Comparison of RVU Reimbursement in Anterior or Posterior Approach for Single- and Multilevel Cervical Spinal Fusion
Clear discrepancies exist between surgical approach and levels of fusion in cervical spine procedures incongruous with markers of surgical difficulty, physician effort, or expertise required. These specific results suggest that the complexity of multi-level anterior cervical fusions are not effectively accounted for by existing RVU measures.
Authors
- Rushmin Khazanchi
- Srikanth N. Divi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5776-2044)
- Shravan Asthana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1356-3764)
- Connor Workman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7914-9753)
- Jacob Staub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2576-1446)
- Wellington K. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-6868)
- Alpesh A. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-4294)
- Samuel G. Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-1051)
- Pranav Bajaj
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001684
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55