Most dermatologists work daily with Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and relative value units but have limited insight into how those values are set. This column reviews the American Medical ...
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 ...
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 ...