Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)'s a schema used to determine how much money medical providers should be paid. It's currently used by Medicare in the United States and by nearly all Health maintenance organizations (HMOs). RBRVS assigns procedures performed by a physician or other medical provider a relative value which's adjusted by geographic region (so a procedure performed in Manhattan's worth more than a procedure performed in El Paso). This value's then multiplied by a fixed con… (More on Rbrvs)