In: Accounting
Occupational Therapy of Your Area (OTYA) wants to figure out the average cost of three physical therapy services. The practice uses a cost of $60 per RVU for its physical therapists, who are all contract workers paid by the relative value units they create. Physical therapy aides are paid $20/hr. They spend 15 minutes per service. The administrator of OTYA believes that RVUs are a solid way to reflect the cost of space, equipment use and administration. The total cost is $300,000.
Service |
Average physical therapist time/service |
Supplies/service |
RVUs/ service |
Service Volume |
PT- basic |
30 min. |
$10 |
2 |
1250 |
PT-mid |
60 min. |
$15 |
3 |
1000 |
PT-intense |
75 min. |
$20 |
6 |
750 |