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 ...

Medicare services undergo a cost-determining process that includes different components. One component is the relative value unit (RVU). An RVU is a part of the basis for the Resource-Based Relative ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...