An RBRVS approach to financial analysis in health care organizations.
Resource-based relative value scales (RBRVS) have altered the outpatient reimbursement system of America's health care system and established a method of standardization whereby the efficiency of medical practices of varying size and complexity can be compared using a standard (the cost conversion factor) for analysis. This article compares the utility of RBRVS with earlier systems of reimbursement and concludes with a brief speculative assertion regarding the emergence of the next stage of ambulatory care reimbursements through ambulatory payment classifications.
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Department of Health Professions, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States