Contract increase approved for physicians’ services

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center will pay the Shelby County Medical Corporation $94 per work relative value unit (RVU) for professional services performed for the new fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 for a total estimated cost of $4.5 million.
    MMC currently pays the Shelby County Medical Corporation $92 per work relative value unit. Shelby County Medical Corporation employs the physicians.
    The increase was approved by the MMC Board of Trustees. RVU is a measurement system developed by Medicare and used in the healthcare field to assign a numerical value to health care services provided.    
    MMC CEO Barry Jacobsen said what is included in those dollars are salary and benefits of physicians (not mid-level positions who are paid by MMC), some of the contracted costs for the orthopedic surgeons, ENT position as well as the GI (gastroenterologist) position who come to MMC.