The use of a resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) to determine practice expense costs: a novel technique of practice management for the vascular surgeon.

Autor:	Mabry CD; Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Seminars in vascular surgery [Semin Vasc Surg] 2001 Mar; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 29-38.
DOI:	10.1053/svas.2001.21264
Abstrakt:	Vascular surgeons have had to contend with rising costs while their reimbursements have undergone steady reductions. The use of newer accounting techniques can help vascular surgeons better manage their practices, plan for future expansion, and control costs. This article reviews traditional accounting methods, together with activity-based costing (ABC) principles that have been used in the past for practice expense analysis. The main focus is on a new technique-resource-based costing (RBC)-which uses the widely available Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) as its basis. The RBC technique promises easier implementation as well as more flexibility in determining true costs of performing various procedures, as opposed to more traditional accounting methods. It is hoped that RBC will assist vascular surgeons in coping with decreasing reimbursement. (Copyright 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company)
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