Academic RVUs

At many institutions, physicians and surgeons are compensated using a productivity formula based on work relative value units (wRVUs). wRVUs commonly quantify clinical work, practice expenses and professional liability costs. However, physicians and surgeons conduct many valuable activities in addition to clinical work, including scientific discovery and education of future generations. While physicians are reimbursed for wRVU productivity, such academic work is typically not incentivized.

In this feature, I look at how the addition of an academic RVU system to an existing work RVU-based incentivization plan boosted academic productivity in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Read the article here: Placing Value on a Pediatric Surgeon’s Academic Work.