ACMPE Article Assessment - Improving wRVUs Per Encounter

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* 1. When considering efforts to focus on increasing wRVUs per encounter, an important first step is comparing wRVUs per encounter to MGMA benchmarks for all specialties in your organization.

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* 2. When conducting coding audits to find out the underlying cause of a clinician’s low wRVU rate per encounter, it is important to use an external vendor, even if you have in-house coders with sufficient expertise.

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* 3. The key areas to investigate for low wRVU per encounter includes all but which one of the following?

Use of advance practice clinicians

Scope of practice and physician compensation

Potential software inefficiencies

Emergency department referral rates

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* 4. One way to improve wRVUs per encounter is for surgeons and prceduralists to delegate screening and post-op visits to advance practice clinicians.

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* 5. Undercoding and/or inadequate documentation may contribute to low wRVUs per encounter.

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* 6. Although MGMA data is useful in many ways, there is no way to use MGMA’s benchmark data to quantify potential revenue opportunities.

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False