There was a time when Relative Value Units (RVUs) felt like a stable currency – something you and others could take to the bank. 

That was then. This is now.

Then, productivity could be measured, compensation plans could be managed, and economic models could assume relative stability in physician work measurement.

Recently, actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – culminating in the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule – signal a philosophical shift in how physician work is valued, adjusted, and used as a policy lever. The takeaway is not that RVUs are broken; it is that they are no longer designed to be static. 

For more details on this change, the producers of Monitor Mondays have invited senior healthcare analyst Frank Cohen to be the special guest during the next live edition of the venerated Internet broadcast, coming up on Monday, Feb. 2.

Broadcast segments will also include these instantly recognizable features:

·      Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds. 

·      The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins, will report the latest news about auditors. 

·      Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Byron, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.

·      Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, chief legislative affairs liaison for Zelis, will report on current healthcare legislation.