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1/ Kudos to @CMSGov for following through on intentions to increase relative pay for "the kind of care where clinicians need to spend more face-to-face time with patients, like primary care and complex or chronic disease management."
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2/ When the "relative value units" for every billable procedure in healthcare is set, new technology/ procedures tend to get high assessments of complexity and effort.
When, over time, specialists get really good (and quick) at them, these "RVUs" are rarely revised downwards
When, over time, specialists get really good (and quick) at them, these "RVUs" are rarely revised downwards
3/ this is part of the reason why there is such a big disparity in pay in the US between doctors who mostly talk to patients, and those who mostly perform procedures.
Also related, why we have a primary care shortage.
(Credit Medscape)
Also related, why we have a primary care shortage.
(Credit Medscape)
