Is Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Appropriately Valued? Comparison of Reimbursement per Unit Time for Reconstructive versus Aesthetic Procedures

Background:. The work relative value units (wRVUs) system was established as a quantifier of physician labor, technical skill, medical decision-making, and training time required to complete a surgical procedure; hence, more challenging operations should theoretically result in higher reimbursement...

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Main Authors: Alexa De la Fuente Hagopian, MD, Souha Farhat, MD, Narainsai K. Reddy, MS, Sebastian Guadarrama-Sistos Vazquez, MD, Pablo L. Padilla, MD, Anthony Echo, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2024-11-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006313
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