title: What is the RUC?
abstract: We describe a crucial but little-known constituent of the Medicare payment system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, Connecticut, USA. william.donovan@snet.net
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Donovan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020406:Medicare Payment Advisory Commission / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009485:Neuroradiography / Q000191:economics*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States