10 Mar Based on Krona’s budget, consider the effects that a Wellness Program provides to Krona. If the wellness program is to include outpatient revenue, home health revenue, and pharmacy revenue, discuss how outpatient and inpatient revenue will differ with these budgetary goals. Include the following:

You are a staff member in the finance department at Nouveau Health, whose sole responsibility is to advance the success of the organization through assisting in planning, forecasting, and finance management.

Primary Task Response: A wellness program includes services with exercise programs and chronic disease management to catch problems early so that a customer can be seen in urgent care or a doctor’s office instead of ending up in the hospital. It increases outpatient revenue and decreases inpatient admissions and readmissions thereby, hopefully, decreasing risk for financial loss. Familiarize yourself with an example of a wellness center at the following web site:

https://www.bswhealth.com/locations/waco-getterman-wellness-center

Based on Krona’s budget, consider the effects that a Wellness Program provides to Krona. If the wellness program is to include outpatient revenue, home health revenue, and pharmacy revenue, discuss how outpatient and inpatient revenue will differ with these budgetary goals. Include the following:

What has to occur for inpatient revenue to increase?

How do readmission rates affect inpatient revenue?

How do outpatient services increase reimbursement in a Wellness Center?

How can expenses be controlled to improve revenue?

Click here for last year’s budget.

Write 2-3 pages As a member of the finance team, you have been asked to forecast the upcoming year’s operational budget for Krona Community Hospital. Click here for last year’s budget. After reviewing specific data, internal input, and external input from various sources, you find that the executive management team would like the budget to reflect the following:

10% increase in inpatient revenue

15% increase in outpatient revenue

5% increase in pharmacy revenue

15% increase in home health and hospital revenue

10% increase in payroll and benefits

Additionally, provide discussion on the following:

How do you think that revenue would increase in each of the areas? Think outside of the box, and perform research to determine current trends in those areas.

Why would there be a forecasted need to increase payroll and benefits?

Explain the role of key leadership in the budgeting process, from the chief executive officer down through to the staff level of a financial analyst.

Last year budget attache