Becker's Healthcare August 19, 2024
Most physicians expressed disapproval of relative value unit-based pay in Medscape’s 2024 “Physicians and RVUs Report.”
The report surveyed 1,005 physicians between March 1 and May 26.
Medical billing is based on standardized relative value units, which are assigned their value by CMS. Most physicians’ pay is at least partly based on their RVU generation, and many physicians told Medscape that arrangement puts financial strain on their practice and relationships with patients.
In a survey question asking about the methodology for determining reimbursements for services based on RVUs, about 39% of respondents said the current equation was “unfair” and 20% said it was “very unfair.”
“It becomes a...
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