title: Lost opportunity. Fairly assigning value to physician administrative services.
abstract: The Resource-Based Relative Value System sets values for physician services that can be used to estimate the value of time spent on administrative tasks. This methodology assigns an appropriate place-of-service qualifier and the appropriate percentage of Medicare rates to the time being spent on administrative tasks. A variation of this methodology allows for a rate to be determined for an entire physician group or specialty.
authors.forename: MarieAnn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thornburg
authors.forename: Robin K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Meter
mesh_terms: D059019:Clinical Coding; D039702:Current Procedural Terminology; D009934:Organization and Administration / Q000191:economics*; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000191:economics*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States