Wiki RVUs - Help!

[Kaitbohrer]

My outpatient orthopedic specialty office has asked me to help initiate raising prices on our office visits. The prices have been the same since I started billing & coding for them 4 years ago.

I need to learn more about how to calculate RVUS. I don't remember studying or being tested on RVU's in CPC or COSC credentialing. Help!

 

[csperoni]

Answered in your original post.

https://www.aapc.com/discuss/threads/rvus-how-do-i-better-understand-how-to-calculate.180800/

FYI - you should not post the same question multiple times. Some of us that actively use the forum will specifically not answer a question if it's been posted multiple times. Best practice is to post once in the most appropriate forum. If no one responds, try adding a comment to bump it to recent activity again.

 

[podcoder70]

Using the RVUs is a start, but some of your payers reimburse at a higher rate. You should take a look at some of the remits from your payers and/or request a fee schedule to determine where your pricing should be. For example, Medicare may pay $10 for a procedure where as Aetna may pay $50 for that same code. Do your homework with the remits and by contacting the payers for fee schedules.