Hcfa Conference on Resource-based Practice Expenses Views and Recommendations of the American Society of Internal Medicine

The American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM) appreciates the opportunity to share our perspectives on HCFA’s approach to developing resource-based practice expenses (RBPEs). We understand that HCFA is particularly interested in our views on how indirect practice expense relative value units (RVUs) should be developed. Given the fact that HCFA has proposed that the indirect practice expense RVUs be based in part on the direct PE-RVUs, it is important to also discuss today the process and methodology that HCFA proposes be used to develop the direct practice expense inputs.