Key result
Surgeon overreporting of operative times strongly correlated with higher relative value units per hour (r=0.87, P=.002), leading to reimbursement discrepancies across specialties.
Cross-Sectional (n=901,917)
Yes
Effect estimate: r=0.87
p-value: p=0.002
Surgeon self-reported operative times are frequently overreported compared to objective registry data, leading to significant discrepancies in RVU per hour and reimbursement across specialties.
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May fuel specialty reimbursement inequities; observational data leaves open causality and need for prospective validation.
Uppal et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Surgeries (n=901,917). Surgeon self-reported operative time vs. Operative times recorded in the ACS NSQIP was evaluated on Correlation between overreported operative time and RVU per hour (r=0.87, p=0.002). Surgeon overreporting of operative times strongly correlated with higher relative value units per hour (r=0.87, P=.002), leading to reimbursement discrepancies across specialties.
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