Statistics budget: changing RVU weight. How would the estimate of commercial weighted encounters (Exhibit I.1e) change if ZMG Hospitalist Practice estimated that its admissions had a relative value weight of 3.50 and the follow-up visits had a relative value weight of 1.75 (Exhibit I.1d)?

Exhibit 1.1e Weighted Encounters by payor and type

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Commercial
Admissions	1,892	1,768	1,908	1,772	1,692	1,736	1,776	1,828	1,760	1,860	1,788	1,968	21,748
Follow-up	2,838	2,652	2,860	2,656	2,540	2,606	2,664	2,740	2,638	2,792	2,684	2,950	32,620
Total	4,730	4,420	4,768	4,428	4,232	4,342	4,440	4,568	4,398	4,652	4,472	4,918	54,368
Medicare
Admissions	2,944	2,748	2,964	2776	2636	2704	2760	2844	2736	2896	2784	3060	33,832
Follow-up	4,416	4,124	4,448	4,132	3,952	4,054	4,142	4,264	4,104	4,342	4,176	4,588	50,742
Total	7,360	6,872	7,412	6,888	6,588	6,758	6,902	7,108	6,840	7,238	6,960	7,648	84,574
Medicaid/Self Pay
Admissions	420	392	424	392	376	388	396	408	392	412	396	436	4,832
Follow-up	630	590	636	590	564	580	592	610	586	620	596	656	7,250
Total	1,050	982	1,060	982	940	968	988	1,018	978	1,032	992	1,092	12,082
Total	13,140	12,274	13,240	12,298	11,760	12,068	12,330	12,694	12,216	12,922	12,424	13,658	151,024

Note: Computed by multiplying the projected encounters by type and payor in Exhibit 1.1c by the RVUs (4 for admissions, 2 for follow-up) in exhibit 1.1d, rounded to the nearest whole number