In: Accounting
The following transactions on the books of St. Marie’s Hospital, a private not-for-profit hospital in 2017.
(a) The Hospital billed patients $612,000 for services rendered. Of this amount, 5% is expected to be uncollectible. Contractual adjustments with insurance companies are expected to total $87,000.
(b) The Hospital received $750,000 in pledges of support in a campaign undertaken to purchase new MRI equipment. All of the pledges are payable within one year and 8% are expected to be uncollectible.
(c) Charity care in the amount of $36,000 (at standard charges) was performed on an indigent patient.
(d) The Hospital collected $487,200 for the services performed in (1) above. Actual contractual adjustments for these services amounted to $89,700. $ 13,700 of receivables were identified as uncollectible and written off.
St. Marie's Hospital | |||
General Journal | |||
Account | DR | CR | |
a | |||
b | |||
c | No journal entry required. | ||
d | Cash | ||
St. Marie's Hospital | |||
a. | Patient Accounts receivable | 612000 | |
Operating revenues - Patient service revenue - unrestricted | 612000 | ||
Operating exp. General services - bad debts | 30600 | ||
Allowance for patient AR ( 612000 * 5% ) | 30600 | ||
Contractual adjustements - unrestricted | 87000 | ||
Allowance for contrcatual Adjustements | 87000 | ||
b. | Pledges receivable | 750000 | |
Allowance for uncollectible pledges ( 750000 * 8% ) | 60000 | ||
Nonoperating revenues contributions - temporarily restricted | 690000 | ||
c. | No journal entry | ||
d. | Cash | 487200 | |
Patient Accounts receivable | 487200 | ||
Allowance for contractual Adjustements | 87000 | ||
contractual Adjustements | 2700 | ||
Patient Accounts receivable | 89700 | ||
Allowance for patient AR | 13700 | ||
Patient Accounts receivable | 13700 | ||