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“relative value”

We have one entry that includes the term relative value.

resource-based relative value scale

noun

: a system of payments to physicians for treating Medicare patients that takes into account the work done by the physicians, malpractice insurance, and practice expenses including staff salaries, overhead, supplies, and equipment abbreviation RBRVS


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