You are the HIM Director for General Community Hospital. You need to determine the full$-$time equivalency for the Health Information Services to submit to the CEO. The CEO has requested this information to determine additional hires. One full$-$time equivalent $($FTE$)$ employment is based on the typical workweek. General Community Hospital defines FTE as

$1-$ FTE $=40$ hours per week $(480$ minutes per day$)$

$40$ hours per week x $52$ weeks $=2080$ hours per year

Instructions

and calculate the FTE needs for HIM Services for General Community Hospital. complete the information. You are required to show your calculations. After completing the table and calculating the FTE needs, provide a recommendation to the CEO based on the data. You should prepare your response in a Memo format to the CEO. You need to include the completed table. Submit your MS$-$Word document here.

Department Work standard per day Volume per day Calculation FTEs needed Rationale

Coding$/$ DRG Assignment $24$ minutes per chart $30$ charts $24\backslash$times $30=720$ minutes $1\mathrm{.}5720/480=1\mathrm{.}5$

Disclosure $($ROI$)13$ minutes per chart $113$ charts

Abstract $19$ minutes per chart $77$ charts

Audit $116$ minutes per chart $4$