There’s more than one way to determine your physician’s payment. Medicare fee-for-service payments are calculated based on relative value units (RVUs) assigned to each covered CPT®/HCPCS Level II code. As defined in Medicare’s National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File, there are three RVU categories that, when totaled, determine payment. 1. Work RVUs account for […]
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