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Calculating Productivity and Staffing Levels

Two simple formulas that accurately calculate labor productivity are:

Completed work= Total work output – Defective work

And

Labor productivity=

(Tip: completed work output are records that have been coded accurately. This number may not be the same as the total work output.)

Use the following table to calculate the number of charts completed per hours worked and the department averages.

Coding Professional

Work Output (all Records Coded)

Total

Hours Worked

Average Work Output per Hour

Completed Work Percentage

Completed Work Output (Records Coded Accurately)

Completed Work per Hours worked

Chase

500

140

455

Marshall

475

140

456

Sky

300

80

240

Rubble

375

80

240

Department Average

Work Output: number of work units as recorded by the employee or the process. Total Hours Worked: number of hours worked by the employee to produce work, this does not include time for meals, breaks, or meetings. Average Work Output per Hour: Completed work Percentage: Completed Work Output: work output multiplied by the completed work percentage. Completed Work per Hours Worked:

A facility’s staffing level is determined by dividing the number of patient encounters by the expected productivity. A full-time employee or FTE is the total number of workers, including part-time, in an area as the equivalent of full-time positions. The number of FTEs does not always equal the actual number of employees because two or more part-time employees might equal one FTE.

Number of FTEs=

Answer the following questions about staffing levels.

1) Ivy Tech Clinic, a large clinic with 85 providers, experiences 1,200 patient encounters per day. A coding professional is expected to code 120 records per day. Determine the number of coding professionals needed. Show your work.

2) At Ivy Tech Hospital, the new HIM Director wants to determine the number of employees needed in a coding section. The hospital discharges approximately 65 inpatients per day. Each coder will work 7.5 hours per day (this number accounts for breaks) and on average each coder can complete 6 records per hour. How many FTEs will the HIM Director need to hire.