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Rewriting the Labor Playbook 

Workforce intelligence and enablement is a catalyst for sustainable margin improvement, smarter physician compensation, and enhanced staff well-being.

Speaker Panel

Bharat HeadShot

Bharat Sundaram

CEO,
Hallmark

Paula-Phillips

Paula Phillips

SVP Operations Infrastructure, Ascension

Bryan Fissel

Bryan Fissel

CFO Ascension Medical Group, Ascension 

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Watch how workforce intelligence is rewriting the rules of healthcare labor. 

Labor is the biggest line item—and the biggest headache—in healthcare. In this on-demand conversation, leaders from Ascension and Hallmark Health Care Solutions break down how workforce intelligence, smarter staffing models, and cleaner compensation design helped them unlock millions in margin improvement while supporting clinicians and protecting mission-driven care. 

If rising labor costs, clinician burnout, or chaotic compensation models feel a little too familiar, this is your playbook. You’ll learn how to: 

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Align staffing with demand — without the guesswork

The difference between “We hope this works” and “We know this works.” 

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Turn data into decisions 

AI-driven insights that cut spending, lift revenue, and actually make staff happier. 

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Build flexibility without breaking operations 

Why giving clinicians more schedule control can be your best retention strategy. 

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Streamline physician compensation (yes, really)

Cleaner models → better alignment → fewer headaches. 

Provider Enablement Trends

Attendees weighed in on the current state of workforce intelligence, provider engagement and compensation. See what they had to say:

Top Initiatives for 2026:

Leaders shared what top priorities for 2026 were focused mainly on leveraging a flexible workforce.

Leveraging a flexible workforce

38%

Reducing contract labor

29%

Gaining better visibility into total labor supply

21%

Centralizing labor management

13%

Confidence in Provider Compensation Strategy is Not Very Confident

Leaders shared that their confidence level in current provider compensation strategies to drive the right outcomes for their clinicians and organizations is not very high. Clearly indicating it's high time to reimagine compensation management.

Somewhat confident

67%

Not at all confident

33%

Confident

0%

Very confident

0%

Provider Enablement Opportunity

Leaders indicated that better market visibility (compensation benchmarks at the national, regional and system level) was the biggest opportunity for provider alignment and compensation. 

Better market visibility (compensation benchmarks)

31%

Provider visibility into compensation structure and drivers

31%

Focus on APP compensation design, structure and alignment

25%

Improved physician compensation designs

13%

Locums Spend in 2026

In addition to better compensation management, leaders noted they will have an increased focus on locums in 2026 to augment and improve provider relations while stemming burnout. Many noted they will have a centralized or optimized locums spend plan next year.

Yes

75%

No

25%

Locums Improvements

The biggest area of opportunity for locums, according to respondents, is better visibility into spend, and finding ways to connect locums to a holistic, organization-wide labor strategy. 

Better visibility into spend, including integration with broader labor strategy

55%

Speeding time to value (credentialing, payor enrollment, etc.)

27%

Better visibility into quality of clinicians

9%

Other

9%