Pleasant Stay Medical Inc. wishes to determine its product costs. Pleasant Stay offers a variety of medical procedures (operations) that are considered its “products.” The overhead has been separated into three major activities. The annual estimated activity costs and activity bases follow:
1 |
Activity |
Budgeted Activity Cost |
Activity Base |
2 |
Scheduling and admitting |
$432,000.00 |
Number of patients |
3 |
Housekeeping |
4,212,000.00 |
Number of patient days |
4 |
Nursing |
5,376,000.00 |
Weighted care unit |
5 |
Total costs |
$10,020,000.00 |
Total “patient days” are determined by multiplying the number of patients by the average length of stay in the hospital. A weighted care unit (wcu) is a measure of nursing effort used to care for patients. There were 192,000 weighted care units estimated for the year. In addition, Pleasant Stay estimated 6,000 patients and 27,000 patient days for the year. (The average patient is expected to have a a little more than a four-day stay in the hospital.)
During a portion of the year, Pleasant Stay collected patient information for three selected procedures, as follows:
Activity-Base Usage | |
Procedure A | |
Number of patients | 280 |
Average length of stay | × 6 days |
Patient days | 1,680 |
Weighted care units | 19,200 |
Procedure B | |
Number of patients | 650 |
Average length of stay | × 5 days |
Patient days | 3,250 |
Weighted care units | 6,000 |
Procedure C | |
Number of patients | 1,200 |
Average length of stay | × 4 days |
Patient days | 4,800 |
Weighted care units | 24,000 |
Private insurance reimburses the hospital for these activities at a fixed daily rate of $406 per patient day for all three procedures.
Required: | |
1. | Determine the activity rates. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. |
2. | Determine the activity cost for each procedure. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. |
3. | Determine the excess or deficiency of reimbursements to activity cost. Enter a deficiency with a minus sign. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. |
4. | Interpret your results. |
ANSWER
1. Calculation of the Activity rate:
1 | Activity | Budgeted Activity Cost | Activity Base | No. of activity | Activity rate | |
2 | Scheduling and admitting | $432,000.00 | Number of patients | 6000 | 72 | Per patients |
3 | Housekeeping | 4,212,000.00 | Number of patient days | 27000 | 156 | Per patients day |
4 | Nursing | 5,376,000.00 | Weighted care unit | 192000 | 28 | Per Weighted care units |
5 | Total costs | $10,020,000.00 |
2. Calculation of the activity cost for each procedure.
1 | Activity | Budgeted Activity Cost | Activity Base | No. of activity | Activity rate | Procedure A | Procedure B | Procedure C | |
2 | Scheduling and admitting | $432,000.00 | Number of patients | 6000 | 72 | Per patients | 20160 | 46800 | 86400 |
3 | Housekeeping | 4,212,000.00 | Number of patient days | 27000 | 156 | Per patients day | 262080 | 507000 | 748800 |
4 | Nursing | 5,376,000.00 | Weighted care unit | 192000 | 28 | Per Weighted care units | 537600 | 168000 | 672000 |
5 | Total costs | $10,020,000.00 | 819840 | 721800 | 1507200 |
Particulars | Activity cost | |
1 | Procedure A | 819840 |
2 | Procedure B | 721800 |
3 | Procedure C | 1507200 |
3 Calculation of the excess or deficiency of reimbursements to activity cost.
Particulars | Activity cost | Revenue | Excess or (Deficiency) | |
1 | Procedure A | 819840 | 682080 | -137760 |
2 | Procedure B | 721800 | 1319500 | 597700 |
3 | Procedure C | 1507200 | 1948800 | 441600 |
Answer:4
Particulars | Weighted care units per patients days | |
1 | Procedure A | 11.43 |
2 | Procedure B | 1.846 |
3 | Procedure C | 5 |
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