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The RVU Compensation Model and Head and Neck Surgical Education.

Michael S Chow¹, Alex J Gordon², Abhinav Talwar³

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, New York University, New York, New York, USA.

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Summary

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Training head and neck surgeons incurs significant financial opportunity costs. Physician reimbursement models fail to account for the extra time and effort involved in surgical education.

Keywords:

head and neck surgery relative work unit surgical education

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Area of Science:

Surgical education
Health economics

Background:

Head and neck surgery training involves residents and fellows.
Current physician reimbursement models may not adequately reflect training costs.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify the financial opportunity cost of training surgical residents and fellows in head and neck procedures.
To analyze the impact of trainee involvement on physician productivity.

Main Methods:

A retrospective review of 34,078 ablative head and neck surgical procedures from 2005-2015.
Comparison of work relative value units (wRVU) generated per hour for attendings alone versus attendings with residents or fellows using NSQIP data.

Main Results:

The rate of wRVU generation per hour was highest for attendings alone (10.3), followed by attendings with residents (8.9), and attendings with fellows (7.0).
Opportunity costs were estimated at $60.44/hour for resident involvement and $78.98/hour for fellow involvement.

Conclusions:

Physician reimbursement based on wRVU does not account for the additional effort required for surgical training.
The financial implications of training future surgeons need consideration in reimbursement policies.