rvu

2008 RVU Spreadsheet and Calculator Complete

Whew. They are up. Want to know what the RVU values for the top 30 codes in pediatrics will be in 2008? Want to check any code? I finished the Build-Your-Own RVU Calculator for 2008 and the Online Pediatric RVU Calculator for 2008. Please check my wo...
Read More

Paper vs. Plastic

I hope to have time to post a good RVU calculation message this afternoon but, before I do, I wanted to share an excerpt from a PedTalk message this AM. It comes from Dr. Lessin, with whom I often enjoy disagreeing particularly because we often actua...
Read More

Alphabet Soup (AAP, AMA, RBRVS)

I am feeling a little like the Winooski River, when it freezes over and then dams up, causing the water to overflow the banks and wreak havoc locally.
Read More

Office Online Beta

I've got a final RVU trick or two coming, a response to the new Physician's Practice fee schedule article, and more. I need to get this one out of my queue, though.
Read More

Because We Love RVUs (2006 vs. 2007)

I've had a request to post some information about the 2008 RVU impact, but I've decided to wait a day or two for the dust to settle about the latest news. Hope you don't mind. In the meantime, let's return to a simpler time...like this year...when th...
Read More

RVU Update #7, Good

All the RVU drama makes it hard for me to get to other things, but here is the latest from my generous and favorite inside source (instead of using an inappropriate 70s adult film nickname, we'll use "Siouxsie"):
Read More

RVU 2008 Update

First, I have to be clear: my knowledge of the arcane RBRVS system, the RUC committees, CMS, etc., is all driven by my work for pediatricians. Thus, I have a very skewed view of how it works. Almost all of the changes to the CMS budget affect my clie...
Read More

Podcasts/Chip Hart

Available on iTunes
I've had a busy summer and just wrapped up my time at the Florida AAP chapter's "Future of Pediatrics" annual event. Thank you to those who stopped by to say hello! In a few short weeks, it will be time for the 2024 Pediatric CEO event, which I'm really excited for. I think there are a few seats left. I write, however, to draw your attention to two free resources that every pediatric practice should have bookmarked!
Listen Here