RUC flawed but functional

No cryptic cartel, the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) is an indispensable piece of the healthcare payment puzzle that beats less logical options that have been proposed, dermatologists say. No cryptic cartel, the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) is an indispensable piece of the healthcare payment puzzle that beats less logical options that have been proposed, dermatologists say. Created by the 1989 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, "The RUC is extremely important. Its process is not perfect, but it works," though lately it's been unfairly tarred, says Daniel M. Siegel, M.D., American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) adviser to the RUC. With a total of 15 years' experience on the RUC, he has served on its practice advisory committee and chaired its research subcommittee. He is also a clinical professor of dermatology and director of the procedural dermatology fe

No cryptic cartel, the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) is an indispensable piece of the healthcare payment puzzle that beats less logical options that have been proposed, dermatologists say. No cryptic cartel, the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) is an indispensable piece of the healthcare payment puzzle that beats less logical options that have been proposed, dermatologists say. Created by the 1989 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, "The RUC is extremely important.