Quiz questions

It summarizes the anticipated major purchases for the year

The amount that an organization bills its patients after accounting for discounts and allowances. See gross charges

It is comprised of the revenue budget and the expense budget. The bottom line for this budget is net income

A standardized weighting applied to services which reflects the amount of resource consumption to provide that service. A service assigned two RVUs consumes twice the resources as does a service assigned one RVU

• The first budget to be
• prepared. One of the four major types of budgets. It identifies the amount of
• services that will be provided, typically categorized by payer type.

• Cost centers that support clinical cost
• centers and the organization as a whole. They are often considered the
• infrastructure of the organization.

A budget that accommodates a range or multiple levels of activities

• An organizational unit that has been
• formally given the duty to carry out one or more tasks and/or achieve one or
• more outcomes.

• Organizational units that are primarily responsible for ensuring that health care–related services are provided to a population in a manner that meets the volume and quality requirements of the organization.
• They have no direct budgetary control.

The price for products or services which are charged internally to other organizational units

• It is through its working capital that a health care organization collects its funds, pays its employees, buys its supplies and pays
• its creditors.

• In the aggressive approach the health care
• organization attempts to maximize its returns by investing its funds in
• non-liquid assets such as buildings and equipment. Conversely, in the
• conservative approach, a health care organization accepts lower returns with
• higher liquidity so as to minimize its risk of not having sufficient funds to
• pay current obligations.

• Temporary working capital needs result
• from seasonal changes, while permanent working capital needs arise from more
• ongoing factors, such as a permanent increase in patient volume.

• Daily operations refers to holding
• cash so that day-to-day bills may be paid. Precautionary purposes refers
• to holding cash to meet unexpected demands.
• Speculative reasons refers
• to holding cash to take advantage of unexpected opportunities.

An unsecured loan is one which is not backed by collateral

• 1.5/15 net 25” means that a 1.5% discount will
• be given if payment is made within 15 days. “Net 25” means that if the discount
• is not taken, then the full amount is due within 25 days.

• The objectives of billing, credit, and collection
• policies are to accelerate cash receipts and to maximize the ultimate
• collectable amount of the accounts receivable.

• •  Name
• changes
• •  Address changes
• •  Lack of clarity as to who is
• responsible to pay the bill
• •  Specific requirements demanded by
• various third-party payors, such as retrospective review

Correctly identifying the diagnostic and procedural codes

• The major alternatives for investing cash on a
• short-term basis are: T-bills, CDs, Commercial Paper, and Money Market Mutual
• Funds. In general, the trade-offs are between risk, return, and liquidity