TY - JOUR T1 - What Is the RUC? JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1583 LP - 1584 DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A2767 VL - 32 IS - 9 AU - W.D. Donovan Y1 - 2011/10/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/9/1583.abstract N2 - SUMMARY: We describe a crucial but little-known constituent of the Medicare payment system. ACRAmerican College of RadiologyAMAAmerican Medical AssociationASNRAmerican Society of NeuroradiologyCMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCPTcurrent procedural technologyMedPACMedicare Payment Advisory CommissionRBRVSRVS: Resource-Based Relative Value ScaleRUCAMA/Specialty Services RVS Update CommitteeRVUrelative value unit ER -