Discussion Questions

Week 5 Discussion 1

Review Assignment 7 in Chapter 14 and in 300-350 words, answer the following questions:
What is the role provided by break-even point and how would you calculate this point?
Please calculate break-even point in patient days under the provided contract.
What are the limitations of using break-even point and how would you incorporate this point with management strategic planning?
Week 5 Discussion Question 2

Review Assignment 7 in Chapter 17 and in 300-350 words, answer the following questions:
What is the difference between favorable and unfavorable variances and how do you calculate them?
What if $1,000 difference is unfavorable and should that be investigated?
What if $1,000 difference is favorable and should that be investigated?

Week 5 Assignment

Budgetary Variance Model

Review Assignment 9 in Chapter 17.  Prepare a four to five page report (excluding title and reference pages), where you evaluate the performance of the Radiology department manager for a hospital.

The service unit or output for this department is the number of procedures performed. A static budget was prepared at the beginning of the year. You are now tasked with examining that budget in relation to actual experience. The relevant data are included in Table 17-18. The department manager is pleased because they have a favorable $120,000 cost variance. Evaluate the effectiveness claims of the manager using the budgetary variance mode described in Chapter 17.  What is your analysis of the department manager’s performance?  Explain your reasoning.

Your paper must include an introduction, thesis, and conclusion and be four to five page double-spaced (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Utilize a minimum of three- to- five scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (excluding the course text) that were published within the last five years, in APA format.

 

 

 

 

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What is the role provided by break-even point and how would you calculate this point?

Break-even point entails the point of balance between making a profit or a loss. The term was developed by finance experts and its concept has made positive progress to financial matters. In economics and business, break-even point (BEP) entails a point where the cost or expenses and profits are equivalent. (Boldrin, 2010) In this discourse, we are going to address break-even point in medicine where the break-even point reflects a postulated state when the …

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