Specialists and generalists have sparred for years on the physicians’ committee that helps determine what each specialty is paid, but generalists have lately been winning pay increases at the expense ...

Work relative value units (wRVUs) correlate with operative duration of common surgical procedures. Reimbursement for physicians depending on wRVUs is fair for commonly performed surgeries. Objectives: ...

The Relative Value Scale Update Committee — RUC — convened by the American Medical Association meets three times a year to develop recommendations for relative value units adjustments and to address ...

Medicare services go through a process to determine their costs, which varies for each part. One part is the relative value unit (RVU). An RVU forms part of the resource-based relative value scale ...

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 ...

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes describe services provided by physicians and other Qualified Health Professionals (QHP). The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) is the method ...