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Problem
Objectives
1) Perform variance analysis (percentage of change) between specified HIM budget line items from FY2024 and FY2025
2) Develop an operating budget for the HIM department for FY2026
3) Use Excel to document and submit the FY2026 operating budget
4) Create formulas in an Excel spreadsheet
5) Write a budget justification
Instructions
Review the following case study and Excel spreadsheet template to calculate variances as indicated in the scenario. Use the spreadsheet template and assumptions to complete the proposed FY2026 budget. Include formulas for calculating all affected columns in the Excel template. Give a budget justification for presentation to a budget committee.
Scenario
As the health information management director at Mission Baptist Hospital, you are responsible for developing the department's annual budget. Prior to meeting with your coding and transcription supervisors, you reviewed the budget data for FY2024 and FY2025. In the meeting with supervisors, you discuss the needs of their areas and projected volume statistics for FY2026. It is now time to develop the budget for FY2026. You have been instructed by the budget department to use the spreadsheet provided to submit your FY2026 budget. You will attach a written budget justification of your finalized budget to the Mission Baptist Hospital budget review committee.
Calculate the following: (show your calculations and round to the nearest tenth)
I. Calculate the percentage of increase or decrease in the total salaries/wages/benefits for the entire HIM department from FY2024 to FY2025.
II. Calculate the percentage of increase or decrease in the coders' total salaries/wages/benefits for all coding positions combined (I, II, III) from FY2024 to FY2025.
III. Calculate the percentage of increase or decrease in the use of outsourced coding services from FY2024 to FY2025.
IV. Calculate the percentage of increase or decrease in the use of outsourced transcription services from FY2024 to FY2025.
V. Calculate the percentage of increase in the ROI copying fees from FY2024 to FY2025. Get the instant assignment help.
VI. Calculate the percentage of increase in the physician office coding contract from FY2024 to FY2025.