1.Question :(TCO 4) Which of the following is part of a statistics budget?

 

 Student Answer:  Output expectations

 

   Responsibility for estimation

 

   Estimation methodology

 

   All of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 2.Question :(TCO 4) The following is an example of a _____________ budget:

“The budget for the radiology department is different at 90 percent occupancy than at 80 percent occupancy.”

 

 Student Answer:  rolling

 

   flexible

 

   forecast

 

   fixed

 

 

 

 

 

 3.Question :(TCO 4) Effectiveness is a relationship between:

 

 Student Answer:  Outputs and organizational goals

 

   Inputs and outputs

 

   Inputs and organizational goals

 

   None of the above.

 

 

 

 

 4.Question :(TCO 3) What is the main reason that relative value units (RVUs) often are used in health care?

 

 Student Answer:  Not all standard units show up in a standard treatment protocol.

 

   RVUs enable more accurate pricing.

 

   RVUs are the optimal way to estimate the costs of the resources consumed by cost objects such as products and customers.

   Some departments or cost centers may have large numbers of outputs, which make individual costing very time consuming and expensive.

 

 

 

 

 5.Question :(TCO 3) Your controller has told you that the marginal profit of DRG 209 (major joint procedure) for a Medicare patient exceeds the marginal profit for an average charge patient. Why might this occur?

 

 Student Answer:  High fixed costs of treatment

 

   Low Medicare payment

 

   High prices

 

   Low prices

 

 

 

 

 

 6.Question :(TCO 2) The heading of every financial statement should contain the:

 

 Student Answer:  name, title, and place of business

 

   name, title, and specific date of statement

 

   title, name, type of ownership, and unit of measurement

 

   title of statement, name of entity, and unit of measurement

 

   name, title, specific date of statement, and unit of measurement

 

 

 

 

 7.Question :(TCO 2) Which of the following is the BEST example of a financial metric?

 

 Student Answer:  Degree of innovation

 

   Employee empowerment

 

   Accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

   Total margin

 

   Length of stay

 

 

 

 

 1.Question :(TCO 4) Formulate your answer based on the below information. Costs per case increased to $4,900 from a budgeted value of $4,750. This increased actual total costs by what amount?

You have been asked by management to explain the variances in costs under your inpatient capitated contract. The following data is provided. Use the following data to calculate the variances.

 BudgetActual

Inpatient Costs$12,568,500$16,618,350

Members42,00042,000

Admission Rate0.0700.095

Case Mix Index0.900.85

Cost per Case (CMI = 1.0)$4,750$4,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2.Question :(TCO 4)Based on the information below, assume that the only change in the original example data is that Blue Cross raises their discount to 20 percent. What price should be set?

You have been asked to establish a pricing structure for radiology on a per-procedure basis. Present budgetary data is presented below:

Budgeted Procedures$10,000

Budgeted Cost$400,000

Desired Profit$80,000

 

It is estimated that Medicare patients comprise 40 percent of total radiology volume and will pay on average $38.00 per procedure. Approximately 10 percent of the patients are cost payers. The remaining charge payers are summarized below:

PayerVolume%Discount%

Blue Cross204

Unity PPO1510

Kaiser1010

Self Pay540

 50% 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3.Question :(TCO 4) What is the amount of variance that can be attributed to the difference between budgeted and actual volume?

Use the following data to calculate the variances.

The following information has been prepared for a home health agency.

 BudgetActual

Wage Rate per Hour$16.00$17.00

Fixed Hours320320

Variable Hours per Relative

Value Unit (RVU)1.01.1

Relative Value Units (RVUs)1,0001,200

Total Labor Hours1,3201,640

Labor Costs$21,120$27,880

Cost per RVU$21.12$23.23

 

Budgeted costs at actual volume would be $25,344 ($21.12 × 1,200), and the total variance to be explained is $2,536 Unfavorable ($27,880 – $25,344). Be sure to specify whether the variance is favorable or unfavorable.

 

 

 

 

 

 4.Question :(TCO 2) Explain the difference between the accrual basis of accounting and the cash basis of accounting.?

 

 

 

 

 

 5.Question :(TCO 2) What is an audit (in the context of financial accounting)?

 

 

 

 

 

 6.Question :(TCO 1) What are social responsibility and ethics as they relate to business-oriented organizations? How should social responsibility and ethics affect the decisions of even for-profit companies?

 

 

 

 

 

 7.Question :(TCO 2) Define and describe the purpose of fund accounting (now called net assets).

 

 

 

 

 

A project’s Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt chart provide structure for a project. In this week’s assignment you develop both the WBS and Gantt chart for a fictitious organization. The Manage Your Health, Inc (MYH) scenario will be used in the weekly assignments for the rest of the course.

Review the Manage Your Health Scenario and follow the directions below for completing a WBS and Gantt chart.

Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project. Break down the work to Level 3 or Level 4, as appropriate. Use the Work Breakdown Structure Template and Work Breakdown Structure example in this text as guides. Upload the WBS in list form. The WBS should be based on the information that would be in a project scope of this scenario. You can review your project plan from Wk 1. 

Create a Gantt chart using the WBS you developed with Microsoft Excel or another software of your choice and approved by your instructor. Do not enter any durations or dependencies. 

Submit 2 deliverables: the WBS and Gantt Chart.