1) Sedgwick County Hospital uses an indirect job-costing system for all patients. In June, the budgeted nursing...
Question:
a. Determine the budgeted overhead rate for each department.
b. What are the total charges to Ms. Graves if she was in the facility the entire month?
2) Cowley County Hospital uses a job-costing system for all patients who have surgery. In March, the pre-operating room (PRE-OP) and operating room (OR) had budgeted allocation bases of 4,000 nursing hours and 2,000 nursing hours, respectively. The budgeted nursing overhead charges for each department for the month were $168,000 and $132,000, respectively. The hospital floor for surgery patients had budgeted overhead costs of $1,200,000 and 15,000 nursing hours for the month. For patient Fred Adams, actual hours incurred were eight and four hours, respectively, in the PRE-OP and OR rooms. He was in the hospital for 4 days (96 hours). Other costs related to Adams were:
The hospital uses a budgeted overhead rate for applying overhead to patient stays.
What is the total cost of the stay of patient Fred Adams?
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Cost Management Measuring Monitoring And Motivating Performance
ISBN: 392
2nd Edition
Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan K. Wolcott