Northwest Hospital is a full-service hospital that provides everything from major surgery and emergency clinics. Required: For each of the following costs incurred at Northwest Hospital, indicate whether it would most likely be of the specified cost object. Cost Cost Object Direct Cost or Indirect Cost Example: Catered food served to patients A particular patient Direct Cost 1. The wages of pediatric nurses The pediatric department 2. Prescription drugs A particular patient 3. Heating the hospital The pediatric department 4. The salary of the head of pediatrics The pediatric department 5. The salary of the head of pediatrics A particular pediatric patient 6. Hospital chaplain's salary A particular patient 7. Lab tests by outside contractor A particular patient 8. Lab tests by outside contractor A particular department

Northwest Hospital is a full-service hospital that provides everything from major surgery and emergency clinics. Required: For each of the following costs incurred at Northwest Hospital, indicate whether it would most likely be of the specified cost object. Cost Cost Object Direct Cost or Indirect Cost Example: Catered food served to patients A particular patient Direct Cost 1. The wages of pediatric nurses The pediatric department 2. Prescription drugs A particular patient 3. Heating the hospital The pediatric department 4. The salary of the head of pediatrics The pediatric department 5. The salary of the head of pediatrics A particular pediatric patient 6. Hospital chaplain's salary A particular patient 7. Lab tests by outside contractor A particular patient 8. Lab tests by outside contractor A particular department

Managerial Accounting

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Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

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Chapter4: Activity-based Costing

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Problem 20E: Activity-based costing for a service company Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing...

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Identifying Direct and Indirect Costs Northwest Hospital is a full-service hospital that provides everything from major surgery and emergency room care to outpatient clinics. Required: For each cost incurred at Northwest Hospital, indicate whether it would most likely be a direct cost or an indirect cost of the specified cost object by placing an
Northwest Hospital is a full-service hospital that provides everything from major surgery and emergency room care to outpatient clinics.Required:For each cost incurred at Northwest Hospital, indicate whether it would most likely be a direct cost or an indirect cost of the specified cost object by placing an X in the appropriate column.
A Community Hospital has two (2) service departments: Maintenance and Food Services. The hospital has three (3) patient care units, namely: General Medicine, OB, and Surgery. Additional information are as follows: Amount of cost to be allocated: Maintenance P 8,000,000 Food Services P 3,000,000 Allocation method: Maintenance Costs are allocated based on square foot assigned to the Food Service Costs are allocated based on number of meals served to the EXPECTED UTILIZATION RATES SQ. FT. Meals Served Food Services 10,000 30,000 Maintenance 10,000 10,000 Surgery 20,000 40,000 OB 30,000 30,000 General Medicine 30,000 90,000 TOTAL 100,000 200,000 Using the information, allocate the costs of the two (2) service departments with the three (3) patient care units using: Direct Method, Step Method – Maintenance First, Step Method – Food Services First, and Reciprocal Method.
Refer to Exhibit 3–12, which portrays the three types of allocation procedures used in two-stage allocation. Give an example of each of these allocation procedures in a hospital setting. The ultimate cost object is a patient-day of hospital care. This is one day of care for one patient. (Hint: First think about the various departments in a hospital. Which departments deal directly with patients; which ones are service departments and do not deal directly with patients? What kinds of costs does a hospital incur that should be distributed among all of the hospital’s departments? Correct hospital terminology is not important here. Focus on the concepts of cost allocation portrayed in Exhibit 3–12.)
partial list of Foothills Medical Center’s costs follows:a. Cost of laundry services for operating room personnelb. Salary of intensive care personnelc. Depreciation on patient roomsd. Cost of blood testse. Nurses’ salariesf. Cost of patient mealsg. Overtime incurred in the Patient Records Department due to a computerfailureh. Operating room supplies used on patients (catheters, sutures, etc.)i. Doctor’s feej. Cost of X-ray testk. Cost of maintaining the staff and visitors’ cafeterial. Cost of drugs used for patientsm. Cost of intravenous solutions used for patientsn. Cost of improvements on the employee parking loto. Salary of the nutritionistp. General maintenance of the hospitalq. Cost of advertising hospital services on televisionr. Cost of new heart wings. Training costs for nursest. Depreciation of X-ray equipmentu. Utility costs of the hospital Instructions1. What would be Foothills Medical Center’s most logical definition for the final cost object? Explain.2. Identify whether…
Zamboanga Hospital plans to use the activity-based costing to assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates for the hospital indirect costs: (Refer to image) Determine the activity cost associated with Patient 2. a. P1,388 b. P 908 c. P1,816 d. P4,555
Kolinski Surgical Hospital uses the direct method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The hospital has two service departments, Telecommunications and Administration, and two operating departments, Surgery and Recovery. Departmental costs Telecommunications ports Employees Multiple Choice O$317.118 $314,853 $310,244 Service Departments Tele communications $ 26,344 $305,921 31 30 Telecommunications Department costs are allocated on the basis of the number of telecommunications ports in departments and Administration Department costs are allocated on the basis of employees. The total Surgery Department cost after service department allocations is closest to: Administration $ 27,472 14 11 Operating Department Surgery Recovery $ 282,750 $ 599,690 40 74 34 27
Formation of an Activity Dictionary A hospital is in the process of implementing an ABC system. A pilot study is being done to assess the effects of the costing changes on specific products. Of particular interest is the cost of caring for patients who receive in-patient recovery treatment for illness, surgery (noncardiac), and injury. These patients are housed on the third and fourth floors of the hospital. The floors are dedicated to patient care and have only nursing stations and patient rooms. A partial transcript of an interview with the hospitals nursing supervisor is as follows: 1. How many nurses are in the hospital? There are 101 nurses, including me. 2. Of these 100 nurses, how many are assigned to the third and fourth floors? Fifty nurses are assigned to these two floors. 3. What do these nurses do (please describe)? Provide nursing care for patients, which, as you know, means answering questions, changing bandages, administering medicine, changing clothes, etc. 4. And what do you do? I supervise and coordinate all the nursing activity in the hospital. This includes surgery, maternity, the emergency room, and the two floors you mentioned. 5. What other lodging and care activities are done for the third and fourth floors by persons other than the nurses? The patients must be fed. The hospital cafeteria delivers meals. The laundry department picks up dirty clothing and bedding once each shift. The floors also have a physical therapist assigned to provide care on a physician-directed basis. 6. Do patients use any equipment? Yes. Mostly monitoring equipment. 7. Who or what uses the activity output? Patients. But there are different kinds of patients. On these two floors, we classify patients into three categories according to severity: intensive care, intermediate care, and normal care. The more severe the illness, the more activity is used. Nurses spend much more time with intermediate care patients than with normal care. The more severe patients tend to use more of the laundry service as well. Their clothing and bedding need to be changed more frequently. On the other hand, severe patients use less food. They eat fewer meals. Typically, we measure each patient type by the number of days of hospital stay. And you have to realize that the same patient contributes to each type of product. Required: Prepare an activity dictionary with three categories: activity name, activity description, and activity driver.
Question 1. The Rye Village Clinic provides primary health care to local residents. For costing purposes, the clinic classifies its departments into three operating departments (Clinic, Radiology, and Laboratory) and three support departments (Administration, Housekeeping, and Medical Records). The allocation of Administration costs is based on the percentage of time spent in the department. The allocation of Housekeeping costs is based on floor space. The allocation of Medical Records cost is based on the number of entries to patient files. For the first week of May, the department managers report the following data: House- Medical Admin. keeping Records Clinic Radiology Lab. Total Total costs 250 50 200 800 500 400 2,200 Time spent [percentage] 10 10 20 30 20 10 100 Floor space [square feet) 3,000 2,000 14,000 1,000 500 2,500 5,000 Entries to patient files 500 1,500 4,500 500 2,000 Required: (a) Allocate the three support department costs to the three operating departments using the…
Projected Revenues by Patient Services Department Routine Care Laboratory Radiology Assume that the hospital uses the direct method for cost allocation. Furthermore, the cost driver for general administration and financial services is patient services revenue, while the cost driver for facilities is space utilization. a. What are the appropriate allocation rates? b. Use an allocation table similar to Exhibit 6.7 to allocate the hospital's overhead costs to the patient services departments. Total revenues Projected Costs for All Departments Patient Services Departments (Direct Costs): Routine Care Laboratory Radiology Total costs Support Services Departments (Overhead Costs): Financial Services Facilities Housekeeping General Administration Human Resources Total overhead costs Total costs of both patient and support services Projected profit EXHIBIT 6.7 Kensington Hospital: Final Allocations Support Department (allocation rate) Financial Services ($0.05556) Facilities Housekeeping…
ces Optimal Health is an outpatient surgical clinic. The clinic's three activities, their overhead cost, and their cost drivers follow. Activity Supplies Service General surgery Orthopedic surgery Patient services Building cost The two main surgical units and their actual activity usage follow. Actual Activity Usage Square Feet 750 Activity Budgeted Cost $ Supplies Patient services Building cost 2,700,000 30,000 368,000 Surgical Hours 2,800 12, 200 Supplies Patient services Building cost Activity Cost Driver Surgical hours (SH) Number of Orthopedic Surgery Supplies Patient services Building cost patients Square feet Patients 300 1. Compute activity rates using activity-based costing. Budgeted Cost 100 Required: 1. Compute activity rates using activity-based costing. 2. Allocate overhead cost to the general surgery and to the orthopedic surgery units. Compute overhead cost per patient for each surgery unit. 1,550 Budgeted Activity Usage 15,000 400 2,300 Budgeted Activity Usage 2.…
Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates for the hospital indirect costs: Activity Activity Rate Room and meals $175 per day Radiology $247 per image Pharmacy $49 per physician order Chemistry lab $104 per test Operating room $720 per operating room hour The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows: Abel Putin Cheryl Umit Number of days 6 days 11 days Number of images 3 images 7 images Number of physician orders 5 orders 7 orders Number of tests 2 tests 5 tests Number of operating room hours 4 hours 7 hours a. Determine the activity cost associated with each patient. Abel Putin $fill in the blank 1 Cheryl Umit $fill in the blank 2