RVU? Is that like a special recreational vehicle for EM docs? Not exactly. Read below for a quick and to the point description of RVUs and how they will affect you. Relative value units, or RVUs, were created by the Federal Government in 1992 in an attempt to standardize physician payments. The Federal Government created the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) which assigned each CPT … [Read more...]
How Does Emergency Medicine Work After Residency?
So, you're a medical student in their third or fourth year and you're considering an emergency medicine residency. Given that you're reading this website you're also a savvy person who wants to know what are the prospects after residency? You want to know if going into emergency medicine, beyond the obvious pace and lifestyle, makes economic sense for you. Hopefully after reading this, you'll have … [Read more...]
Welcome!
Welcome to The Business of Emergency Medicine! Karan and I created this website because we wanted to share our efforts and knowledge with our fellow emergency medicine doctors and future doctors. We both went through medical school and residency and learned how to take care of the dislocated shoulder, the atrial fibrillation with RVR and the myriad of other medical problems but no one ever … [Read more...]