2009 Medicare RBRVS Sourcebook
ISBN: 978-1-58383-635-4
FORMAT: Spiralbound
Relative value scales (RVS), particularly the RBRVS, have been used for years by the healthcare industry as a way to statistically benchmark the medical practice and the individual physician. Relative value scales are used in almost every aspect of costing, revenue, compensation, utilization and resource allocation studies performed. Setting fees is not an art but a science – use the RBRVS sourcebook to help you with the entire fee-setting process. - Updated with 2009 CPT and HCPCS Level II code changes
- Gap fill code data (RVUs not provided by Medicare) are included — helps you complete the reimbursement picture
- Straight-forward instructions, examples and formulas — clarifies the fee-setting process, including conducting cost analysis and comparing fees by payer
- Charts detailing reimbursement of surgical package modifiers — make it easy to figure out when to use modifiers
- See at-a-glance which modifiers can or can not be used with each CPT® code
- Identifies whether or not a service or procedure has a professional component and/or a technical component
- Includes both Facility and Non-facility totals, as well as work, practice expense, and malpractice breakdowns for each CPT and HCPCS Level II code
- Find out the separate reimbursements for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative work
- GPCI Index — identifies each carrier by number to determine what the reimbursement will be in your area
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