title: Physician productivity measurement, methodology and implementation.
abstract: These components are integrated into a single monthly report and distributed to all departments in the health system. Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the four main reports the system can generate. Shown are the overall facility report and the six month trend; the departmental report showing each department as compared to the facility; an individual department report that clearly illustrates each physician's contribution; and finally an individual provider report with trend analysis. These reports are modified slightly as required by each department, but the core information of RVUs/hour remains the basic comparative element. Each report contains comparisons of individual providers within their specialty, department or group, and at the facility and system level. Each department with specific needs has the report prepared to meet these needs, yet the entire facility follows a single standard to make inter-department comparisons meaningful. The information available on each individual report includes: Month. Number of patient visits. Number of unique patients. Average Number of visits per patient. Charges. Part A and Part B worked hours. Paid hours. RVUs generated per worked hour. Productivity measured against. The providers department average. The total group average. Year to date averages. Graphical depiction of RVUs. Hour with trend line. The department summary contains similar information while the department detail report provides a means to easily compare providers within the department against each other and the group as a whole. The overall BMERF report uses summary information from each department and provides a graphical indication of how each department is performing.
authors.affiliation: Business Re-Engineering, Baystate Health Systems, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lagasse
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D004465:Economic Competition; D004470:Economics, Medical; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008404:Massachusetts; D017059:Models, Econometric; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D012984:Software; D013038:Specialization