Describe why an imaging department uses FTE’s and RVU’s as the standard for budgeting.

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Technical Information:

Your CT scanner contains a list of exams that the technologist can select. These exams each have a CPT code attached to them that gets sent to the RIS for billing. The technologist can select the appropriate exam based on the order but the CPT code is in the background information and is not visible to the technologist on the screen.
There are three types of exams in the Abdomen/Pelvis on your billing reference list.

  • Abdomen/Pelvis 74176 – RVU 1.5
  • Abdomen 74150 – RVU 1.0
  • Pelvis 72192 – RVU 1.0

Assignment:

Describe why an imaging department uses FTE’s and RVU’s as the standard for budgeting.

Discuss what resources you might use to help find the problem in the case.

What do you think the problem and solution are?