Michael T. Ingram, MS, David H. Wisner, MD, David T. Cooke, MD

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Practice patterns of academic general thoracic and adult cardiac surgeons Michael T. Ingram, MS, David H. Wisner, MD, David T. Cooke, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 148, Issue 4, Pages 1162-1166 (October 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.035 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Percentage of total evaluation and management (E & M) work relative value units (wRVUs) for fiscal years 2007 to 2010. CS, Cardiac surgery; GTS, general thoracic surgery; NS, not significant. *Critical care services was also included in the hospital inpatient services. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 1162-1166DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.035) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Percentage of total work relative value units (wRVUs) attributable to procedural or evaluation and management (E & M) billing for fiscal years 2007 to 2010. GTS, General thoracic surgery; CS, cardiac surgery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 1162-1166DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.035) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions