wRVU as a Compensation Metric: Issues and Solutions

60 minutes

This course is AAPC accredited for 1 CEU. Note: CEUs expire on 03/30/2026

Learning Objectives:

- Explain how a wRVU is calculated and used in physician compensation.

- List the common issues with wRVU as a compensation model.

- List approaches to respond to common issues in wRVU as a compensation model.

Note: This is a recording of a live event.

Reminder: You have 30 days to complete the course from the day you open and access the course.

Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CPC, CMDP

Speaker and Consultant

KZA

Teri Romano has over twenty-five years of consulting and teaching experience in the health care field. Ms. Romano works with physician groups and hospitals combining a background in clinical systems with solid approaches to operational and organizational problem solving.

Teri is co-developer and instructor for the national coding and reimbursement workshops sponsored by the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. She also provides on-site customized coding and reimbursement courses to physician and hospital groups, specializing in neurosurgery, general surgery, vascular surgery, and vein well as E/M and surgical case audits to assist physician groups in their compliance activities. In addition, she consults with vein, vascular, general surgical, and neurosurgical practices on practice management issues including service line development, revenue enhancement, staffing models, appeals management and expense reduction.