Anyone know how much you get reimbursement for Critical care Time?RVUs?

[vmed]

Just wondering! My hospital has a really good template to hit all the key points in order to bill for critical care time;though, I don't know how much it is actually reimbursed. I have just been reviewing my charts and looking at way to increase my RVU's in my documentation. This is not point where I have a problem with documentation just curious about how it translates into $$$

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[deleted6669]

I was told recently at a coding seminar that a 2 cm lac. with a 2 layer closure bills more than 30 min of CC time if that helps.

 

[two guys]

http://www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=82998

The first hour is 6.4 rvu. Medicare reimbursement is $34 per rvu. That may or may not be what you collect since your payers might be all private insurance (more $ usually), self pay (no money usually), Medicare, or some mix.

For comparison a level 5 visit is 4.9 rvu.

Any idea what your group collects per rvu?

 

[deleted109597]

Medicare pays me around $120 for CC time.