2. The HIM department at Community Hospital will experience a 15 percent increase in the number of discharges coded per

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2. The HIM department at Community Hospital will experience a 15 percent increase in the number of discharges coded per day as the result of opening an orthopedic clinic in the facility. The 15 percent increase is projected to be 50 additional records per day. The standard time to code this type of record is 15 minutes. Compute the number of FTES required to handle this increased volume in coding based on a 7.5-hour productive day. Round to one digit after the decimal. 3. The HIM coding supervisor agrees to pay a new graduate $15.00 per hour. This is a full-time coding position at 2,080 hours per year. The cost for a full-time employee's fringe benefits is 25 percent of the employee's salary. How much must the supervisor budget for the employee's salary and fringe benefits? 4. The same supervisor in the scenario above agreed to increase the salary of the employee to $16.00 per hour passed her RHIT certification exam. What will the new budget be for salary and fringe benefits? once she passed her RHIT certification exam. Three months after beginning her employment, the employee 5. The forms used to query physicians in your coding area cost $50.00 per 250 forms for the first 500 and $40 for every 100 thereafter. If you need to order 850 forms, what is the total cost to be budgeted? 6. You currently lease scanning equipment at a cost of $2,750 per quarter and two copy machines at $150 each per month plus $0.01 per page copied. You estimate you will copy a total of 30,000 pages a year per copier. What will you need to budget annually for this leased equipment? 7. Use an Excel spreadsheet to determine the variance and percent of variance for each item listed in the HIM department budget shown in the table that follows. Round to two decimal points. Item Supplies Outside temp service Travel Conference fees Postage Subscriptions Maintenance contracts Community Hospital Health Information Department Fiscal Year 20XX Budget Amount $1,500 $10,500 $2,500 $750 $2,000 $325 $6,000 Actual Amount $1,495 $8,500 $2,575 $800 $1,035 $320 $3,525 Variance/% of Variance 8. All patients who present to the emergency department with a suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are expected to receive an electrocardiogram (ECG) within 10 minutes of their arrival. Of the 45 patients who had a suspected AMI during the last quarter, 33 had an ECG within the specified time frame. What was the rate of compliance? Round to two decimal places. 9. Last month, the ROI specialist received 580 requests for information. He was able to answer 307 within the specified time frame of three working days. What is the rate of compliance in answering requests within the specified time frame? Round to two decimal places.