The relationship between work relative value unit awareness and work relative value unit accumulation among physicians

Kevin Lowe, Antonio C. Bianco, Jeff Canar, Karin Kasdorf, Braden Mantei, Brian T. Smith

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Abstract

This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study to determine whether a relationship exists between work relative value unit (wRVU) awareness and wRVU accumulation among faculty physicians. Physician wRVU awareness was obtained by a distributed survey to faculty physicians in early 2016. wRVU accumulation was pulled from a faculty productivity database. Productivity data from FY14-FY15 was used to determine wRVU accumulation relative to each respondent's specialty-specific benchmark. Data were analyzed to investigate the nature of the relationship between awareness and accumulation. The analysis showed that physicians with above-average awareness were significantly more likely to surpass their wRVU benchmark when compared to physicians with below-average awareness. Additionally, wRVU awareness accounted for a significant percentage of the variation in wRVU output. Considering the financial importance of wRVU generation for healthcare organizations, there is a need to devote more time and resources to developing physician awareness of wRVUs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)86-91
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Medical Practice Management
Volume32
Issue number2
StatePublished - Sep 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Billing and coding
  • Physician compensation
  • Physician productivity
  • Productivity drivers
  • Relative value units
  • Resource-based relative value scale
  • Work relative value units

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Policy

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