ACMPE Article Assessment - Data glitch: How to avoid misusing physician compensation data that lead to red ink

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1. The two most common broad methods for utilizing physician compensation surveys often leave out this key factor (Required.)

Payer rates in the local market

Other surveys

Happiness of the physicians

All of the above

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2. Off-setting practice losses by crunching numbers of inpatient and outpatient referral profits from physicians is a key allegation in _______________ cases. (Required.)

Compensation

Whistleblower

Invalid

None of the above

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3. The scatter plot in the article indicates: (Required.)

Work RVUs is the best predictor for compensation 75th percentile

At any level of wRVU production, physicians earn a wide range of total compensation

Production based solely on wRVUs is not a definitive predictor for what a physician will earn

A and C

B and C

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4. Health systems frequently use benchmarking to set physician compensation levels. (Required.)

True

False

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5. Surveys are highly useful for benchmarking, providing a range of data for comparison relative to the survey population. (Required.)

True

False