critical elements and decisions that are often given too little tho

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