PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Donovan, W.D. TI - What Is the RUC? AID - 10.3174/ajnr.A2767 DP - 2011 Oct 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 1583--1584 VI - 32 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/9/1583.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/9/1583.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2011 Oct 01; 32 AB - 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