Changes to FEL Structure in FY17

The changes described below are available in the Hyperion Planning tool and FY17 Budget Reports in Finance BI.

The intent of this document is to provide a brief overview of the new FY17 Forecast Entry Lines. The FY17 Account Structure report in Finance BI (on the FY17 Budget Dashboard) can be utilized to review the entire FY17 Account Structure.

New FELs Budgeted by Departments

1.  Patient Care-RVU-Internal - This new FEL rolls to Net Patient Care Professional revenue and consist of 1 account: 411410 – Patient Care-RVU-Internal. This FEL has been created to capture the MS Clinical Department RVU Payments, which in prior years were captured in Professional Charges. The revenue dollars for this FEL are generating from a business rule which calculates WRVUs multiplied by the WRVU rate. WRVUs can be modified on Form 2 (Enter Statistics) and the WRVU rate can be adjusted on form 5.1 (Modify RVU Rates).

2.  Supplies – The budget for Supplies was historically collected on one consolidated FEL line. In order to create additional visibility the Supply category has been broken out into three FELs in FY17: Other Supplies, Medical Surgical, and Pharmaceutical. The initial budget for these FELs is calculated using the average of the last 4 quarters of actuals multiplied by an inflationary factor.

  1. Other Supplies – This FEL is a child of Supplies within non-payroll expenses. It consists of the following sub-groupings: Food, General & Office, Lab Animal Usage, Laboratory Supplies, Linen & Laundry.
  2. Medical Surgical – This new FEL is a child of Supplies. This account grouping has existed in previous fiscal years as a sub grouping of Supplies.
  3. Pharmaceutical– This new FEL is a child of Supplies. This account grouping has existed in previous fiscal years as a sub grouping of Supplies.

3.  Other Expenses – Similar to Supplies, the budget for Other Expenses was historically collected on one consolidated FEL line. In order to create additional visibility the Other Expenses category has been broken out into three FELs in FY17: Miscellaneous Other, Contract Nursing, and Contract Services. The initial budget for these FELs is calculated using the average of the last 4 quarters of actuals multiplied by an inflationary factor.

  1. Miscellaneous Other – This FEL is a child of Other Expenses within non-payroll expenses. It consists of the following sub-groupings: Commodities, Consulting, Insurance, Lease & Rental, Subcontract over $25K, Telephone & Postage & Other, Transcriptions Services, Travel & Transportation & Hosting.
  2. Contract Nursing – This new FEL is a child of Other Expenses. This account grouping has existing in previous fiscal years as a sub grouping of Other Expenses.
  3. Contract Services – This new FEL is a child of Other Expenses. This account grouping has existed in previous fiscal years as a sub grouping of Other Expenses.

New FELs Budgeted by Central Finance (will not need to be input by units)

1.  Direct Clinical Allocations – This new FEL rolls to the Total Non-Salary expense category. The FEL consists of 1 account: 619756 – Clinical Direct Allocations.

2.  Indirect Clinical Allocations – This new FEL rolls to Operating Margin and consists of 1 account: 619755 – Clinical Indirect Allocations