RVU

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The best measure of physician productivity is the “relative value unit,” or RVU. But a physician trying to figure out how much she’ll be paid under this system doesn’t know where to start, or even what an RVU is. Here’s help.

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A Michigan pediatrician is seeking his second EMR. Can he get over his old baggage and anxieties enough to make the right choice?

You recently highlighted a practice that implemented EMR. It was actually more productive after implementation. How did the implementation of the EMR contribute to this? We started EMR three months ago, and we decreased daily visits for the physicians to learn. So far, no one is near pre-EMR visit numbers, and the input is so time consuming that we don’t see that we ever will be seeing as many patients a day as pre-EMR.

Measure physician productivity by relative value units (RVUs) -- one of the most reliable ways to do it. This spreadsheet does the necessary calculations for you.

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