Association of Work Measures and Specialty With Assigned Work Relative Value Units Among Surgeons | Zendy

Christopher P. Childers | Zendy; Jill Q. Dworsky | Zendy; Marcia M. Russell | Zendy; Melinda MaggardGibbons | Zendy

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Association of Work Measures and Specialty With Assigned Work Relative Value Units Among Surgeons

Author(s) -

Christopher P. Childers,

Jill Q. Dworsky,

Marcia M. Russell,

Melinda MaggardGibbons

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2295

Subject(s) - medicine , current procedural terminology , specialty , resource based relative value scale , medicaid , relative value , medline , minimum data set , reimbursement , family medicine , health care , surgery , nursing , finance , political science , law , economics , economic growth , nursing homes

The primary data sources used to generate and update work relative value units (RVUs) are surveys of small groups of specialists who are asked to estimate the time and intensity needed to perform surgical procedures. Because these surveys are conducted by specialty societies and rely on subjective data, these sources have been challenged as potentially biased.

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