CorrectCare

Examining Cost: How Improving Operations
Can Boost Your Bottom Line (part 2)
— Case Study Tables

by Rick Morse, MBA, CCHP

Case Study of an 850-Bed Jail: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Budgetary Targets

Benchmark
(Jail)

Budget

Actual vs.
Budget*

Budget
Variance

8 mo YTD
Budget

8 mo YTD
Actual

YTD Variance

• Labor/Payroll

53%–65%

64.44%

67.21%

(4.30%)

$2,404,886

$2,508,352

($103,466)

• Off-Site Care

15%–25%

18.75%

19.10%

(1.87%)

$699,594

$712,655

($13,061)

• On-Site Care

2%–5%

2.57%

2.09%

18.94

$96,000

$77,822

$18,178

• Pharmacy

9%–10%

10.56%

10.67%

(0.98%)

$394,219

$398,077

($3,858)

• Other Line Items

5%–10%

3.68%

3.55%

 

$137,201

$132,627

$4,574

• YTD Total

 

100%

102.62%

 

$3,731,900

$3,829,533

($97,633)

* Actual vs. Budget was calculated as the line item actual amount divided by the budgeted total amount. This was done to highlight red flag percentages for this scenario. In reality, we calculate budget variances as a percentage of the line item budget amount divided by the line item actual amount.

Utilization Targets

Benchmark
(Jail)

8 mo YTD
Budget

8 mo YTD
Actual

 

Hospital Days
(per inmate per year)

.130–.150

.135

.145

Emergency Department Trips
(per inmate per year)

.075–.100

.085

.104

Medications
(per inmate per month)

.90–1.10

 

2.85

[This article first appeared in the Winter 2009 issue of CorrectCare.]

 

 
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