How to Negotiate an RVU-Based Physician Contract
A step-by-step guide to the parts of an RVU-based physician contract you can negotiate, the questions to ask, and how to sanity-check productivity targets with public…
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Physician Pay & RVUs
Relative value units (RVUs) drive how most U.S. physicians are paid. These articles explain work RVUs, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, the Medicare conversion factor and geographic adjustments, and show real Medicare work RVU data for every specialty and state, calculated from CMS claims and the Physician Fee Schedule. Learn how RVU-based compensation works, how to read a productivity contract, how to grow RVUs through accurate coding and documentation (never upcoding), and how to negotiate your conversion rate, base salary and thresholds when you start a new job or renew a contract.
How to Increase Your RVUs Honestly: Coding, Documentation and Workflow
Most physicians lose RVUs to under-coding and unbilled work, not to a lack of effort. Practical, compliant ways to capture the work you already do.
Work RVUs by Specialty: Medicare wRVU Data for Every Specialty and State
How many Medicare work RVUs does a typical clinician generate in each specialty? Median, middle half and top 10% for 86 specialties, state maps and the…
What Are RVUs? Work RVUs, the Conversion Factor and How Doctors Are Paid
RVUs are the points Medicare uses to price almost every service a physician provides. Here is how work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, the conversion factor and…
How Doctors Are Paid in the U.S.: Salary, RVUs, Bonuses and How to Compare Job Offers
How U.S. physician pay works: salary and productivity models, RVUs explained, signing and relocation bonuses, CME money, malpractice tail, loan repayment and a checklist for comparing…