Calculating RVU's

[pratik7]

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I am currently in the job hunt and the places I am looking at are all RVU based. They say they pay 28 dollars per RVU. I found this link on ACEP's website that shows the conversion from CPT to RVU's.
http://www.acep.org/content.aspx?id=30494

When employers calculate the RVUs that we will be paid, do they use the work RVUs or the total RVUs( work + PE). How many RVUs per hour does the average doc generate? There is an RVU for procedures or are they flat fees? Is there a link to find reimbursement for procedures?

Thanks !!

 

[robin082006]

I am currently in the job hunt and the places I am looking at are all RVU based. They say they pay 28 dollars per RVU. I found this link on ACEP's website that shows the conversion from CPT to RVU's.
http://www.acep.org/content.aspx?id=30494

When employers calculate the RVUs that we will be paid, do they use the work RVUs or the total RVUs( work + PE). How many RVUs per hour does the average doc generate? There is an RVU for procedures or are they flat fees? Is there a link to find reimbursement for procedures?

Thanks !!

It depends on how many patients you take care daily, and how you bill.

For example, A friend of mine works 7 on 7 off, average rounds 15 patients/day and does 1-2 admissions/day, earn about 600 wRVU/month. Provided that you dictate very carefully so 95% are billed at the highest level.

More detail: if you have 15 patients to round, and do 2 admission, you may get:

15 X2 = 30 RVU or 30*25=750$

2*3.86 = 7.72 or 7.72*30 = 231.6

So you get 750+231.6 = 981.6 in that day.

25$/RVU is too low.

 

[BADMD]

I would hope that they would credit you with the total RVUs.

For the year up to November, I averaged 9.12 RVUs/hr and saw around 2.6-2.7 pt/hr.

So at $28/RVU, that would be about $255/hr. Volume/acuity matters. The other important question to answer is what do they pay for? Malpractice? Do they pay for the billing? Are you basically an independent contractor?