Health Policy Affairs

The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) survey preparations for the September 2025 RUC meeting will begin in June 2025. If you receive a RUC survey from SIR for a procedure that you perform, please complete it as soon as possible. SIR members are randomly selected to participate in the survey.

The RUC is a unique multispecialty committee dedicated to describing the resources required to provide physician services, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) considers in developing Relative Value Units (RVUs). Although the RUC provides recommendations, CMS makes all final decisions about what Medicare payments will be.