Hear from Kathryn Glass, the Expert who literally, “Wrote the Book on RVUs”
Although RVUs (Relative Value Units) were created as a payment
methodology for Medicare, they have evolved into a valuable practice
management tool used to track provider productivity, measure and define
costs, negotiate managed care contracts, compensated physicians and
benchmark key indicators.
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RVUs: How to Use this Valuable Management Tool in Your Practice
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If you aren't tracking them and using them to their full value in
medical practice management, you're missing a key piece of your
practice's success. In this lively coverage of the topic, Kathryn Glass
and Jeffrey Milburn will explain RVUs in layman's terms and show you
practical applications of RVUs that are used by successful practice
administrators and office managers every day.
Listen and learn:
1. Gain an overall understanding of RVUs
2. Learn how to track provider productivity using RVUs
3. Learn how to analyze costs using RVUs
4. Learn how RVUs are used in managed care contracts
5. Discover the pros and cons of using RVUs in physician compensation
6. Learn some key indicators for RVU benchmarking
Meet Our Expert Speakers:
Kathryn Glass is a nationally recognized speaker and author on all
facets of RVUs. Her latest booked entitled "RVUs: Applications for
Medical Practice Success, 2nd edition" was published by the Medical
Group Management Association (MGMA) early this year. During the 7.5
years that she was with MGMA and its Center for Research, she was
responsible for several of the largest research projects related to
relative value units, physician profiling, cost analysis, practice
improvement and financial performance. Ms. Glass was a co-author and
editor of the MGMA Chart of Accounts for Health Care Organizations. In
addition to her books, she is the author of a dozen published articles
related to RVUs and has presented on RVUs at nearly 30 conferences.
Mr. Milburn until recently was the interim CEO and senior vice
president of a ninety-physician multispecialty group practice located
in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He provides unique perspective due to
his work with an organization that has seen its physician compensation
systems evolve through a variety of models over 25 years. Jeff is very
familiar with a variety of production-based, RVU, and cost allocation
compensation models. As former chief financial officer, he has a broad
understanding of financial management and medical practice operations.
He was responsible for all managed care contracting along with other
duties.
Jeff
has been an independent consultant with MGMA for a number of years
focusing on physician compensation, managed care, and general financial
management. In October 2005, he completed a five-year term on the
national MGMA Board of Directors, the last two years of which he was
Chair of the Finance Committee. In addition, Jeff is a current member
and past chair of the MGMA Survey Advisory Committee that provides
guidance on the format and content of all MGMA Survey publications. He
is also a member and past chair of the MGMA Financial Management
Society. In 2007, he received the Edward B. Stevens Article of the
Year Award by the American College of Medical Practice Executives and
MGMA for his article on claims denial management. In addition, he was
a contributing author on the recently published book by Kathryn Glass
RVUs: Applications for Medical Practice Success.
