Financial Management Flashcards

1
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Refers to Supply, labor, and overhead money spent on a product

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Cost

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2
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Importance of identifying cost

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  1. To accurately price tests
  2. Determine when and how to offer new test
  3. Determine whether to acquire new outreach client business
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3
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Expenses that can easily be traced to an end Product— billable test

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Direct cost

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4
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Not directly responsible to billiable test but necessary for its production

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Indirect cost (aka: overhead cost)

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5
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Cost thst varies depending on the test volume

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Variable costs

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6
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Do not changed with the volume of tests performed

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Fixed cost

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7
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50-70% of thr lab budget

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Salary cost

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8
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Expenses incurred to produce a product or service

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Operating and capital cost

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9
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3 criteria before it recognizdd as a capital item

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Time
Price
Purpose

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10
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Annual loss of a capital item’s value is called

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Depreciation

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11
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Determined the total direct labor and supply cost of producing a tesst

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Micro- testing

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12
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A batch of test sample that are tested on a 24-hr period or a shift

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Test run

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13
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Test run is composed of:

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Test sample
Calibration
QC

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14
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Distributes the total direct cost of a run over the patient results

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Cost per reportable results

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15
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Cost of producing one additional test

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Incremental cost

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16
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Cost of a total direct and indirect cost

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Fully loaded cost

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17
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Balance remaining after the fully loaded cost are deducted

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Contirbuted margins

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18
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Total price of services rendered

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Revenue

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19
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Total charges at a facility’s fully established rate

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Gross patient revenue

20
Q

Gross inpatient and outpatient revenue minus all related deduction

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Net patient revenue

21
Q

Difference between billing at full- established rates and amounts received from third-party payers

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Contractual adjustments

22
Q

Process of buying, learning of the need, and selecting supplies

A

Purchasing

23
Q

Priority of need is categorised as follows:

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Essential
Necessary
Desirable
Other

24
Q

Refers to scheduled preventive maintenance

A

Maintenance

25
Q

Unscheduled maintenance

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Repair

26
Q

First level of maintenance– by lab technologist

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  1. Cleaning
  2. Adjusting
  3. Caring on a daily basis
27
Q

Second level of maintenance– by field serviceman

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  1. Inspection
  2. Cleaning
  3. Lubrication
  4. Repair
  5. Adjustment
  6. Calibration
  7. Test
28
Q

Third level maintenance—- by manufacturer

A

Overhaul or refurbishment

29
Q

1st step in implementing a preventive maintenance

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Established an inventory of lab instruments

30
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2nd step in implementing a preventive maintenance

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Established a control-card system with a separate card for each piece of instrument

31
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3rd step in implementing a preventive maintenance

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Established a file for each instrument to hold permanent record of repairs

32
Q

Annual contract in which the vendor agrees to deliver goods at predetermined price as notified by the lab

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Released orders

33
Q

Annual contract in which the vendor agrees to deliver goods at predetermined price and on established schedule

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Standing order

34
Q

3 docs in purchasing process

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  1. Requisition
  2. Packing slip
  3. Payment
35
Q

Budgeting is the process of:

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  1. Planning
  2. Forecasting
  3. Controlling
  4. Monitoring
36
Q

Pre determined form of budgeting

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Pro forma budget

37
Q

Pro forma budget uses the data for

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1 yr routine

38
Q

Operational budget must be linked to

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Capital budget

39
Q

Compares the labs productivity with other labs

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External benchmarking

40
Q

Measures labs productivity over time

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Internal benchmarking

41
Q

It measures of an org’s products or services against specific standard

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Benchmarking

42
Q

Statement of an org’s financial position at a specific point in time

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Balance sheet

43
Q

Aka statement of profit and loss

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Income statement

44
Q

Diff between the projected budget and actual revenue and expense
(Budget- actual =___)

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Variance

45
Q

Less than expected revenue or expenses

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Positive variance

46
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More than expected revenue or expenses

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Negative variance