Scenario:
A new director of HIM must orient himself to departmental budgeting practices. There are a variety of decisions for HIM management issues and practices that will impact the overall department budget, and the HIM department budget impacts the overall facility budget, which contributes to the financial success of the facility. The HIM Director highlights the personnel budget, including weekly variables such as overtime and temporary staff and then proceeds to review department supply variables. There is also an orientation of a capital budget since the HIM department wants to purchase a new software for the Continuous Documentation Integrity (CDI) unit.
Develop the budget components that will orient the HIM director to aspects of budgeting.
Instructions:
Develop the following components that will orient the HIM director to aspects of budgeting:
Compare and contrast personnel costs of staff overtime and temporary staffing costs to complete a purge of unused paper medical records. Prepare a justification for the Director of HIM on which staffing option is better and connect it to the best cost. Use the following document:
Prepare a justification
Next, analyze the supply ordering procedure that is currently practiced in the HIM department to optimize ordering practices. Take part in a rewrite of the 8098 ordering procedure (HIM3304-Assessment-1-Part-2-Document.docx) to minimize spending while meeting department needs.
Finally, compare and contrast both hardware and software costs for 3 different CDI solutions (him3304-Assessment-1-Part-3-Docment.docx). Determine the best to worst options by ordering them and then defend your top choice using a compare and contrast table. Place the 3 items into a portfolio to present to the CFO.
