Tritnswimr Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 My current Urgent Care Practice is going to be changing over to a wRVU based system. The system will solely pay out a fixed rate for each wRVU on a monthly basis, with no hourly component. Does anyone have any experience and/or feedback with this type of system? Any input into the dollar amount per wRVU that is typical for an urgent care would also be appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted January 20, 2014 Moderator Share Posted January 20, 2014 make sure they give you FULL access to ALL billings that have your name attached or that you did Make sure that all your work is billed under you and not the doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 ^^^^^^^^ Agree with that! No billing under the doc or you will get royally screwed. Your employer should be able to show you the wRVUs and explain it to you. Or attempt to explain. It gets confusing. I worked in UC and was salaried. The SP got an RVU for each patient we saw as part of his work for "supervising" the 2 PAs and 1 NP in the UC. He made a boatload on us and NEVER, EVER, EVER worked in the UC. He rarely would take a consult from us either. That's one reason why I left that clinic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebecker Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 From what I understand, if you are a worker then you can make good money. One of the local clinics pays $20 per RVU on top of a guaranteed salary of $25k per year. See 25 Pts/shift, work 3 shifts per week, generate 8000 RVUs (depending on complexity) and you're set. Unfortunately this is not the clinic I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilso2ar Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Is $20 per RVU a common rate? I generated 9600 RVUs last year and although I did well I did not make $192000. The vast majority of these were 99213-4s and U/S guided injections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebecker Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I'm sorry - I don't know what average pay per RVU is. I have limited information. It was more of an effort to show that with a fixed dollar amount (heck, even $10) per RVU you can make good money if you're willing to work. Out of curiosity - anyone know the average RVUs generated in different practice settings? I'm in UC and did 8880 last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARONEUS Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 RVUs are a dollar amount set by the AMA, and each CPT code has a certain number associated with it, and that number changes based on your practice area (geographic location). For example if the RVU is set at $25, and you bill for a DRE (or for a visit, whatever) and for your area the factor for that is set at 2.53, then $63.25 (25x2.53) would be paid. Now that I re-read this, it's likely that most of you already know this. "How'd you get out of the kiddie pool? Where's your floaties?!" STUDENT ALERT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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