tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 15

Physician Notes: Dermatologists and Urologists Win Big Under Resource-Based System

But thoracic surgeons and gastroenterologists lose outThe move to resource-based Practice Expense Relative Value Units (PE-RVUs) wound up benefiting 10 out of 15 physician specialties, according to a new report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The biggest winners were dermatologists and urologists, who reaped annual PE-RVU increases of over 10 percent each. They also saw overall payments rise by around 5 percent annually. The biggest losers were thoracic surgeons and gastroenterologists, who saw PE-RVUs drop 10 percent and 4 percent respectively. Other specialties only saw PE-RVUs rise or fall by 1 to 3 percent per year under the...

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