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Discuss how cost accounting can be utilized to support healthcare organizational strategic decisions and goals related to departments, facilities, and services.

how do you use a functional-based approach to figure out a cost per patient day in a hospital?

Describe the staffing competencies needed for hiring team members in the back-end revenue cycle of a healthcare organization

How can cost accounting be utilized to support healthcare organizational strategic decisions and goals related to departments, facilities, and services.

What was the motivation for changing the way physicians are compensated in the Medicare system? What are the implications for physicians' behavior as the resource-based relative value scale is fully implemented?

What is the importance of ratio analysis? What are the four main categories? How would a health care manager use ratio analysis?

How does price transparency impact the role of a manager / administrators in a healthcare organization

How does having an effective payment model impact the role of a manager / administrators in a healthcare organization .

1. How are solvency ratios used to provide guidance for health organizations? 2. Explain the concept of a present-value analysis.

Which of the following will give you the most accurate allocation between a cost's fixed component and variable component? a. Examination of a students’ registration forms for miscellaneous fees and tuition fees b. Use of the least squares method to allocate the cost of electricity c. Dividing the total cost on the water bill among the different departments based on direct labor hours d. Dividing the total cost of the postpaid plan using the high-low method

East Alabama Medical Center uses nonfinancial performance measures to track the following objectives: • Maintain and improve the quality of clinical services. • Improve patient service. • Enhance employee recruitment and retention. (a) Link each of these objectives to one of the four balanced scorecard perspectives. Objective   Perspective Maintain and improve the quality of clinical services    FinancialLearning & growthInternal business processesCustomer Improve patient service    Learning & growthInternal business processesFinancialCustomer Enhance employee recruitment and retention    Learning & growthCustomerInternal business processesFinancial (b) Identify where on a balanced scorecard you would most likely find the following metrics: Metric   Perspective • Patient satisfaction score    Internal business processesFinancialCustomerLearning & growth • Number of medication errors    Internal business processesLearning…

Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates for the hospital indirect costs:

Which option is the most effective for companies and employees: a flexible spending account (FSA) or a health savings accounts (HSAs)

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CASE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS1. Identify the services and/or programs to be included in thecost and profitability analysis. Infant childcareToddler childcarePre-K childcareRent - School districtRent - Head Start 2. Examine the costs listed in Table 2.a. Identify the direct costs associated with each serviceor program.Labor costs are the only direct costs associated withthe programs. Food costs would be direct costs tothe kitchen area but indirect to the end services.b. Which costs would be organization- or facility-sustainingcosts? Provide an argument for or against assigningthese costs to services or programs. The costs that would be considered to be organizationsustaining costs include depreciation, buildinginsurance, and interest expense on the mortgage debt.Both ACDC and the tenants use the facility and,thus, should participate in the costs associated withacquiring the space. 3. Identify the broad activity categories and create cost poolsby assigning the costs from Table 2 to the…

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Case Questions and Answers  1. Identify the services and/or programs to be included in the cost and profitability analysis. Infant childcare Toddler childcare Pre-K childcare Rent - School district Rent - Head Start 2. Examine the costs listed in Table 2. a. Identify the direct costs associated with each service or program. Labor costs are the only direct costs associated with the programs. Food costs would be direct costs to the kitchen area but indirect to the end services. b. Which costs would be organization- or facility-sustaining costs? Provide an argument for or against assigning these costs to services or programs. The costs that would be considered to be organizationsustaining costs include depreciation, building insurance, and interest expense on the mortgage debt. Both ACDC and the tenants use the facility and, thus, should participate in the costs associated with acquiring the space.  3. Identify the broad activity categories and create cost pools by assigning the costs…

Activity Bases for Service Department Charges For each of the following service departments, select the activity base listed that is most appropriate for charging service expenses to responsible units. Your answer should include the number of the activity base only. Activity bases to choose from: Number of conference attendees Number of computers Number of employees trained Number of cell phone minutes used Number of purchase requisitions Number of sales invoices Number of payroll checks Number of travel claims Service Department Activity Base a.  Accounts Receivable fill in the blank 1 b.  Central Purchasing fill in the blank 2 c.  Computer Support fill in the blank 3 d.  Conferences fill in the blank 4 e.  Employee Travel fill in the blank 5 f.  Payroll Accounting fill in the blank 6 g.  Telecommunications fill in the blank 7 h.  Training fill in the blank 8

Why does support department cost allocation matter to service businesses (such as colleges and universities)? Please explain the importance. Also, identify three businesses, companies, or non-profit organizations that you think would use support department cost allocation. Name the company and their corresponding support departments.

how and why hospitals use Activity-based Costing?

Cost Drivers for Support Department Allocations For each of the following support departments, select the cost driver listed that is most appropriate for allocating support department costs to responsible units. Your answer should include the number of the cost driver only. Cost drivers to choose from: Number of conference attendees Number of computers Number of employees trained Number of cell phone minutes used Number of purchase requisitions Number of sales invoices Number of payroll checks Number of travel claims Support Department Cost Driver a.  Accounts Receivable   b.  Central Purchasing   c.  Computer Support   d.  Conferences   e.  Employee Travel   f.  Payroll Accounting   g.  Telecommunications   h.  Training