Productivity Assignment

Below you will see a table for your coding departments stats over the past year. You will also see next years projections for procedures. Over the past year your department has been performing at 95% productivity levels.

Your CFO is not happy about the 95% productivity level and wants something done to correct it.

Lucky for you a 1.0 FTE coder is leaving. Your CFO doesnt think you need to replace the position because there is a projected reduction in inpatient visits. You know that the projections show an increase in other areas and will need to account for those. If you dont you will fall behind and you will have a new problem.

Using the data below calculate what % of an FTE of a coder you will need to replace the departing coder to meet your 100% productivity goal.

Your FTE hours are 2080 but your productive FTE hours are 1737.

You will need to fill out the Position Request form to provide to your CFO.

Previous Year

Type	Minutes per chart	Yearly procedures
Inpatient	15	14600
ED	7	40150
Amb Surg	10	5500
Diagnostics	2	72500

Next Year Projections

Type	Minutes per chart	Yearly procedures
Inpatient	15	12775
ED	7	40150
Amb Surg	10	6600
Diagnostics	2	75400