I imagine the RVU system is probably less financially renumerative in most situations, unless they really need you and increase your RVU amount as a result
I've never completely done the numbers, but like others are saying I think if all things are equal, usually the RVU system is less overall take home pay.
However billing professional fees means you need more staff or a billing company. Also means you decide about collections, etc (ie what do you do with a patient that has an outstanding copay of X dollars).
So like lots of other endeavors, with more work/hassle may come more money.
One slight difference is that RVUs do not directly correlate with reimbursement as there is some variability between insurers based on negotiated rates. Also, I believe (though I could be wrong) you can generate RVUs but not get fully paid for one reason or another (i.e. inpatient bundled payment based on DRG).
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