Question

Fall City Hospital has an outpatient clinic. Jeffrey Harper, the hospital’s chief administrator, is very concerned about cost control and has asked that performance reports be prepared that compare budgeted and actual amounts for medical assistants, clinic supplies, and lab tests. Past financial studies have shown that the cost of clinic supplies used is driven by the number of medical assistant labor hours worked, whereas lab tests are highly correlated with the number of patients served.

The following information is available for June:

Medical assistants Fall City’s standard wage rate is $15 per hour, and each assistant is expected to spend 30 minutes with a patient. Assistants totaled 890 hours in helping the 1,630 patients seen, at an average pay rate of $15.90 per hour.

Clinic supplies The cost of clinic supplies used is budgeted at $12 per labor hour, and the actual cost of supplies used was $9,350.

Lab tests Each patient is anticipated to have three lab tests, at an average budgeted cost of $70 per test. Actual lab tests for June cost $355,014 and averaged 3.3 per patient.

  

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Prepare a report that shows budgeted and actual costs for the 1,630 patients served during June. Compute the differences (variances) between these amounts and label them as favorable or unfavorable.

On the basis of your answer to requirement (1), determine whether Fall City has any significant problems with respect to clinic supplies and lab tests.

3-a. Determine the spending and efficiency variances for lab tests. (Hint: In applying the overhead variance formulas, think of the number of tests as the activity level, and think of the cost per test as analogous to the variable overhead rate.)

3-b. Does it appear that Fall City has any significant problems with the cost of its lab tests?

Compare the lab test variance computed in requirement (1), a flexible-budget variance, with the sum of the variances in requirement (3-a). What is the relationship between the flexible budget variance and the total of the individual standard-cost variances?

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Prepare a report that shows budgeted and actual costs for the 1,630 patients served during June. Compute the differences (variances) between these amounts and label them as favorable or unfavorable. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "Favorable" or "Unfavorable". Select "None" and enter "0" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Do not round intermediate calculations.)

	Budget: Actual: 1,630 Patients 1,630 Patients Variance Medical assistants Clinic supplies Lab tests Total $0 $0

On the basis of your answer to requirement (1), determine whether Fall City has any significant problems with respect to clinic supplies and lab tests.

	On the basis of your answer to requirement (1), determine whether Fall City has any significant problems with respect to clinic supplies and lab tests.

Determine the spending and efficiency variances for lab tests. (Hint: In applying the overhead variance formulas, think of the number of tests as the activity level, and think of the cost per test as analogous to the variable overhead rate.) (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "Favorable" or "Unfavorable". Select "None" and enter "0" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Do not round intermediate calculations.)

	Variable-overhead spending variance Variable-overhead efficiency variance

Does it appear that Fall City has any significant problems with the cost of its lab tests?

	Does it appear that Fall City has any significant problems with the cost of its lab tests?

Compare the lab test variance computed in requirement (1), a flexible-budget variance, with the sum of the variances in requirement (3-a). What is the relationship between the flexible budget variance and the total of the individual standard-cost variances?

The flexible-budget variance equals the total of the individual standard-cost variances.radio button unchecked1 of 3

The flexible-budget variance is greater than the sum of the total of the individual standard-cost variances.radio button unchecked2 of 3

The flexible-budget variance is less than the total of the individual standard-cost variances.

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			Budget:	Actual:
	Working Budget	Working actual	1,630 Patients	1,630 Patients	Variance	F/U
Medical assistants	1630*15*0.5	890*15.90	$               12,225	$               14,151	$      1,926	U
Clinic supplies	1630*12*0.5		$                 9,780	$                 9,350	$          430	F
Lab tests	1630*3*70		$            342,300	$            355,014	$    12,714	U
Total			$            364,305	$            378,515	$    14,210	U
Yes. As actual rate is high.
Variable Overhead Spending Variance	(AR-SR)*Actual Test	(66-70)*(1630*3)	19560	F
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance	(AT-ST)*SR	(5379-4890)*70	34230	U
Total Variance			14670	U
Actual Test	1630*3.3	5379
Budgeted Test	1630*3	4890
Actual Rate	355014/5379	$                                66
The flexible-budget variance is less than the total of the individual standard-cost variances.