The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ 2019 Relative Value Guide contains two changes anesthesia providers should know, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Work relative value units (wRVUs) correlate with operative duration of common surgical procedures. Reimbursement for physicians depending on wRVUs is fair for commonly performed surgeries. Objectives: ...

Physicians often lack contract negotiation training. Understanding work relative value units, national benchmarks and fair market value can help physicians advocate for themselves using a data-driven ...

Fee-for-service methodologies, especially relative-value units (RVUs), keep creeping back into alternative payment models like capitation. Maybe we should take the hint and adapt RVUs to the new ...

Reimbursement for physician services accounts for over 20 percent of US health care expenditures, totaling approximately $700 billion per year. 1 Over 70 percent remains fee-for-service. 2 The ...