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Preparation of Performance Reports; HospitalRocky Mountain General Hospital serves three c...

Preparation of Performance Reports; Hospital

Rocky Mountain General Hospital serves three counties in Colorado. The hospital is a nonprofit organization that is supported by patient billings, county and state funds, and private donations. The hospital’s organization is shown in the following chart.

The following cost information has been compiled for August.

 

Budget

Actual

 

August

Year to Date

August

Year to Date

Cafeteria:

Food servers’ wages

$ 8,000

$ 64,000

$ 9,000

$ 72,000

Paper products

4,500

36,000

4,400

36,200

Utilities

1,000

8,000

1,050

8,100

Maintenance

400

3,200

100

1,100

Custodial

1,100

8,800

1,100

8,600

Supplies

1,200

9,600

900

9,600

Patient Food Service

17,000

136,000

18,500

137,000

Registered Dietitians’ Section

1,500

60,000

7,500

60,000

Kitchen

31,000

248,000

29,400

246,000

Nursing Department

70,000

560,000

75,000

580,000

Radiology and Laboratory Department

18,000

144,000

18,100

144.000

Housekeeping Department

10,000

30,000

11,600

86,000

Maintenance Department

13,000

104,000

6,000

77,000

General Medicine Division

210,000

1650,000

204,000

1,670,900

Surgical Division

140,000

1,120,000

141,000

1,115,800

Administrative Division

50,000

400,000

53,500

406,000

Required:

1. Prepare a set of cost performance reports similar to Exhibit 12-4. The report should have six columns, as in Exhibit 12-4. The first four columns will have the same headings as those used above. The last two columns will have the following headings: Variance– August, Variance–Year to Date.

Since all of the information in the performance reports for Rocky Mountain General Hospital is cost information, you do not need to show these data in parentheses. Use For U to denote whether each variance in the reports is favorable or unfavorable.

2. Using arrows, show the relationships between the numbers in your performance reports for Rocky Mountain General Hospital. Refer to Exhibit 12-4 for guidance.

3. Put yourself in the place of the hospital’s administrator. Which August variances in the performance reports would you want to investigate further? Why?

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