AMA DETAILED RESOURCES
AMA (2025a) Practice Expense Component. (COGS & CMS RVU) (27p PDF). Available at: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/practice-expense-component.pdf.
Above PDF found at AMA 2025b.
AMA (2025b) RVRVS Overview (home page). Available at: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/rvs-update-committee-ruc/rbrvs-overview.
ARCHIVAL VIEWS OF RVUs
Hsiao, W.C. et al. (1988) “Resource-based relative values. An overview,” JAMA, 260(16), pp. 2347–2353.
Roe, B.B. (1981) “Sounding boards. The UCR boondoggle: a death knell for private practice?,” The New England Journal of Medicine, 305(1), pp. 41–45. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198107023050108.
MODERN EXPLANATIONS OF RVU PROCESSES (SEE ALSO "AMA")
Jacobs, J.P. et al. (2017) “How Is Physician Work Valued?,” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 103(2), pp. 373–380. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.059.
McMahon, L.F. and Song, Z. (2024) “Rebuilding the Relative Value Unit-Based Physician Payment System,” JAMA, 332(5), pp. 369–370. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.8478.
LAB SPECIFIC - ONLY WEISS = PATHOLOGY
Sireci, A.N. et al. (2020) “Molecular Pathology Economics 101: An Overview of Molecular Diagnostics Coding, Coverage, and Reimbursement: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology,” The Journal of molecular diagnostics: JMD, 22(8), pp. 975–993. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.05.008.
Weiss, R.L. (2007) “Coding, coverage, and compensation for pathology and laboratory medicine services,” Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 27(4), pp. 875–891, viii. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2007.07.004
QUINN
Quinn, B. (2026a) “AI History You Can Use: Pricing Novel Technologies in RVUs - Case Studies 2010, 2020,” BruceBlogMiscellaneous. Available at: https://bqwebpage.blogspot.com/2026/03/ai-history-you-can-use-pricing-novel.html.
Quinn, B. (2026b) “Notes on RVU Resources,” BruceBlogMiscellaneous. Available at: https://bqwebpage.blogspot.com/2026/03/notes-on-rvu-resources.html.
