wRVU achievable target for oncology private practice

[sid4med]

Hi gutonc or anyone.
From a prior post, had a query. Couldnt reply in that post.

You can get a rough estimate using online wRVU tables and knowing what fraction of the patients will be new vs follow ups. I also suspect that "he" is not getting paid for every single RVU he generates, rather a bonus after a certain baseline (used to pay that $300).
I have a similar setup in my clinic and pay structure. I usually see 2-3 new consults a day (almost universally 99205) and 12-15 follow ups which are usually about 40% 99213 and the rest split between 99214 and 99215.

How many total RVUs, do these numbers generate in a day. Or someone in pvt practice, generate on a weekly/monthly basis.
I am looking/negotiating for jobs as a fresh grad. And to meet(justify) my current salary at the end of 2 years guarantee I would have to generate 100-110 wRVUs weekly. Is this a doable target with quality patient care?
I feel, the patient numbers you provided above seem good for a 4 day work week. Just wanted to understand based on current standards how much wRVUs do these numbers equate to.
Thanks.

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[gutonc]

It's pretty simple math. For nice round numbers (you can look this up yourself, I'm going off memory, but I'm not far off).

For the codes mentioned above, the wRVUs are:
99213 = 1
99214 = 1.5
99215 = 2
99205 = 3

So for 10 new patients a week (2-3/d, 3-4d/wk) = 30
15 f/u patients a day evenly split between level 3/4/5 = 22.5/d x3-4d/wk = 77.5-90/wk

Seems like you'd have a decent chance of hitting your target after the 2y guarantee. Some weeks will be busier than others, and this calculation assumes the only thing you're billing is E/M codes for clinic visits. You'll probably be billing more (procedures, counseling codes, extended time codes, inpatient stuff).