Is the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) responsible for the looming physician shortage? Our Guest Dr. William Rich, medical director for Health Policy for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and chairman of the American Medical Association RUC Committee speaks to host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the relationship between RBRVS and physician pay. "There are income gaps and they are substantial but they are not due to the valuation of services," says Dr. Rich. Find out what he understands to be responsible for income gaps in physician pay and what role they play in the shortage of physicians.
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Is the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) responsible for the looming physician shortage? Our Guest Dr. William Rich, medical director for Health Policy for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and chairman of the American Medical Association RUC Committee speaks to host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the relationship between RBRVS and physician pay. "There are income gaps and they are substantial but they are not due to the valuation of services," says Dr. Rich. Find out what he understands to be responsible for income gaps in physician pay and what role they play in the shortage of physicians.
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