The topic of measuring productivity among providers came up for discussion at a recent practice meeting. It was a heated discourse as we have a diverse practice consisting of many physicians and ...

Fee-for-service methodologies, especially relative-value units (RVUs), keep creeping back into alternative payment models like capitation. Maybe we should take the hint and adapt RVUs to the new ...

Even though relative value units guide 70 percent of physician payment, little research has assessed their accuracy. We analyzed actual service time for total hip and knee replacements at two academic ...

Healthcare providers can use relative value units to estimate whether payors are appropriately reimbursing procedures and to secure better future payments, according to American Medical News. The ...

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Medicare's resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) was implemented 1 January 1992 for physician payment using a conversion factor of $31 for each relative value unit (RVU). We calculated a ...

Physicians often lack contract negotiation training. Understanding work relative value units, national benchmarks and fair market value can help physicians advocate for themselves using a data-driven ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In hospital employment settings, as well as large groups, work relative value unit-based compensation agreements ...